Golden Boy Promotions vs. Top Rank is ruining boxing

[SuperTrooper]

This **** is getting ridiculous, and I'm really angry what boxing has become. This will greatly divide boxing and diminish the upsurge popularity it has gained. It's not Floyd vs. Pac anymore but Golden Boy Promotions vs Top Rank. Future great boxing match-ups are in jeopardy and we fans will be greatly affected. This is all started because of Floyd Sr. who despised Pacquiao so much that he would go to great lenghts to discredit his accomplishments and make accusations with no merit. I also blame NSAC for not taking control of the situation when it first started instead they're laying low and watching the two hard headed promoters deal with it. NSAC has the last say if the fight happens or not so therefore they should of mediated this drug testing issue all along. No fighter or promoter should dictate the rules to their heart's content. If they have a complaint about the drug testing policy, they should file a complaint to NSAC. Let them handle the issue and implement a better testing procedure if need be.

[aristotlemoses]

Yea Bob Arum's ego is out of this world. I know it's not just his fault. But that mother****er has some ego on him.

[johncods]

Nah.. Floyd is.. Pac vs. Oscar happened with little problem same with hatton who was a GBP fighter, Mosley-Margarito happened, Cotto-mosley too.. then floyd's comes in with the " I want it my way " attitude against another superstar.. what was he thinking?? And it's not like this is the 1st time floyd fails to fight a guy the public wants him to fight.. think about it.. Boxing was doing fine with floyd out, the fights the public wanted were actually happening and if not for floyd coming back we would have probably have pac-mosley in march signed and delivered..

[-The Glove-]

This **** is getting ridiculous, and I'm really angry what boxing has become. This will greatly divide boxing and diminish the upsurge popularity it has gained. It's not Floyd vs. Pac anymore but Golden Boy Promotions vs Top Rank. Future great boxing match-ups are in jeopardy and we fans will be greatly affected. This is all started because of Floyd Sr. who despised Pacquiao so much that he would go to great lenghts to discredit his accomplishments and make accusations with no merit. I also blame NSAC for not taking control of the situation when it first started instead of laying low and watching the two hard headed promoters deal with it. NSAC has the last say if the fight happens or not so therefore they should of mediated this drug testing issue all along. No fighter or promoter should dictate the rules to their heart's content. If they have a complaint about the drug testing policy, they should file a complaint to NSAC. Let them handle the issue and implement a better testing procedure if need be.

I agree 100% man. From my understanding, doesn't the NSAC have to approve of all testing at the end of the day? Isn't a petition supposed to be filled with NSAC?

[Avenue]

word **** em both

[Avenue]

Nah.. Floyd is.. Pac vs. Oscar happened with little problem same with hatton who was a GBP fighter, Mosley-Margarito happened, Cotto-mosley too.. then floyd's comes in with the " I want it my way " attitude against another superstar.. what was he thinking?? And it's not like this is the 1st time floyd fails to fight a guy the public wants him to fight.. think about it.. Boxing was doing fine with floyd out, the fights the public wanted were actually happening and if not for floyd coming back we would have probably have pac-mosley in march signed and delivered..

get off pacmans **** already, damn
there both to blame and pac for not doing the 14day cut off as of now
is to blame a lil more .. if your going to post be unbiased u clown
LOL @ "Boxing was doing fine with floyd out"
righ, look at all the attention our sport got just off his comeback alone.. go kill yourself

[ИATAS]

I agree, I made a thread that got no replies but basically I was saying that we wont see ANY golden boy fighter fight ANY top rank fighter for a long time (unless some miracle occurs and floyd vs pac happens).

So you can start crossing out potential great fights off our "fights we'd like to see" list.

[-The Glove-]

get off pacmans **** already, damn
there both to blame and pac for not doing the 14day cut off as of now
is to blame a lil more .. if your going to post be unbiased u clown
LOL @ "Boxing was doing fine with floyd out"
righ, look at all the attention our sport got just off his comeback alone.. go kill yourself

Isn't your entire post biased? Lol.

[Swag Hustla]

Yeah, this is one big circus and it's a shame boxing can even put together a fight between the top two biggest stars who are in the same weight class? Everyone is to blame. I am a big Pac fan, but I am a boxing fan first. Arum is probably shrugging his shoulders, "Ah shucks, at least Pac is fighting another one of my guys." Probably what he wanted all along. I am sure both sides could have met half way if there weren't so many egos involved.

This is worse than Arum vs. Don King and the HBO vs. Showtime feuds that happened in the 90's. But the biggest fights were still made back then because the public demanded it: Trinidad vs. De la Hoya, Whitaker vs. Chavez, Lewis vs. Tyson, etc.

There is still time this year for fight to be made. If it doesn't get made, it goes to show you how far the sport has really fallen and how its run by business men, lawyers, and greedy crooks who don't give a damn about boxing's legacy because they have made so much money from fighters and fans that they will be rich long after they ruined boxing.

[SuperTrooper]

Yea Bob Arum's ego is out of this world. I know it's not just his fault. But that mother****er has some ego on him.

Bob Arum has been in been business for like 40 years now? He's old school and his ego is as big as it can be. He has the mentality that since he's been in business the longest, he will not agree to anything unless in his mind he'll come out ahead. Just like the old saying "You can't teach an old dog a new trick."