Lmao, bet they thought they were making a stand refusing the Cotto fight for a Bargain 1.5m dollars which would have been great for everybody
now Arum has taken the Boxer with the most fans worldwide, the boxer with the highest reputation, the number 1 boxer in the world to their bitter rivals Showtime
Hbo got a ko like Hatton got via 2nd round
IMO this is a great thing HBO will now put more time (money) into other fighters. and not many people cared about this fight anyways. and with pac on showtime maybe FMJ comes back lol
HBO runs ****. If Arum gets on their bad side I don't see many of his fighters getting big pay days. If fighters don't get big pay days, you don't see the best going with that promoter. Maybe this is the start of Golden Boy getting all the best fighters in the world and putting them up against each other. TopRank could be dead in less than 10 years.
toprank put on great cards
cotto vs marg when both were on top remember?
pac vs cotto and marg were risky fights as well
I wouldn't be so quick to declare a winner. I can't be bothered to get into it a whole lot but HBO have an influence on how a fighter is percieved by the masses and their pundits are known to flipflop.
If I was Arum I wouldn't exactly do a lot to aggravate HBO when they could promote his products biggest rival in a more favourable light to diminish the rep of his product.