Comments Thread For: Ben Shalom, the Wardley-Clarke purse bid and a thaw in hostilities

[BoxingUpdates]

Boxxer promoter Ben Shalom's management of purse bids has taught him some valuable lessons since he started mixing with boxing's most influential.
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[Mick Higgs]

Crying shame we never got Dalton Smith Vs Adam Azim for the triple crown of British, Commonwealth & European when we should of!!......

[Goatintheboat]

Not sure where else Eubank could of gone though. Already tried with Frank, Eddie, Kalle and Al

Let's see who Ben gets for him. If it's Canelo job done but he's already swerved Sheeraz and most disappointedly Janibek for two world titles

[DougalDylan]

Shalom has been a cancer on boxing . Fighters came over from other promoters but nothing came back and a refusal to do purse bids. He spoke enough saying big fights always had to be on Sky and doesn't do as much media as a lot of reporters declined when they were banned from asking certain questions which one of them filmed secretly posted on youtube.

Ther are a few up and coming British promoters hopefully Sky moves on to one of those.

[kiaba360]

Crying shame we never got Dalton Smith Vs Adam Azim for the triple crown of British, Commonwealth & European when we should of!!......

Smith has a fight scheduled, while Azim/Eubank still hasn't been formally announced. Shalom thought he was slick by having them face off in the ring, so that fans would stop pressuring him about Azim/Smith.

The article praises Shalom for his restraint, but he's a PROMOTER. He's supposed to be a megaphone for his company. He's also combating two well-established promotional outfits, so it would behoove him to be less passive. It may be just be Shalom's quiet disposition/personality and there's nothing wrong with that. But he needs to remember that he's representing his outfit and a big corporation in SKY Sports. Additionally, it's not only difficult to shift the narrative if you're quiet, but also if you don't have anything valuable to add. He can't combat MR's narrative because maybe they're (mostly) telling the truth.

The fact that BOXXER couldn't secure Wardley/Clarke 2 is not a good sign. If BOXXER cannot secure a British title fight, maybe Shalom doesn't have the budget to be a major player.