Comments Thread For: Eddie Hearn Hits Back at Bob Arum: Top Rank Are Completely Finished, ESPN Contract Gone!

[kiaba360]

That much was obvious when Mikey quit against Salido. He has the skills but not the heart.

But, he did absorb 12 rounds of punishment from Spence. It's unfortunate we never got Mikey/Loma.

[_Rexy_]

But, he did absorb 12 rounds of punishment from Spence. It's unfortunate we never got Mikey/Loma.

Yeah, and kept raising that ****** ****ing hand after every round.

[DougalDylan]

Wait Haymons done his job? at what , is he still music promoting , his fighters fight every couple of years now

Both Hearns and Arum's shows have been straight ass and both could learn a lot from Haymon. Just be quiet and do your job imbeciles.

[JuniorTorres720]

Is quite sad to be bobs age and still gagging for more money . He will never spend what he has now

How? Maybe he loves what he does. Some people will never retire and Bob's probably one of those people. Not everyone thinks like you.

[Bornboxingfan]

Take away promoting Nationalism to sucker UK fans and Matchroom is less than zero. That crap doesn’t work in America. You think cuz a fighter is from say New York or Chicago it’s gonna get massive press coverage and fanfare in those towns and casuals will show up? Wrong cuz there are 1 Million other things that get coverage every day there. But if you have a Scottish fighter/Mancunian fighter/Welshman - put a fight against a corpse in those markets and it will be like New Years Day for punters

Haney said "Pushing Loma cost him $400,000" to get a little more attention on fight week. When AJ fought unknown Andy Ruiz at MSG, AJ fan base took over New York City from airports, hotels, pubs/food establishments and MSG itself. What an amazing atmosphere created with AJ presence at
a pretty penny, until Andy ruined their party!

[BlackRobb]

Agreed but Bob still has the best heavyweight in the world and that has always been a good yardstick for success.

Not really. Fury is like Canelo, Floyd or Manny -- they need no promoter to sell them. Fury can drop Bob and UK promoter tomorrow and be just fine.

[BlackRobb]

Indeed, I'd be curious to see the ROI on Fury fight compared to for example, paying Shakur low 7 figures to sell out Prudential Center in New Jersey.

I'd love to see it too. Fury slapping around body bags like Chisora and Whyte shouldn't be selling out the Theater at MSG, let alone a massive stadium in the UK.

[Oldskoolg]

Take away promoting Nationalism to sucker UK fans and Matchroom is less than zero. That crap doesn’t work in America. You think cuz a fighter is from say New York or Chicago it’s gonna get massive press coverage and fanfare in those towns and casuals will show up? Wrong cuz there are 1 Million other things that get coverage every day there. But if you have a Scottish fighter/Mancunian fighter/Welshman - put a fight against a corpse in those markets and it will be like New Years Day for punters

This is one of the best posts ever on this forum

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Fury-Wilder 2 did like 800k buys right?

Hearn can’t even get those sort of numbers with Canelo.

Arum has promoted fights that did multimillions of buys at the box office.

This is like a rookie QB calling out Tom Brady.

[chepboxingking]

That's the consequence of entering a new market that's congested with political bullshxt. Hearn's personality alone will rub people the wrong way. TR, GBP, and PBC already have enough drama between them, not to mention all of the smaller promoters whom they have alliances with. The last thing they needed was the loud-mouthed Brit trying to get a piece of the pie. Hearn wrongly assumed that money would make fights happen, if it was only that simple. Jacobs got his big fight against Canelo, but Hearn could not throw enough money at Jermall/Tank to face Andrade/Farmer. The person who benefited the most from the DAZN gold rush was Mikey Garcia.

there’s some truth here but I believe Hearn just overvalued them all. There was no reason at all for him to sign them to multi fight deal and guaranteed the $$ he did.