Comments Thread For: Shakur Stevenson-Frank Martin: Top Rank, TGB Come To Agreement For Fight On ESPN

[Bronx2245]

Like they always say, it takes two to tango. When only one fighter wants it, fight is far from happening. But when both fighters want the fight and promoters are throwing roadblocks in it, that's entirely different story. Zepeda or his team obviously didn't want the fight. Pitbull Cruz and his dad didn't want the fight. What can you do in these cases? This is apples and bananas.

Zepeda and Cruz ducked Stevenson, if that is what you want to hear. There's nothing complicated about it. I won't even dig deep into the promotional angle of it. They avoided Stevenson. End of story.

Martin and Stevenson both want the fight. What is Haymon got to do with these guys being presented with lifetime opportunities? Inoue was presented to Fulton. What is Haymon got to do with the fight happening? In both cases both fighters decided for themselves. Haymon is not their employer.

Fulton: Al Haymon Gave Me The Blessing To Take Inoue Fight; I Need Some Excitement
February 16, 2023

“I was in talks with Brandon Figueroa back in November, before the Inoue fight,” Fulton said. “And I was only gonna do that because, you know, to silence the critics. Everybody was talking. ‘Oh, it was a close fight and this person won, this person won, this one lost.’ So, I wanted to silence the critics.

“But after I heard that Inoue was moving up, I made the call to Luis De Cubas. And then we all got Al [Haymon] on the phone and we made it happen. Al gave me the blessing, and that’s something that I wanted to do. And I feel like that’s how my whole career went. Anything I wanted to do, Al allowed me to do that, as well as me wanting it for myself.”

https://www.boxingscene.com/fulton-al-haymon-gave-me-blessing-take-inoue-fight-i-some-excitement--172528

Case Closed!!!

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

He sure didn’t look like a monster in his last fight.

Should he retire instead? Wtf lol

[messi807]

So you blame promoters instead of the fighter that don't want to fight other fighters from other network. If Fury doesn't want to fight Usky, how is that Bob Arums Fault.

Because they already beat everyone at Top Rank, same as Canelo left GOLDEN BOY and MATCHROOM. PBC never leave because they only fight once a year, when is Gary Russell Jr fighting again, Leo Santa Cruz. They just stay in the shelf, which is much bettet than fiding another promoter who actually gives them fights.

When was a there a demand for Davis vs Hector Garcia?

LOL clearly you haven’t heard Bob’s latest comment regarding Fury-Uysk.

PBC fighters have put on the best fights this year.

I blame a promoter that constantly has his best fighters leaving him, yes.

[boxingitis]

LOL clearly you haven’t heard Bob’s latest comment regarding Fury-Uysk.

PBC fighters have put on the best fights this year.

I blame a promoter that constantly has his best fighters leaving him, yes.

Bob Arum and Top Rank are the best creating Stars.
De La Hoya, Mayweather, Cotto, Pacman, Crawford.

Who has PBC ever created as Star?No One. Tank needed Ryan Garcia just to go over his miserable 300 K PPVs he normally does.

All PBC is wait till other fighters finish their business within their promotional company and move to PBC, example Canelo.
Right now they have to send boxers to other promotional companies or keep them on the shelve as they normally due because they can't keep them active. They couldn't make Martin vs Cruz or Martin vs Tank.

If you think Tank vs Garcia was a grear fight you must be delusional. Loma vs Haney was a much better fight.

Remember Crawford was a creation of Top Rank, not hype job as Spence. Just because greedy Spence didn't want to split the money fairly with Crawford it was Bob's fault. Remember their first negotiations didn't go through, that's why Crawford fought David Avanesyan instead, but it's Bob's fault.

They are popular fights, not great competive fights.
Canelo vs Charlo is a joke. Circuis act.
.

[tomhawq]

So you blame promoters instead of the fighter that don't want to fight other fighters from other network. If Fury doesn't want to fight Usky, how is that Bob Arums Fault.

Because they already beat everyone at Top Rank, same as Canelo left GOLDEN BOY and MATCHROOM. PBC never leave because they only fight once a year, when is Gary Russell Jr fighting again, Leo Santa Cruz. They just stay in the shelf, which is much bettet than fiding another promoter who actually gives them fights.

When was a there a demand for Davis vs Hector Garcia?

Haven't seen Leo Santa Cruz in more than 1 1/2 years now. Has he retired? Leigh Wood has accomplished 2 fights already with Lara since he came back from a long layoff. He's set to fight Warrington next.

I think these dormant fighters at PBC will be back eventually when they're in the 40s. Whatever they have in the bank won't last. They'll take any fight offer they can get everywhere for peanuts eventually.

[chepboxingking]

Showtime is not that great. Nothing special about it.

Commentary is 100000x better than espn. Better than all other networks right now tbh.

[WolfPackwillReturn]

I do not like this fight for either fighter, neither have truly hit elite household name level yet both are very special boxers and I would rather see this for titles a couple fights down the line. At least I guess Devine Haney can hold onto his titles for now and doesn't have to run to 140 to avoid Shakur

[messi807]

Bob Arum and Top Rank are the best creating Stars.
De La Hoya, Mayweather, Cotto, Pacman, Crawford.

Who has PBC ever created as Star?No One. Tank needed Ryan Garcia just to go over his miserable 300 K PPVs he normally does.

All PBC is wait till other fighters finish their business within their promotional company and move to PBC, example Canelo.
Right now they have to send boxers to other promotional companies or keep them on the shelve as they normally due because they can't keep them active. They couldn't make Martin vs Cruz or Martin vs Tank.

If you think Tank vs Garcia was a grear fight you must be delusional. Loma vs Haney was a much better fight.

Remember Crawford was a creation of Top Rank, not hype job as Spence. Just because greedy Spence didn't want to split the money fairly with Crawford it was Bob's fault. Remember their first negotiations didn't go through, that's why Crawford fought David Avanesyan instead, but it's Bob's fault.

They are popular fights, not great competive fights.
Canelo vs Charlo is a joke. Circuis act.
.

Who cares about creation. They all leave Bob because he doesn’t know how to treat fighters LOL. Have you heard the latest? Shakur vs Frank Martin is on a Thursday night? Typical Top Rank. Say goodbye to another star very very soon.

[boxingitis]

Who cares about creation. They all leave Bob because he doesn’t know how to treat fighters LOL. Have you heard the latest? Shakur vs Frank Martin is on a Thursday night? Typical Top Rank. Say goodbye to another star very very soon.

Created an ass whooping for Spence hype job.
Yup Stars created by Top Rank. Hopefully in hundred years PBC can creat atleast one.
Look at Canelo with Golden boy 10 year ago, Still PBC hasn't done **** after stealing mayority of GB fighters.
PBC biggest events required Ex Golden boy fighters and ex Top Rank fighter, Canelo, Ryan, Crawford because they can't do big events with their own Roster, it's weak. They can't creat stars for shiat.

[boxingitis]

Commentary is 100000x better than espn. Better than all other networks right now tbh.

I care about the fight not about some bozzos (comentators) opinions. More fans have access to ESPN which helps the sport grow.