Bob Arum Goes Off on ESPN Reporter Mike Coppinger: Any Company That Hires That Man Should be Ashamed of Themselves!

Coppinger is very credible and he has proven that time after time Arum is just hoping to work something out allowing Oscar to fight so he can make HIS MONEY! That B Sample Result will be very important

I personally don't recognize any of the belts. There can't be 4 champs in one division, period, let alone 2 for each org. They all suck. The concept of undisputed is meaningless when there are trinkets everywhere.

Yeah the lightweight fiasco needs to be sorted and settled immediately. Then strip Canelo of franchise title. Take a boat out to the Marianas trench and drop that **** into the ocean. That is, if a specific, different belt even exists for franchise champion. It's so deluded and trash I have no idea. Lopez's next fight is a WBC sanctioned championship fight (undisputed). So are Haney's fights. Which one is real? There can't be two. The fact is Lopez has never fought for and won the WBC belt in the ring, or even get elevated. Screw the franchise.

Yeah the lightweight fiasco needs to be sorted and settled immediately. Then strip Canelo of franchise title. Take a boat out to the Marianas trench and drop that **** into the ocean. That is, if a specific, different belt even exists for franchise champion. It's so deluded and trash I have no idea. The bold: It does. Sulaiman went even further to make Lopez a replica of the belt Haney holds, as well, to legitimize the fake franchise crap. In effect, Lopez is a double 'champion.' It's ridiculous. Lopez showed his belts off on YT. Pretty corrupt. I think many are scared to even question that fat pig, Sulaiman. I don't mind someone using my questions to pose them to the ABC.

Sulaiman (WBC) is the biggest crook in boxing, bar none, and I think many don't wanna take on him, especially his friends at the ABC. The WBA is at least doing something. Time to shine some bright light on that crooked org and their owners. My questions are: Who is the WBC lightweight champion? 2. What is exactly the franchise belt? Which of the belts is real? In addition to the franchise crap, Lopez also holds an exact replica of the WBC belt that Haney holds. What are these trinkets? Most fans say Haney is the real WBC lightweight champion, Sulaiman disagrees. We need clarification here. Sulaiman needs to be stopped before he creates a crappy franchise 'champion' in all divisions. Yeah the lightweight fiasco needs to be sorted and settled immediately. Then strip Canelo of franchise title. Take a boat out to the Marianas trench and drop that shit into the ocean. That is, if a specific, different belt even exists for franchise champion. It's so deluded and trash I have no idea.

How about it, JakeNDaBox ? Can we get an article from you interviewing someone from the Association of Boxing Commissions and asking them about the WBC Franchise Belt? Will they go after that like they did the WBA, and if not why not? Sulaiman (WBC) is the biggest crook in boxing, bar none, and I think many don't wanna take on him, especially his friends at the ABC. The WBA is at least doing something. Time to shine some bright light on that crooked org and their owners. My questions are: Who is the WBC lightweight champion? 2. What is exactly the franchise belt? Which of the belts is real? In addition to the franchise crap, Lopez also holds an exact replica of the WBC belt that Haney holds. What are these trinkets? Most fans say Haney is the real WBC lightweight champion, Sulaiman disagrees. We need clarification here. Sulaiman needs to be stopped before he creates a crappy franchise 'champion' in all divisions.

This Coppinger guy reminds me of Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty. I don't know much about him at all but he's doing something right. Some misses and all. He kept his name in the boxing media way more than other main boxing 'journalists.' I don't have a favorite boxing writer in particular but I've always respected and liked some of Jake Donovan's takes. I don't know if I can call them 'takes' really, because a lot of his articles are politically correct and in sync with popular mainstream crap. Haven't seen a lot of out of the box critique of the fighters and the rampant corruption in boxing. I know he has more in him. Nevertheless, I enjoy his articles here. I want Donovan to ask the ABC about the crap franshise belt and what the WBC has to say. How about all the other fake belts they grant? The WBC is dirtier than the WBA and should come clean on the Haney-Lopez situation, first. Eliminate the franshise crap right away. How about it, JakeNDaBox ? Can we get an article from you interviewing someone from the Association of Boxing Commissions and asking them about the WBC Franchise Belt? Will they go after that like they did the WBA, and if not why not?

Arum isn't furious Coppinger got a small detail of an overall correct story wrong, he's angry that Coppinger broke the story before TR could have their hearing and run interference. The banned substance is used to cut weight, but not a diuretic. Completely understandable that a source, hell a journalist, wouldn't know there is a such thing as a banned substance used to cut weight that is also not a diuretic. You can argue semantics all you want, he still got caught cheating. Herbal tea? Surely you guys aren't stupid enough to believe a word of that. Valdez got popped because he's cheating. Period. Fantastic post. Sums it up perfectly.

Arum doesn't like Coppinger because Copp is still a shill for PBC instead of shilling for ESPN, Copp doesn't mind shilling for anyone but he wants to take money from everyone and that is what Bob does not like. He wants his shills to be loyal to TR.

This Coppinger guy reminds me of Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty. I don't know much about him at all but he's doing something right. Some misses and all. He kept his name in the boxing media way more than other main boxing 'journalists.' I don't have a favorite boxing writer in particular but I've always respected and liked some of Jake Donovan's takes. I don't know if I can call them 'takes' really, because a lot of his articles are politically correct and in sync with popular mainstream crap. Haven't seen a lot of out of the box critique of the fighters and the rampant corruption in boxing. I know he has more in him. Nevertheless, I enjoy his articles here. I want Donovan to ask the ABC about the crap franshise belt and what the WBC has to say. How about all the other fake belts they grant? The WBC is dirtier than the WBA and should come clean on the Haney-Lopez situation, first. Eliminate the franshise crap right away.

Arum isn't furious Coppinger got a small detail of an overall correct story wrong, he's angry that Coppinger broke the story before TR could have their hearing and run interference. The banned substance is used to cut weight, but not a diuretic. Completely understandable that a source, hell a journalist, wouldn't know there is a such thing as a banned substance used to cut weight that is also not a diuretic. You can argue semantics all you want, he still got caught cheating. Herbal tea? Surely you guys aren't stupid enough to believe a word of that. Valdez got popped because he's cheating. Period.

https://nyfights.com/worldwide/bob-arum-says-oscar-valdez-positive-came-from-drinking-herbal-tea-takes-aim-at-mike-coppinger/ Well, I mean the company that gave him that position is the same company that YOU have a deal with lol. It is a open secret that Arum had pushed for ESPN to fire Rafael and hire Steve Kim instead. That only lasted a few years ago and now they recently hired Coppinger a few months back. Fair to say that Arum is NOT a big fan of Coppinger's. According to espn, conceicao’s manager didn’t learn about the positive from Bob but from espn. If you’re his manager you got to be pissed off with that. It’s like we know Bob and the whole show is against you. I hope a scam Bradley trilogy isnt on the way. Lol Seriously, how does conceicao and his team trust anything with this fight?

Bob knows what he’s doing here. Coppinger will not be allowed to post honest stories about Top Rank fighters anymore. Now espn boxing will operate as a promotional arm for TR. Hopefully I’m wrong because things are best when the media is free to post things without promoter interference. Looks like boxingscene and the Athletic will be the only sources to post both sides and the facts.

Coppinger is always in a rush to be the first to break any news so he gets things wrong at times. Coppinger: Tyson Fury is believed to be a descendent of Big Foot. Sources say. Fury faces a lifetime ban from boxing due to not being human. Wilder to protest KO loss. Coppinger: My bad. I read it from satirical article without knowing.

He quoted a source. The source was incorrect. That happens. Mammoth’s post still applies. Copp quoted an incorrect source. He did not verify before quoting. He believed the source. That’s the issue.

Coppinger is always in a rush to be the first to break any news so he gets things wrong at times.

Coppinger is a bit reckless with his reporting for sure and has been accused of being pro-Hearn by more than a few folks...But he's still the best at breaking news and he's going to break some news that does not suit TR and that's what Arum is upset at. Kim was literally his handpicked guy who did none of this and didn't report what Arum didn't want him to report. That's why I hate the little Steve Kim-Michael Montero circle jerk. Top Rank shills pretending to be unbiased. I'm ok if Coppinger pisses people off sometimes. We just have to watch him on being pro-Hearn, promoter bias by any reporter should be called out. It's unacceptable.

Arum doesn't like it when he can't control reporters and the narrative they spin. But fvk him. Boxing media should be independent of promoters, not beholden to them. Coppinger is a bit reckless with his reporting for sure and has been accused of being pro-Hearn by more than a few folks...But he's still the best at breaking news and he's going to break some news that does not suit TR and that's what Arum is upset at. Kim was literally his handpicked guy who did none of this and didn't report what Arum didn't want him to report.

Arum doesn't like it when he can't control reporters and the narrative they spin. But fvk him. Boxing media should be independent of promoters, not beholden to them.

He quoted a source. The source was incorrect. That happens. Nah, he is off too often or misses details more than he should...That is a fair criticism, but Arum clearly just wanted Kim to stay working there and report in his favor. That was his handpicked guy. Coppinger continues to break more news than anyone else in boxing...Jake Donavan to me is the most accurate and fairest, but Coppinger is certainly the best when it comes to breaking news types of stories. He certainly puts in the work and makes the necessary phone calls.