Gotta Admit, Bob Arum is great for boxing

[Sweet Jesus]

Because, all the other promoters do not really promote their fightes. If they can't get TV money then they would bring money out of their pocket to keep their fighters in the public eye.

Say what you want about Arum. But, he is willing to go in his pocket to make sure his fighters stay relevant, stay in the public, keeping them active. He don't depend on TV money.

He is the last real promoter left. He knows how to build up a star and he can develop a fanbase.

I tell you other underrated promotional companies who are not big name but are very good. Thompson boxing promotions, TKO promotions, and Prizefight promotions. Those are very top not promotional companies who are not as big name as Shaw or Dibella. But, IMO do a better job as a promotional company. They know how to build up stars and fan bases. Again real promotional companies.

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[Khalid X]

Arum promoted those fighters but he didn't "build" any of them. And Mayweather took off in stature after he left Arum. Delahoya would have been huge with any promoter. And it's no coincidence that both Delahoya and Mayweather left Arum.

This is just an assumption but I'm guessing your into Rap/Hip-hop. If you are then boxing is the same way in the sense DLH and Floyd are like Jay-Z and others. They start off under big name companies, build their names, only to branch off and become their own business men...making millions upon millions. Pac and Cotto are like Nas, in the sense that they don't become their own boss and stay under a big name company, still making money, but not that "I'm my own boss money" like Floyd and Oscar

Arum was responsible for Oscar's and Floyd's earlier buzz (no matter what anyone says), but like smart businessmen, they branched off to be their own men, something more boxers should try to do. I don't think it was so much as they hated Arum or he was a bad guy...it was just the smart move to make (look at how nice Oscar is sitting now that he started GBP).

BTW...I know this analogy was terrible..lol, but this is the best way I could think of at the moment to describe their situation.

[Drunken Cat]

Gotta admit, I didn't actually write any of this thread's topic. I was just trying to mock some moron, and hoping to get some good commentary here.

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=385433

I know Dana gets a lot of hate in the MMA world from a lot of people, and a lot of that is justified, but I really do think that there is no better person to head the biggest MMA organization.

Why? Because even with all the success and wealth that the UFC has achieved, Dana has not settled for that. He doesn't need to do nearly as much promoting and spreading of the UFC brand around the world as he is doing. The UFC would be just fine doing all their shows in 1 city (Las Vegas) and they would still be a billion dollar company. But he isn't settling... he is trying to make MMA legal in every state and trying to spread MMA around the world with incredible vigor. He is basically laying a path for all other MMA organizations as well. Because making MMA legal in more states will also give more opportunities for other smaller organizations in more markets and the UFC is the only company that is heading the movement to legalize MMA everywhere.

So as much as is focused on the negative things that Dana White does, I don't think people appreciate the positive that Dana is doing. I can't imagine anyone else making MMA as big and popular as it is right now.

[Drunken Cat]

There were a couple of interesting points made, on both sides of the spectrum though.