Comments Thread For: DiBella: Angulo is Out of His Mind To Turn Down Martinez

[nolotek]

There's no excuse for Angulo to do this. This kind of things is not good for boxing. Shame on you Angulo!

[BMWM3P]

It's bull**** like this that's bringing down the sport. Because of HBO exposure of this clown he thinks he can get away with fighting bums and keep his cushy HBO spot.

[mrpain81]

I love how Dibella ****s on Angulo yet Berto turned down the biggest purse of his career against Mosley for the same reason.

STFU Lou.

[Gonzalez_Boxing]

Maybe he thinks he can make good money added up fighting clowns on hbo. Maybe he thinks HBO will pay him 200k to fight cab-drivers, so he thinks thats the easier route when the math adds up. Actually, I don't think HBO likes to waste their money so I think his plan make back-fire if thats the case..

HBO guaranteed him a televised fight at 154 if he lost to Martinez. Even if Angulo lost, he was in a no lose situation.

[CharliesRecords]

Come on Angulo you had to take this fight........¡Perro Pendejo!

[alembic]

It'd be great to get Angulo's reasoning for passing on this offer. There might be something else factoring into his decision. That said, I think his cred - as a warrior willing to accept stiff challenges - has been damaged badly.

[mathed]

He knew the score....get beatdown by La Maravilla and have his career in the crapper, not worth 750K

[alembic]

Man, I like to avoid pretending that I know what someone else is thinking... but maybe Angulo sees Martinez as a bigger, more skilled version of Cintron.

If there's a fall back clause in that offer for another televised fight at 154, then there's not a whole lot in terms of a downside here.

I really would like to hear his side (or has he issued a response other than the "I'm the draw in LA" and I missed it?).

[finster]

Angulo is NOT serious!

Come on guys..stop making excuses for Angulo...He is simply not that good as he lost to cintron by a wide margin and can NOT box!!! He is scared to get that ass waxed by Martinez and faked moves! A guaranteed fight on HBO after he gets his ass kicked!! if a good deal as he gets paid twice and can argue that he moved up in weight (no one will jump on him for that!) and he has a 5% chance to pull an upset, which will net him a belt, more exposure and MORE money!! So he can only win even if he loses......What a FOOL!!

[ny123]

He knew the score....get beatdown by La Maravilla and have his career in the crapper, not worth 750K

Exactly he actually might have made the right choice as far as his career goes. All of you who sit here and pop **** about Angulo would be the first ones to call him a bum and a hype job after he lost to Sergio and his career would have taken a huge hit. Honestly with fights against Alvarez Chavez Jr Cotto Kirkland all on the horizon this wont be Angulos only opportunity at a payday and a one sided loss might prevent those from happening. My only problem with Angulo is dont say you will fight anyone when you wont.