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Yeah I know in the past he worked with Hearns, Ali, Leonard, and thats great but I know that those guys were damn near self made legends. Ali and Leonard were popular right out of the Olympics and Hearns won respect with the way he was knocking muths out so he had a lot of buzz already.
But lately, and I mean the pass 20 years, Arum has really fallen off with Black fighters. Here he has Pac vs Clottey but I'll be damned if there has been any promotional material, marketing etc...directed at Black audiences. I mean Clottey is from Ghana and I'm sure they are excited in his homeland but sheesh, he can be promoted in African American markets as well. What harm is in that, is Arum just really that cheap? This will sound racist but I actually predict a majority white crowd in Dallas. Not majority asian or Filipino, or African, but White. That, if you ask me, is the target audience of this fight. Conservative whites at that.
Even with Floyd, Arum truly failed to see his potential, Floyd stated that he should be making De La Hoya kind of money and Arum laughed at him, so Floyd goes solo and does just that. This more so than anything else showed me that Black fighters need to stay away from Bob Arum.
Clottey may not realize it cause he's making some money with Top Rank, but he is being used in this fight with Pac, and I know he could be making more and having a more fulfilling career with another promoter. He is going into the biggest fight of his life as an unknown, that aint right. He should of been built up properly for this moment.
But lately, and I mean the pass 20 years, Arum has really fallen off with Black fighters. Here he has Pac vs Clottey but I'll be damned if there has been any promotional material, marketing etc...directed at Black audiences. I mean Clottey is from Ghana and I'm sure they are excited in his homeland but sheesh, he can be promoted in African American markets as well. What harm is in that, is Arum just really that cheap? This will sound racist but I actually predict a majority white crowd in Dallas. Not majority asian or Filipino, or African, but White. That, if you ask me, is the target audience of this fight. Conservative whites at that.
Even with Floyd, Arum truly failed to see his potential, Floyd stated that he should be making De La Hoya kind of money and Arum laughed at him, so Floyd goes solo and does just that. This more so than anything else showed me that Black fighters need to stay away from Bob Arum.
Clottey may not realize it cause he's making some money with Top Rank, but he is being used in this fight with Pac, and I know he could be making more and having a more fulfilling career with another promoter. He is going into the biggest fight of his life as an unknown, that aint right. He should of been built up properly for this moment.
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