Trash-talking is normal in sports and especially one-on-one physical confrontations, but usually the verbal jabbing and insults go both ways. It's not that Eric talked more trash than most boxers would (especially for such a big fight), it's the way Manny handled it that made it seem that way. Manny, showing class and dignity, did not retaliate back to Eric, thereby making it seem that Eric's mouth loomed larger than normal.
When Manny knocked out Eric, he left his Mexican opponent with nothing to talk about but the truth.
As far as I can tell, most promoters seem to be crooks, but somehow I trust Oscar De La Hoya more than I do Bob Arum.... Arum has been around for so long that he knows how to screw a boxer from all angles. Both he and Don King are in the same book as far as I'm concerned. Actually, not only "in" that same book, but pictured on the cover!