Bob Arum is the Making the Sport Alive

Seriously. It's not about what fights are most exciting, it's about the best fighting the best. Bradley-Alexander was the best fighting the best, that's what boxing fans are supposed to want. Just look at those ticket sales of those so called best fighting the best. I can't believe Margarito vs Pacquiao Replay got higher ratings than Martinez vs Williams. Bradley and Alexander was too early. Fight should happen when they were both more popular and enough to sold out an arena. Boxing is FLOP.

Is TS really promoting the protection of records and selling us one sided matchups? Alexander-Bradley was a high quality matchup. Sometimes that means less lands cleanly and there aren't many errors. The result is irrelevant. Boxing fans deserve fights like Alexander-Bradley, even if they don't satisfy in the end. Seriously. It's not about what fights are most exciting, it's about the best fighting the best. Bradley-Alexander was the best fighting the best, that's what boxing fans are supposed to want.

Is TS really promoting the protection of records and selling us one sided matchups? Alexander-Bradley was a high quality matchup. Sometimes that means less lands cleanly and there aren't many errors. The result is irrelevant. Boxing fans deserve fights like Alexander-Bradley, even if they don't satisfy in the end. Exactly I don't know why people think floyd vs manny will be an exciting matchup. It will be about as exciting as alexander Bradley or Floyd Mosley.

Who cares about maximizing events. I would like some clarity and some true champions. Not a stable of paper champions who are matched in advantageous positions, for the sole purpose of protecting records and filling Arum's pockets. Since when is Bob Arum's bank account the key to a boxing fan's heart? The only person Arum has that hasn't been protected it seems is Miguel Cotto. Other than that... im talking about making big events. successfull events which eventually make superstars. no one does it better than bob. like i said show some respect to bob.

t.s you are right.love or hate bob he knows how to build stars, and maximise events. Who cares about maximizing events. I would like some clarity and some true champions. Not a stable of paper champions who are matched in advantageous positions, for the sole purpose of protecting records and filling Arum's pockets. Since when is Bob Arum's bank account the key to a boxing fan's heart? Mosley vs. Pacquiao Pacquiao vs. Clottey Pacquiao vs. Margarito Pavlik vs. Rubio Pavlik vs Lockett Keeping Montiel and Donaire out of the 118 tourney. Yup hes "making" the sport alive. The only person Arum has that hasn't been protected it seems is Miguel Cotto. Other than that...

Is TS really promoting the protection of records and selling us one sided matchups? Alexander-Bradley was a high quality matchup. Sometimes that means less lands cleanly and there aren't many errors. The result is irrelevant. Boxing fans deserve fights like Alexander-Bradley, even if they don't satisfy in the end.

Mosley vs. Pacquiao Pacquiao vs. Clottey Pacquiao vs. Margarito Pavlik vs. Rubio Pavlik vs Lockett Keeping Montiel and Donaire out of the 118 tourney. Yup hes "making" the sport alive. there would be no goldenboy,money may or pacman without bob so show some fuking respect if you really love the sport.

Mosley vs. Pacquiao Pacquiao vs. Clottey Pacquiao vs. Margarito Pavlik vs. Rubio Pavlik vs Lockett Keeping Montiel and Donaire out of the 118 tourney. Yup hes "making" the sport alive.

t.s you are right.love or hate bob he knows how to build stars, and maximise events.

Arum is making the sport alive LOL.... I couldn't stop but laugh at your idiocy when you said Bradley-Alexander as being one of the greatest fight of all time - really? There has been an influx of clueless idiots on this forum lately, more than usual.

I stopped reading when he said Bradley-Alexander was hyped as one of the greatest fights ever.

yea hes built up his fair share of stars. but hes been around longer than anyone. whos the biggest star coming out of his stable rite now not named pac?? lopez??? gamboa??? the problem is they arent prospects anymore and they still seem like b level fighters to me. arum works his stable very well, but as far as him making fights ppl wanna see, id say his track record is less than stellar as of late. last year, it was golden boy and the smaller promoters who put on the better shows. Lopez is about to be a star IMO as well as Donaire. Now I'm not talking about big time PPV attractions, rather top P4P guys who will be recognized as the very best in their divisions. I also agree that GBP did indeed put on the better shows last year, but Top Rank is off to a great start this year with Donaire vs Montiel, Soto vs Antillon II and Rios vs Acosta. Those will be 3 great bouts to start the year off with.

this is what happens when u have guys that only understand one aspect of the sport. lol... neither gamboa or lopez are prospects. and have u ever heard te term, the cream rises to the top??? the best fighters will rise and the ****ty ones will fall. we dont need a bunch of weak prospects being overhyped. and we also need the best fighting the best. arum cares nothing about whas best for boxing. he cares about his bottom line. "Boxing is a business", remember? If the fighters don't care about making the best fights for the fans, why should the promoters?

Stopped reading there ridiculous. Same. WTF.

yet irnoically, he is the only person who has consistantly built stars from the ground up, do great numbers, and actually put on great events. yea hes built up his fair share of stars. but hes been around longer than anyone. whos the biggest star coming out of his stable rite now not named pac?? lopez??? gamboa??? the problem is they arent prospects anymore and they still seem like b level fighters to me. arum works his stable very well, but as far as him making fights ppl wanna see, id say his track record is less than stellar as of late. last year, it was golden boy and the smaller promoters who put on the better shows.

this is what happens when u have guys that only understand one aspect of the sport. lol... neither gamboa or lopez are prospects. and have u ever heard te term, the cream rises to the top??? the best fighters will rise and the ****ty ones will fall. we dont need a bunch of weak prospects being overhyped. and we also need the best fighting the best. arum cares nothing about whas best for boxing. he cares about his bottom line. yet irnoically, he is the only person who has consistantly built stars from the ground up. The TS is right.......

this is what happens when u have guys that only understand one aspect of the sport. lol... neither gamboa or lopez are prospects. and have u ever heard te term, the cream rises to the top??? the best fighters will rise and the ****ty ones will fall. we dont need a bunch of weak prospects being overhyped. and we also need the best fighting the best. arum cares nothing about whas best for boxing. he cares about his bottom line. yet irnoically, he is the only person who has consistantly built stars from the ground up. The TS is right and Arum is saving the sport, from a business persepective, right now.

this is what happens when u have guys that only understand one aspect of the sport. lol... neither gamboa or lopez are prospects. and have u ever heard te term, the cream rises to the top??? the best fighters will rise and the ****ty ones will fall. we dont need a bunch of weak prospects being overhyped. and we also need the best fighting the best. arum cares nothing about whas best for boxing. he cares about his bottom line.

Stopped reading there ridiculous. This... What the **** dude?

This is just embarassing. Alexander vs Bradley was being considered to be one of the greatest fights all of time and its the biggest flop on ticket sales and was free on HBO with a FLOP ratings no one cares about.. Arum protects his fighters but he will put his fighters at the right time where you can draw 20,000 people with 500k-1 million buys on PPV. Who the F U C K **** knows this wannabe stars Bradley and Alexander? Just look at Golden Boy's Prospects.. Is that making the sport alive? Feeding their fighters to the lions and they aren't even established yet. How can you build the sport where your fighters are already dead at the age of 25 being fed to the lions. Golden Boy can't even crack 200k buys on PPV right now since all their prospects are already dead Arum will make Gamboa vs Lopez where they will be able to draw 30k people at Meadowlands Stadium at the right time and that's making the sport alive like the morales Pacquiao and Cotto vs Margarito where it will be a super mega fight Stopped reading there ridiculous.