Dan Rafael: "Bob Arum LIED about Caballero pricing himself out"

[SuckaPunch]

"Top Rank met with HBO not all that long ago to talk about some fights for the summer. One was Gamboa against Celestino Caballero, an outstanding featherweight bout, which was ticketed for the July 24 card. HBO made a legitimate offer for the fight (between $650,000 and $750,000) and Top Rank then made a half-hearted effort to make it, even admitting to me that what was offered to Caballero and promoter Lou DiBella was probably not enough to get the fight done (about $250,000). So be it, but Top Rank's Bob Arum is now telling people that Caballero priced himself out of the fight, which is simply not true (shocking, right?). The reality is that Gamboa and Top Rank simply don't want to make the fight right now. They know how tough of a fight it is. Top Rank wouldn't even give HBO a number that it needed to get for the fight after telling the network that the initial offer wasn't enough. Now it looks like Gamboa may instead face titlist Rojas now that Rojas' promoter, Don King, has apparently backed off his silly demand for a 50-50 split. "

- Dan Rafael

http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/blog/_/name/rafael_dan/id/5225630/a-wba-super-duper-champion-oh-possibilities

[Dick Buffman]

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! !!

[keepthemhandsup]

so basically no one wanna fight till one is weak.

everyone want money

let go fight opponents that are easy and call out other fighters and act like we ant to fight them ASAP.

[freeloada]

Caballero isn't even that good.. JuanMa and Gamboa could both take him out.. Just fight the dude and send him home.. Why duck someone who cant even beat either one? ..

[keepthemhandsup]

Caballero isn't even that good.. JuanMa and Gamboa could both take him out.. Just fight the dude and send him home.. Why duck someone who cant even beat either one? ..

it could be they just want to build gamboa resume more before he fight someone dangerous. regardless gamboa is more then ready to fight caballero, im tired of these fighters waiting and beating it around the bush

[Gordon Gekko]

I also believe Gamboa was asking for 1 million dollars to fight Caballero.

[-Spinal-]

Bob Arum lied, surprise surprise.

[Dick Buffman]

Caballero isn't even that good.. JuanMa and Gamboa could both take him out.. Just fight the dude and send him home.. Why duck someone who cant even beat either one? ..

If that was true, Juanma would've fought him when Caba called him a punk, *****, ****, maricon etc..

Caba is better than both and Arum knows it too well.

[MOTHER DUCKER]

People **** on Golden boy for throwing in Ortiz with someone like Maidana but that's what these guys should be doing. When the young fighters get 15-20 fights under there belt they should be forced to step up not protected all the ****ing time.

[IMDAZED]

Maybe Arum doesn't think Caballero is the sort of joke some of you seem to think he is.