Top Rank and Golden Boy

Pacquiao was not "partially under contract" with Golden Balls. The contract they forced him to sign when half dead with fatigue, (read up on the REAL story of this farce) was not valid as Pacquiao was under contract with Top Rank at the time and a clause forbade any DISCUSSION about contracts with any other promoter. Arum is not stupid, he knows that Oscar is a sly double-dealer, who tries to hijack fighters from other promoters, whilst hiding behind an open smile. It was the old Don King dodge, slightly modified, of a suitcase full of dollar bills. Well.....business is business I suppose. The deal eventually was that Oscar would get a TINY percentage of any bout against one of his fighters. Arum stated to this site that it was very tiny and cheaper than litigation. We can be pretty sure that the "undisclosed" portion of Oscar's abject apology to Top Rank included that little percentage, plus lots of money. think Arum was pretty big about it, considering the way Oscar had been villifying him and Pacquiao. And, being "big" most likely demanded BIG compensation......... I have been looking for solid information on what happened throughout this event. Do you have a link or website where you were able to read the whole story and the results of the suit? I thought at one point there was a document released showing exactly how Manny's fight purses were broken down after the suit have you seen them?

It directly ties to the Pacquiao-Mayweather bullsh**. The minute those two are gone, I bet this changes.

Most of the time they do business one fighter is about to jump promotional ships. I think Gamboa-Ponce De Leon was the last fight they did and Pacquiao-Hatton the last superfight. It's been almost 4 years since they co-promoted a major fight!

All the ones with paq make sense because he was partially under contract with Golden Boy as well. So that would leave Pavlik Hopkins as one of the only fights where both fighters belonged solely to the other company. What about Mosley Paq? Pacquiao was not "partially under contract" with Golden Balls. The contract they forced him to sign when half dead with fatigue, (read up on the REAL story of this farce) was not valid as Pacquiao was under contract with Top Rank at the time and a clause forbade any DISCUSSION about contracts with any other promoter. Arum is not stupid, he knows that Oscar is a sly double-dealer, who tries to hijack fighters from other promoters, whilst hiding behind an open smile. It was the old Don King dodge, slightly modified, of a suitcase full of dollar bills. Well.....business is business I suppose. The deal eventually was that Oscar would get a TINY percentage of any bout against one of his fighters. Arum stated to this site that it was very tiny and cheaper than litigation. We can be pretty sure that the "undisclosed" portion of Oscar's abject apology to Top Rank included that little percentage, plus lots of money. think Arum was pretty big about it, considering the way Oscar had been villifying him and Pacquiao. And, being "big" most likely demanded BIG compensation.........

Even beyond the biggest fight that could be made (don't want to mention it by name) Am I the only one who gets depressed when I find out that one of two fighters I want to see get in the ring belongs to GB and the other to TR?

De Leon vs Gamboa was the last one. Lara vs Vanes was a purse bid. When they do business together they sell out arenas like Pac vs Hatton and Margarito vs Mosley.

Last one was Gamboa-Solis Didn't he fight Ponce after Solis? My memory is a bit jogged.

Last one was Gamboa-Solis

All the ones with paq make sense because he was partially under contract with Golden Boy as well. So that would leave Pavlik Hopkins as one of the only fights where both fighters belonged solely to the other company. What about Mosley Paq? Mosley left GB to fight Pac, and so did Marquez to fight pac a third.

Lara vs Vanes but that one could have gone to purse bid. Ponce vs Gamboa?

All the ones with paq make sense because he was partially under contract with Golden Boy as well. So that would leave Pavlik Hopkins as one of the only fights where both fighters belonged solely to the other company. What about Mosley Paq? Mosley left GoldenBoy for that fight remember??he even got a 1,500 dollar check in the mail for his buyout..lol

Here are a couple of fights Top Rank did with Golden boy over the years. Pacquiao vs Barrea 2 first fight done since the first truce. Pacquiao vs. Marquez 2 Pavlik vs. Hopkins Pacquiao vs. De La Hoya Pacquiao vs. Hatton - I think this was the last one? throw in Mosley-Margarito

Here are a couple of fights Top Rank did with Golden boy over the years. Pacquiao vs Barrea 2 first fight done since the first truce. Pacquiao vs. Marquez 2 Pavlik vs. Hopkins Pacquiao vs. De La Hoya Pacquiao vs. Hatton - I think this was the last one? All the ones with paq make sense because he was partially under contract with Golden Boy as well. So that would leave Pavlik Hopkins as one of the only fights where both fighters belonged solely to the other company. What about Mosley Paq?

Both of them are FULL OF SH1T Boxing Promoters Don't Give A Sh1t About The Fans...NONE OF THEM!

Here are a couple of fights Top Rank did with Golden boy over the years. Pacquiao vs Barrea 2 first fight done since the first truce. Pacquiao vs. Marquez 2 Pavlik vs. Hopkins Pacquiao vs. De La Hoya Pacquiao vs. Hatton - I think this was the last one?

Pretty sure the only fights between Top Rank and Golden Boy fighters lately are the ones that went to purse bids, not that were actually worked out between the two.