Bob Arum on 4 million dollar offer, "It was never there"

[Mojita]

A letter was posted with the 4million dollar offer being declined...If it was BULL****...there would have been a lawsuit

please quote this and Make it a thread.

arum clearly rejected

[Kris Silver]

Margarito seems a bit like Pavlik to me. He doesn't seem to call out with too much conviction unless he see's some major benefit, often financially. Even then he's often been encouraged or it spoken of by his team first.

The whole, if my team put me up with Williams that's fine but it's not my call, to me that's weak. Clearly either you don't want it enough, or your team has far too much hold over you. Either, aren't particularly complimentary on you, Tony. Especially for a huge WW on fighting the only other, huge WW. Doesn't look good on him nor Arum.

[El Dominicano]

please quote this and Make it a thread.

arum clearly rejected

I don't want to get jumped. Margarito fans = the hardest people to deal with on these boards

[El Dominicano]

Margarito seems a bit like Pavlik to me. He doesn't seem to call out with too much conviction unless he see's some major benefit, often financially. Even then he's often been encouraged or it spoken of by his team first.

The whole, if my team put me up with Williams that's fine but it's not my call, to me that's weak. Clearly either you don't want it enough, or your team has far too much hold over you. Either, aren't particularly complimentary on you, Tony. Especially for a huge WW on fighting the only other, huge WW. Doesn't look good on him nor Arum.

Exactly!!!! He hasn't showed that he wants it.

[Da Hammer]

I don't want to get jumped. Margarito fans = the hardest people to deal with on these boards

the same could be said about Floyd Mayweather's fans

[Williamb45]

Exactly!!!! He hasn't showed that he wants it.

to be fair, he did fight PW against arums wishes and it didn't turn out too well.

[El Dominicano]

to be fair, he did fight PW against arums wishes and it didn't turn out too well.

Shouldn't he want it more? Being as how Paul already has a win over him?

[Picozo]

Shouldn't he want it more? Being as how Paul already has a win over him?

Keep in mind he is not only a boxer but a businessman and thus has to do what is financially beneficial for him. That goes for the other 99% of the boxers in the sport. I personally think he is scare of PWill, but I also believe that he knows there is more risk there (financial type) in other words there is more to be lost than gained by fighting PWill.

That my friends is my thought on this Marg vs PWill dilemna.

I honestly think the fight will happen and that Marg will emerge victorious.
Vicious knockout is my prediction. The fight and the KO will happen!

[Kris Silver]

Shouldn't he want it more? Being as how Paul already has a win over him?

Exactly. It's odd enough when a top guy, better than the one your about to face, is calling you out for bigger money and you don't say ****. Not even, ok I would beat you, I wana, and will. But the guy also, has beaten him. Surely as a boxer, in your career, having spent months thinking of that loss, training to recover from it, you'd naturally want to avenge the loss and prove as an athlete your the true best in the division?

That should come before anything, it'll really tarnish his legacy is he doesn't face Williams, it's quite a strange scenario to be in his position with a loss to Williams and not up for a re match. It's almost as if he's just won because of the order of events more than anything. How meaningless is that?

Between that and his ridiculous size advantage over the smaller guys and Paul the only other guy near to matching his size, he's not really up for fighting. Just doesn't inspire me to ever become a fan of him, and I'm sure that's the case for a lot of people, unfortunately for him.

[Picozo]

Exactly. It's odd enough when a top guy, better than the one your about to face, is calling you out for bigger money and you don't say ****. Not even, ok I would beat you, I wana, and will. But the guy also, has beaten him. Surely as a boxer, in your career, having spent months thinking of that loss, training to recover from it, you'd naturally want to avenge the loss and prove as an athlete your the true best in the division?

That should come before anything, it'll really tarnish his legacy is he doesn't face Williams, it's quite a strange scenario to be in his position with a loss to Williams and not up for a re match. It's almost as if he's just won because of the order of events more than anything. How meaningless is that?

Between that and his ridiculous size advantage over the smaller guys and Paul the only other guy near to matching his size, he's not really up for fighting. Just doesn't inspire me to ever become a fan of him, and I'm sure that's the case for a lot of people, unfortunately for him.

Ok lets suppose Marg does fight PWill just not when you want him too? What then? Read my last post on this thread. FYI boxing is a business...go ahead read my post. I mean come on ! these guys have to think about their financial future...I'm not saying he is scared of PWill (I dont believe he is) but really, what makes more $ense at this point in his career? Take the risk of fighting a fighter whom he already lost to or take the money and run?

I am not saying that what he is doing right, I am just trying to explain how the sport works...sad but true. You Dig?