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People keep bringing up Floyd leaving Arum as some kind of evidence of something. Floyd left because he believed he could be a bigger star than Arum believed he could be. Well besides Floyd and Haymon, who else in their right mind thought Floyd would end up with a BILLION dollars in career earnings?? Anyone who says they did is a liar, because if you would have made that claim 15 years ago you would have been laughed out of the gym. Arum offered Floyd $8 million bucks to fight Margs. That was a BOATLOAD of money back then. Floyd thought he was worth more, ventured out on his own, and ultimately proved himself to be right. Good for him. But that doesnt make Bob a racist, it makes him a businessman who made a simple risk/reward decision. The same type of decision he made with Oscar, Cotto, and a thousand other fighters.
I cant speak for everyone, but I have worked with most of the people at Top Rank in one way or another over the years, and I never got the slightest sense of any racist motivations over there. Its all about BUSINESS. Things either make money, or they don't.
And its not really a stretch to parallel this to what is going on in broader society. There seems to be more and more of the "blame" culture, where there must always be a racist, sexist, or transphobic person somewhere to blame for your troubles. I am a fan of Crawford as a fighter, but I don't know him personally. Sure, like everyone else I heard about the auto repair shop incident, but I didn't know enough about the circumstances to form an opinion one way or the other. In this case, the complaint was posted in its entirety by Rafael, so there is no mystery about the allegations. Yes, Bud is free to have the opinion that Bob didnt promote him as well as he could/should have. But have you ever listened to Bud at a presser? Good luck getting people interested. Its almost like listening to those white noise CDs that are supposed to help you fall asleep. But Bob paid him well for his talents, and Bud is now a multi-millionaire. He is now also a free agent, and can do the type of self-promotion that Floyd did, and maybe make himself a billion dollars. Or not......
I cant speak for everyone, but I have worked with most of the people at Top Rank in one way or another over the years, and I never got the slightest sense of any racist motivations over there. Its all about BUSINESS. Things either make money, or they don't.
And its not really a stretch to parallel this to what is going on in broader society. There seems to be more and more of the "blame" culture, where there must always be a racist, sexist, or transphobic person somewhere to blame for your troubles. I am a fan of Crawford as a fighter, but I don't know him personally. Sure, like everyone else I heard about the auto repair shop incident, but I didn't know enough about the circumstances to form an opinion one way or the other. In this case, the complaint was posted in its entirety by Rafael, so there is no mystery about the allegations. Yes, Bud is free to have the opinion that Bob didnt promote him as well as he could/should have. But have you ever listened to Bud at a presser? Good luck getting people interested. Its almost like listening to those white noise CDs that are supposed to help you fall asleep. But Bob paid him well for his talents, and Bud is now a multi-millionaire. He is now also a free agent, and can do the type of self-promotion that Floyd did, and maybe make himself a billion dollars. Or not......
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