Comments Thread For: Demetrius Andrade To Relinquish WBO Middleweight Title, Eyes Super Middleweight Run

[-Kev-]

Obviously ducking Robert Williams.

Very true.

But Demetrius Andrade vs Arthur McJohnson has been a long time coming. Fans are clamoring for that fight.

[DClefthook]

They seem to be cool with all the cheating and everything else until the money runs out then they start running their mouth

For the life of me I never figured out why a young rich athlete gets married. It's all good when the millions are rolling in and she lives like a queen but when the cash gets low and she's accustomed to living a certain lifestyle that you can't provide anymore she's going bounce and burn down the house on the way out. I've been dealing with this type of chic my whole life and I can guarantee you that although it seems there is trouble in paradise, she's going to be doing a whole lot of lying about his situation just to try and destroy his character. If I were a young rich athlete I would never get married. I would just have a rolodex of call girls at my disposal. Richard Gere said it best in the movie PRETTY WOMAN when the ********** asked him why does he pay for sex when he so rich and could get any woman he wants and he responded "I DON'T PAY YOU FOR SEX, I PAY YOU TO LEAVE". Second best movie line of all time. The best is Robert De Niro in the movie HEAT..."A guy told me one time don't let yourself get attached to anything you're not willing to walk away from in 30 sec flat if you feel the heat coming around the corner". I swear I've lived my life by those two quotes.

[DClefthook]

I assume PBC offered him crumbs... like gave him an intentionally disrespectful offer. The way they probably see it - Andrade ducked Charlo because it wasn't a payday, signed with a promoter who mandated they were here to put PBC out of business, and then tried to get Charlo to come fight Andrade on DAZN.

He has no value on the market with to without a title, which is an awkward place to be at this stage in his career.

He just made a lot of bad choices. He and Gamboa both wrecked their careers around the same time signing with celebrity promoters with no experience.

I want to have some sympathy for Andrade seeming as though I'm a fellow 'brotha" and all but I swear him and Crawford have the two worst business teams in sports history!

[famicommander]

I want to have some sympathy for Andrade seeming as though I'm a fellow 'brotha" and all but I swear him and Crawford have the two worst business teams in sports history!

Champions Andrade has fought:
(zero)

Champions Crawford has fought:
Ricky Burns
Yuriorkis Gamboa
Ray Beltran
Viktor Postol
Julius Indongo
Jeff Horn
Amir Khan
Kell Brook
Shawn Porter

No comparison there. You can't blame the business team. Andrade just doesn't want to fight anybody good. That's as clear as day. He wants to call out guys he knows are already committed to other fights, then fight a bunch of bums, then accuse everybody of ducking him.

[DClefthook]

Champions Andrade has fought:
(zero)

Champions Crawford has fought:
Ricky Burns
Yuriorkis Gamboa
Ray Beltran
Viktor Postol
Julius Indongo
Jeff Horn
Amir Khan
Kell Brook
Shawn Porter

No comparison there. You can't blame the business team. Andrade just doesn't want to fight anybody good. That's as clear as day. He wants to call out guys he knows are already committed to other fights, then fight a bunch of bums, then accuse everybody of ducking him.

I stand corrected sir!

[GBP4LIFE]

They seem to be cool with all the cheating and everything else until the money runs out then they start running their mouth

Oh well.. that’s apart of the game.. when u fucc’n mad ho3s it’s costly my guy.. have to be able to afford it.. Charlo should have demanded rat boy Espinoza made the Mungia fight with Oscar.. oh well

[GBP4LIFE]

So who is he going to build with?
Matchroom already said they can't get him fights.
PBC won't take him?
Is he going to fight for Top Rank/Frank?
Would they even want him?
This man confuses me.
Confuses me very much.

He already has a new promoter.. damn

Salita Promotions!!!

[GBP4LIFE]

Andrade vs Zach Parker is a done deal.. Andrade payday is supposedly about $900k

[Greenfield02]

Hey FAMICOMMANDER! You are absolutely right about Andrade, some of the worst decisions by a fighter and his team I have ever seen. But Crawford is in that same boat as far as business decisions, maybe not to the degree of Andrade but that little list of "champions" you put together is a joke, with maybe the exception of Porter, who was washed up and Postol, who might be the only one on that list who was legitimately a champ. Ricky Burns - paper champion Gamboa- washed up and a blown up featherweight Ray Beltran- paper champion Indogo- paper champion keeping some belts warm Horn? I don't think that even deserves an answer Khan? Good grief, completely washed Brook? Copy paste Khan

[famicommander]

Hey FAMICOMMANDER! You are absolutely right about Andrade, some of the worst decisions by a fighter and his team I have ever seen. But Crawford is in that same boat as far as business decisions, maybe not to the degree of Andrade but that little list of "champions" you put together is a joke, with maybe the exception of Porter, who was washed up and Postol, who might be the only one on that list who was legitimately a champ. Ricky Burns - paper champion Gamboa- washed up and a blown up featherweight Ray Beltran- paper champion Indogo- paper champion keeping some belts warm Horn? I don't think that even deserves an answer Khan? Good grief, completely washed Brook? Copy paste Khan

I agree that a lot of the names Crawford has faced, especially Horn and Brook and Khan, were weak and/or washed champions. I strongly disagree with your assesment of his 135 and 140 opponets, though. Beltran was for the lineal title; he was highly ranked and well regarded at the time. Burns was a good win too.

But that just further highlights how garbage Andrade's resume is.

Most champions have a few washed or weak champions on their resume to pad it out. Look at Tank Davis with a much older Gamboa, a Santa Cruz outside his weight, a washed Cristobal Cruz, way outside of his weight Hugo Ruiz. Andrade can't even do that. He can't even get a guy who was champ 8 years ago or a blown up welterweight or a guy that won a belt on a fluke and then lost on the first defense. Nobody.