Comments Thread For: Shakur Stevenson turns down 5-fight, $15M Top Rank deal: 'Arum's saving son Lomachenko from ass whooping'

[Smash]

Let me give you the scoop. Assuming Tank, his best payday available today, and fights Shakur on PPV, and the price to view at best is $49.95

I don’t think such PPV would not generate more than 150,000 buys

79.99
550k buys

[Lefty0616]

79.99
550k buys

Thanks Smash!

[MONGOOSE66]

Shakur Stevenson bested Artem Harutyunyan as expected on Saturday night, successfully defending his WBC lightweight crown for the first time.
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Shakur doesnt hand out ass whippings. He just out boxes ANYONE.
Even an old boxer like Loma is going to give him some problems cause he isnt going to be afraid of him after Shakur out boxes him the first 6 rounds. the fact that Shakur seems unsure about letting his hands loose will just give confidence to Loma. Good fight that Shakur should win by 2 points. I wouldnt be surprised to see Loma beat him though. Its not that Loma is better. Its that Shakur’s “timidness” could back fire with the judges.

[Phase III]

Update to my July 9th post.

I made it very clear on my previous post that Shakur and his handlers would be fools not to accept TR offer of a 5 fight, 15M offer. As I said, Shakur’s non PPV value at 500K per fight would be generous, and his PPV as the B side, 1M would be overly generous. That’s how much a bust Shakur is for any Promoter crazy enough to offer him more than my figures above.

Since my post, Shakur has found no takers in GBP, Matchroom, or PBC, which should not surprise anyone.

I know Arum understand the business of boxing, unless of course of he’s going through Joe ***** type issues.

But, having given this more thought, I also realize that most reporters don’t bother to delve into details. What do I mean? Most if not all Promoter contracts contain a clause that reads; in the event the fighter loses a fight, the Promoter has the right to terminate or renegothe contract at the Promoters option.

It seems plausible to me, that Arum is offering Shakur what looks like a sweet deal, but in truth, perhaps he has a plan to throw Shakur to the wolves knowing he’ll get beat and in fact is looking to use Shakur as a sacrificial lamb? In other words, lose and you’re out. Keep in mind, Arum has never been fond of black fighters not named Muhammad Ali. Mayweather and Crawford left his stable and did or will do quite well once the right Hispanic dance partners are in the mix, and no, I’m not talking about Salsa dancers. If Arum had his way, his stable would be full of Hispanic fighters especially Mexican and Puerto Rican fighters. In Arum’s world, black fighters don’t sell tickets and PPV buys, which is where Bob makes his money.

I repeat again, Shakur, rather than doing a quick about face now that reality has set in and you realize that the only reason that GBP, PBC, Matchroom, we’re probably interested in you was to get Bob to overbid on your services because those promoters can’t stand Bob.

Look, get on your knees, tell Bob how happy you are to resign with him, tell him what a great promoter he is, roll a big one and smoke it with Bob before he comes to his senses and realize what a massive mistake he made offering you 5 fights for 15M. Don’t worry about being a lying hypocrite because Bob does that all the time. Oh, and while you’re at it, have someone who can read, go over the fine print.

[jqSide]

Even Eddie Hearn couldn't match what ESPN pays for non-PPV fights. I have no clue how they (ESPN) do it. I remember when Hearn wanted Jose Ramirez for Conor Benn. Hearn was surprised to learn Ramirez was getting paid that much. Of course, the fight didn't get made. Crawford became a wealthy man getting $2 mil per fight regardless of who he fights. Lopez stopped complaining because he's getting what he wants. Who would pay anyone $2 million fighting on a Thursday?

[Haka]

Why is this unknown unexciting unproven runner constantly being mentioned ?

[Jsmooth9876]

I like SS but he ain't whooping Loma's azz... That would be a competitive fight and Shakur pulls out a decision win