Comments Thread For: Saul Alvarez Inks Deal With Golden Boy Promotions

[boxingfan76]

GBP probably set the public up. They probably purposely threw his name out there to get it bigger knowing that Floyd would never ever fight him. Now they sign this kid who's name has just been blown up. It works out perfectly for them. He got major exposure without even having to fight

how can a kid thats only 19 and have a record like that be blown up?? especially coming from a place that consistently produces more world champs than anyone else? so all the greats before they were well known didnt have a blown up record? manroid pakyoe fought 3o of his fights in the philipines to top pnd for pnd guys??>? whatever.

[boxingfan76]

Thanks to Mayweather everyone knows who he is now!!! Apart from mexicans..

thanks to mayweather ??? what do yall live under a rock??? mayweather is the most hated fighter on earth and i assure you even an unknown kid if they woulda fought wouldve had the entire boxing public on his side!!! especially canelo, hes likable has a crowd pleasing style and hes loved the total opposite of mayweather. a bum can fight mayweather and theyd go for the bum to win i assure u of that.

[boxingfan76]

GBP probably set the public up. They probably purposely threw his name out there to get it bigger knowing that Floyd would never ever fight him. Now they sign this kid who's name has just been blown up. It works out perfectly for them. He got major exposure without even having to fight

well while all yall are ******* off to pac vs clotteys, theres a big boxing public watching the spanish chanels , saul has been on this circuit for 2 years or more he didnt just pop up, hes been kicking ass!! is golden boy signing any of you???

[AddiX]

GBP treats their fighters like he ****, he should of went to Top Rank where they would of taken their time with him and built him up with the public, and let him develop properly. GBP is going to try to cash out on him as quick as possible.

[solly6]

gbp offers their fighters a much healthier profit than top gank, arum screws his fighters badly,they only get a small percentage of ppvs ,while gbp gives their guys a major %.

where did you find this information out? or are you just talking out of your ass again. top rank has a lot of the top fighters in the world so i doubt arum screws them too bad.

[Marijuana]

GBP is cleaning up! Khan and Alvarez in a span of a couple days.

Death to Arum!

[javelin_fangs]

Thank God in heaven. I'm so tired of up and coming contenders I'm excited about signing with Top Rank then fighting 2 fights a year all on small independent PPVs against fringe contender after fringe contender. (See: Nonito Donaire, Peterson bro's and Yuriorkis Gamboa until tomorrow night)

[javelin_fangs]

where did you find this information out? or are you just talking out of your ass again. top rank has a lot of the top fighters in the world so i doubt arum screws them too bad.

I think if you were to ask a consensus of boxing writers via e-mail which promoters tend to take smaller percentages of the revenues the bigger promoters probably take smaller percentages on their biggest events. Small events are roughly equal for just about all promoters.

The biggest events in the US these days are generally done by either Golden Boy and Top Rank with the occasional exception of DiBella and Goosen-Tudor. But I've read many interviews on other sites where Golden Boy was agreed to have been the one that takes a smaller percentage of revenues than Top Rank. Part of that is because Golden Boy usually allows fighters to have more control over their own careers; which leads to some calls that they're more of a "booking agent" rather than a "real promoter."

A lot of people don't like Golden Boy's model because it's so decentralized. Image control is a problem. Look at how well Top Rank protects its fighter's images. It doesn't matter why Top Rank fighters don't sign for fights...it's never their fault. They're always tough guys. But, generally speaking of course, Golden Boy allows it's fighters more control, business interests and a higher percentage of revenues.

Again, a lot of old-timers don't like this. The notion that promoters work for the fighters is not popular, but it's central to Golden Boy's business model. That said, I have no idea what percentages Top Rank makes on Pacquiao, Lopez, Cotto, etc. Or what percentages Golden Boy will make on Khan, Alvarez, etc. I just know that in interviews and editorials I've read it's been generally agreed upon that Hopkins, Mosley, Hatton, etc. get an unusually large percentage of revenues on their fights.

[Libido Sanchez]

Also thought he was going with Top Rank. GBP flexing lately.

But if he keeps developing and winning, he will be on HBO a lot. He's a white Mexican. Double score for the network. (No racism... just saying, he's like a demographic dream, lol. There's a lot of Mexican boxing fans and America loved Richie Cunningham.)

ˇWar Canelo!

[Zarco]

Thanks to Mayweather everyone knows who he is now!!! Apart from mexicans..

people on boxing forums dont equal everyone.

GBP probably set the public up. They probably purposely threw his name out there to get it bigger knowing that Floyd would never ever fight him. Now they sign this kid who's name has just been blown up. It works out perfectly for them. He got major exposure without even having to fight

lmoa. so there were a few reports on a possible Mayweather vs Alvarez clash on some boxing websites, and NOW GBP is ready to sign him since his name has been touched with the "golden touch"?

they were trying to sign him before any Mayweather reports came out. go on youtube and watch his fights and press conferences in Mexico so you can see why GBP signed him.