Arum: Martinez has No chance To fight Chavez JR. Cotto To decide

clottey is under top rank. Obviously Arum is trying to set up cotto vs Chavez....You know his own in house fights. He is not trying to protect junior. He is trying to make more money sacrfice chavez for cotto. And anyway Chavez vs Martinez would be considered a cherry pick fight. That fight would be a one sided beat down. Chavez jr is a bum. Doesn't matter if Clottey is under Top Rank, he still is NOT a PPV attraction, but I guess Bob Arum made up for that since he didn't have to share the generated money with any OTHER promoters. Boy boxing is getting sad, all I see is a entire division of people ducking Martinez, scared as ****, I though Paul Williams and Margarito was ducked, but not like they duck Martinez.

Like I said, I understand the up and comers. I understand and look at it from both sides. I understand the beef with promotional rivalries (Arum's fault along with the rest of the promoters) and the FINAL decision on who Cotto/Jr. will fight (their fault). I understand what you're saying it just doesn't change my view on Arum and the boxers themselves. I'm not asking you to change your mind about Arum, anyone can see he is a snake. I'm just saying that guys like Chavez will fight who they line up for him. His concern isn't making fights, his concern is about getting better and keeping his belt. Same with Cotto, he may be significantly better than Chavez and be a better name but even a fighter of his level is told who to fight. He's at the end of his career, they want to make money off of him, that's priority #1.

Your out of your damn mind!! And JOSHUA CLOTTEY was a draw???????? Joshua Clottey doesn't even have fans in his OWN country of Africa??? Nobody barely knows who he is there, atlest Martinez has the boxing fans behind him, all boxing fans will watch him fight, not casual fans. clottey is under top rank. Obviously Arum is trying to set up cotto vs Chavez....You know his own in house fights. He is not trying to protect junior. He is trying to make more money sacrfice chavez for cotto. And anyway Chavez vs Martinez would be considered a cherry pick fight. That fight would be a one sided beat down. Chavez jr is a bum.

I don't like this either, of course, but Sergio is in fact not a draw at all. From a business side it definitely makes sense to avoid him, because he would beat both Cotto and Chavez, and he would create less money then Chavez/Cotto. Your out of your damn mind!! And JOSHUA CLOTTEY was a draw???????? Joshua Clottey doesn't even have fans in his OWN country of Africa??? Nobody barely knows who he is there, atlest Martinez has the boxing fans behind him, all boxing fans will watch him fight, not casual fans.

"There will be 1 October because HBO is scheduled to present that night a fight Sergio Martinez and 8 is a day sacred to the Jewish community (Yom Kippur), "said the veteran boxing man, who was emphatic in stating Martinez "has no chance" to fight Chavez, Jr., in his next fight. http://www.primerahora.com/cottotendralaultimapalabra-513170.html In case somebody is confused, the translation is off here at beginning. It should say: "It's not going to be October 1 because HBO is scheduled to present..."

And why would arum feed jr to martinez to begin win? Did I miss something? Does arum owe martinez something? Is arum looking to do lou any favours? He's gonna feed jr. And that belt to one of his own guys like cotto. No way he throws that big ass bone down the street. Top rank isn't a charity, is a business. It isn't just he fighters who are all about he money.

A blind man could have seen this coming. Aint no way arum is letting martinez anywhere near jr. That wouldn't even be a fight, it would be a slaughter. Arum is gonna make as much money off jr s name as he can before he feeds him to the wolves.

No I'm right. Look, I know you work in a gym and shit and is a more credible poster than a lot of them here but Cotto has the say so on who he fights, just like Chavez Jr. Chavez Jr. wants to fight Martinez but I can understand him trying to make more money with Cotto, hence him choosing who. Like Chavez Sr. is going to allow that as well? Listen, it's not that easy bro... I will give you an example of a fighter (won't name names because he's a well known pro) who is in our gym and had to take a fight he didn't want because of the money. He fights at 126lbs but he was offered a fight with a well known Cuban prospect recently who weighs 135lbs+. I asked him why he would take this fight and he basically told me he needed to send money to his family out of country. It's basically a loss for him, but he has to think of his family first. Fans will say he's stupid and that the other fighter is "avoiding" so and so but they don't know the details of what is going on, just like we as fans don't understand the details most of the time. Cotto can chose to a certain extent but you also have to look at promotional companies and money involved. Remember, there are promotional companies that don't like each other, so that makes problems. Then you look at Chavez who everyone is dying to fight now because they feel like it's an easy W. Cotto vs Chavez or Canelo is big money man, why would Chavez or the promotional company pass that up? You are speaking from a fans perspective and I understand and respect that but the business aspect of boxing isn't the simple. I'm not defending it, just letting you know how it really is.

Bob Arum, the ball is in the field of Miguel Cotto. The veteran promoter said yesterday that the Puerto Rican welterweight champion, World Boxing Association version (AMB), the person to decide who will face for his next fight, either the brand new middleweight champion of the World Boxing Council (WBC), Julio César Chavez, Jr., or the former champion and champion Antonio Margarito. In a telephone conversation with Primera Hora, Arum also revealed that the possible date for the meeting will be Dec. 3 and not the first week of October, as originally speculated. "I will meet people from Chavez and Margarito and then I sit down to talk with (Gabriel) Peñagaricano (Cotto's lawyer) and Michael to submit the two bids and that he chooses," Arum said by telephone. "Cotto has earned that right (to choose) because, after Manny Pacquiao is the biggest attraction of pay-per-view today." A possible match between Cotto and Chavez, Jr., took greater force on Saturday after "the son of the legend" overcome by a majority decision to Germany's Sebastian Zbik to snatch the WBC middleweight scepter. Cotto, who was present at the billboard in Los Angeles, also contemplated the possibility of a rematch with Margarito, head of the first defeat of Puerto Rico in July 2008. Cotto accept a confrontation with Chavez, Jr., would seek to become the first Puerto Rican to be crowned in four divisions. Arum said that whether Chavez Jr., or Margarito, the tentative date is December 3, probably in Las Vegas "There will be 1 October because HBO is scheduled to present that night a fight Sergio Martinez and 8 is a day sacred to the Jewish community (Yom Kippur), "said the veteran boxing man, who was emphatic in stating Martinez "has no chance" to fight Chavez, Jr., in his next fight. http://www.primerahora.com/cottotendralaultimapalabra-513170.html Good to know people are starting to wise up to Bob Arums antics. Hes being doing this for many, many years, and will continue...

When will you guys wake up and realize what Arum is doing. Chavez talked out of his anus and stated he wanted a fight with Martinez and now Arum is trying to protect him. Arum has no intention of making the best fights, but instead to keep his money in house and to protect his fightes. Case in point what the hell has Margarito done lately to deserve to fight Pac or Cotto, but Martinez cant get a shot at Cotto or Chavez. Anyone who doesnt recognize this is a complete fool. Look at the Bums Manny Pacquaio is facing and look at the tough competition that Martinez is facing each time out. Word. I've seen this movie before.

I don't understand why some of u mofos are upset. Some of y'all act like Martinez/Chavez is a great fight. It will be a massacre. Accusations that adult is prottecting Chavez Jr are equally stupid. Since when is fighting cotton an easy fight? The only legitimate reason for anger is for adult keeping his promotions in house, but even that is spurious because which promoted doesn't so that?

No man, your wrong. I'm in a pro gym all day long and fighters don't chose who they fight, their promoters and managers make those decisions. That's why talk of "avoiding" is such BS, I would say 99% of fighters don't make decisions unless your name is Pac, Mayweather or DLH. When your on that level you can pick and chose, for Chavez jr, he fights who they put in front of him. There is so much politics to boxing, if fighters could just pick and chose fights, we wouldn't be complaining about these BS fights all the time. Well thought-out post.

You people need to quit being idiots and don't just blame it on the promoter, the boxer himself has a lot to do with the decisions. Just because he's a nice is the reason people shit on Arum and not the boxer himself. No man, your wrong. I'm in a pro gym all day long and fighters don't chose who they fight, their promoters and managers make those decisions. That's why talk of "avoiding" is such BS, I would say 99% of fighters don't make decisions unless your name is Pac, Mayweather or DLH. When your on that level you can pick and chose, for Chavez jr, he fights who they put in front of him. There is so much politics to boxing, if fighters could just pick and chose fights, we wouldn't be complaining about these BS fights all the time.

Chavez shouldn't have fought for Martinez's old belt should he then. Yes..........

I like competitive fights and Martinez-Chavez will be a one sided beat down so I dont mind if it does not happen. I'd rather see Sergio fight someone else.

to be completely honest.... he had no chance after KO'ing Williams

Bob Douchebag Arum is hurting our sport. I wonder if e is waiting for Sergio to finish his contract for him to offer him a fight with either Cotto/Margacheato/ChavezJr. Honestly Martinez beats all 3. Let's hope We see Cotto vs Chavez Jr. And. Martinez murder Margacheato.

Arum and the WBC are jokes.

motherfluck Arum and the WBC Pretty much THIS ^^^^^^

ofcourse he has no chance.......a good promoter would do everything in his power to keep Chavez away from Martinez.