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Bob Arum,
“We spend hundreds of thousands of dollars building up our fighters and publicizing them so they are pay-per-view attractions, losing money a lot of events [in the process],” Arum said. “The other promoters don’t really promote their fighters. They take money from HBO or Showtime or a little Indian casino and they think they’re doing the kid a big service. I’m not going to give them a free ride on the work we have done.
“Paul Williams is a tremendous fighter, a great fighter. But he hasn’t been promoted correctly. He doesn’t have any following, can’t sell any tickets. Nobody is financing the pay-per-view fight. On an HBO fight, HBO pays the money. I’m the one that’s financing the pay-per-view and I don’t want to give anyone a free ride.”
Floyd Mayweather "I'm looking for a household name. I mean, he's a household, we need two household names." "Floyd Mayweather's an A level, Margarito's D level." "No come on. We got to realize this. 25,000 homes? If that. And then that's, and that's giving them the benefit of the doubt. And I mean he's supposed to be a Hispanic fighter with Hispanic fans. So I mean, come on man." "It's about making smart decisions that's gonna move me up a notch, move me up levels." "Like I said before, I grabbed boxing fans and asked who is this guy (Margarito) and they didn't even know who he was."
“We spend hundreds of thousands of dollars building up our fighters and publicizing them so they are pay-per-view attractions, losing money a lot of events [in the process],” Arum said. “The other promoters don’t really promote their fighters. They take money from HBO or Showtime or a little Indian casino and they think they’re doing the kid a big service. I’m not going to give them a free ride on the work we have done.
“Paul Williams is a tremendous fighter, a great fighter. But he hasn’t been promoted correctly. He doesn’t have any following, can’t sell any tickets. Nobody is financing the pay-per-view fight. On an HBO fight, HBO pays the money. I’m the one that’s financing the pay-per-view and I don’t want to give anyone a free ride.”
Floyd Mayweather "I'm looking for a household name. I mean, he's a household, we need two household names." "Floyd Mayweather's an A level, Margarito's D level." "No come on. We got to realize this. 25,000 homes? If that. And then that's, and that's giving them the benefit of the doubt. And I mean he's supposed to be a Hispanic fighter with Hispanic fans. So I mean, come on man." "It's about making smart decisions that's gonna move me up a notch, move me up levels." "Like I said before, I grabbed boxing fans and asked who is this guy (Margarito) and they didn't even know who he was."
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