Comments Thread For: Jesse Hart To Test Free Agent Market After Parting Ways With Top Rank

[Oldskoolg]

Top rank is really taking the quality over quantity to the max lately. They are trimming the fat and concentrating on the fines cuts. ESPN has definitely cut their budget

[BlackR0bbb]

Bob no longer gives AF. Letting Elvis Rodriguez go is shocking. Bud is definitely leaving in October.

[_Rexy_]

It makes sense to let him go, I just thought they'd test Berlanga with him first. I could see Bek or Morrell fighting him soon.

Maybe he didn't want to go back down to 168 (or can't) which would mean staying at Top Rank means he gets fed to Beterbiev lmfao

[TinAgeOfBoxing]

Hart is mediocre but he would beat Plant and Saunders.

[GreatMalenko]

What is up with Top Rank though? I thought they had a large budget.

It's like Eddie said about picking DAZN over Sky in the UK, fighter purses are going up so they need additional revenue. Top Rank is locked into a long term deal with ESPN and is probably getting very little from Sky so they're cutting costs instead. Lets them cover Teo's new deal and probably a big payday for Loma too.

[Hammer08]

I suppose Hart peaked in that first fight with Zurdo. He seemed to get old overnight. That fight against a washed up Barrera in which he eked out a decision was a wrap on his career. If titles could be won for self-aggrandizement, Hart would be undisputed. He should probably hang them up, I imagine he’s suffered a lot a brain trauma being in the gym his whole life trying to live up to his dad’s ****er shadow.

[PBR Streetgang]

Carlos Castro, Jesse Hart and Elvis Rodriguez all got axed from Top Rank? Those would be decent pick ups from somebody.

It's a cold blooded business. I remember the ESPN/Top Rank hype on Elvis was big before his recent struggle with Veron and loss to Sims.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Bob no longer gives AF. Letting Elvis Rodriguez go is shocking. Bud is definitely leaving in October.

Why shocking? Didn't "The King" get upset by a wide underdog not long ago?

[YoungManRumble]

Jesse Fart has no heart