Arum says Martinez is not a PPV attraction

it's actually pretty simple...arum wants martinez to sign up with top rank if he wants to fight jr. don't know why people are comparing this with bradley's situation. in the event that pac loses to bradley, arum still has the winner that he could build up. it's not the same with martinez...if he beats jr, arum is left with nothing but the loser. I'm not convinced Arum would put Martinez in with Chavez even if they were both promoted by him because Martinez is too old and will probably retire soon. Martinez won't give Arum enough fights for it to be worth giving Chavez a loss. If Chavez is exposed by Martinez and somehow Martinez becomes a star because of that win, he'll gain a new cash cow that might only make him money for 2-3 more fights, but he'll lose his young cashcow that could have potentially make him tons money for 10 more years. It's not worth the tradeoff. "Too old" was actually the reason Top Rank gave Martinez for not signing him right before Dibella got a hold of him. The funny thing is that Bob Arum was actually looking to sign Martinez during his fight with Margarito. In an English broadcast of the Margarito fight, one of the commentators said that Bob Arum called Martinez something like one of the most promising prospects of the division. But he loss so there went his chance.

it's actually pretty simple...arum wants martinez to sign up with top rank if he wants to fight jr. don't know why people are comparing this with bradley's situation. in the event that pac loses to bradley, arum still has the winner that he could build up. it's not the same with martinez...if he beats jr, arum is left with nothing but the loser.

Well he isn't, but he could EASILY be made into one. Dibella, italian to italian, you suck as a promoter

Whatthis means in code language is are you crazy I won't let Manny fight Sergio

rubio,manfredo,zibik.all ppv attractions??really?

and he's right no he's not!!!!! :nonono:

Thats what Bob does......He ducks fights

Sergio Martinez can't sell out an elementary school cafeteria. He's not popular anywhere except on the internetz. He has no real life fans. Go tell Chumpez JR to go catch another DUI and pop a couple of weight-loss pills in Martinez' honor. :boxing:

Isn't that the reason yall say Floyd shouldn't fight him? Two different weight classes, but I actually want Floyd to fight Martinez. He's more of a challenge than Pacquiao is

Well i agree with Bob. And he's smarter than all of us combined so Ill just shut up and agree with him. I support him a 100%. Here, wipe Arum's jizz off your chin. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vO-6Gql8o8k/TCwn2oH8suI/AAAAAAAAAjg/7qiYwlbz9eQ/s1600/tissue.jpg

sergio has more going for him than manfredo,zbik, and rubio

At least he has recently been admitting that Chavez Jr isn't ready yet. Doesn't look like he's using the PPV excuse anymore.

Well i agree with Bob. And he's smarter than all of us combined so Ill just shut up and agree with him. I support him a 100%.

He says Martinezs people need to build him as an attraction before they start looking to fight Jr.???? I didn't know Rubio was a PPV attraction, and when did Jr ever fight on PPV? Arum is scared shyt less of letting Jr in there with a real threat. Isn't that the reason yall say Floyd shouldn't fight him?

nothing new, bob being bob, protecting his fighter. He knows Martinez will MURDER Chavez, hell Chavez even knows it. Bob is doing the same thing with his other prized possession..

Clottey Rubio Bradley...THOSE GUYS know how to bring in a crowd

Manfredo, Zbik and Rubio were ppv attractions. He should just simply say that they are not fighting the dude

jcc couldnt break 100k ppvs he needed donaire to make the numbers he made last fight What you talking about? You think the people that went to Texas was for Donaire? Are you crazy? And the numbers he did on Mexico were cause of Donaire? Where you get your facts dude.

The day anyone would pay to see Chavez Jr fight on PPV I will quit becoming a boxing fan.

Its shameful really at this stage.I dont know how the WBC are going to spin it but they will that Chavez jr gets another mandatory.IBF is the only legitmate body