Comments Thread For: Insider Notebook: Schaefer on Top Rank; Morales; More

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

By Robert Morales - One thing about Bob Arum, the 79-year-old chairman of Top Rank Inc. can ruffle feathers with the best. He was in rare form recently when he started taking pot-shots at the proposed April 16 welterweight title fight between champion Andre Berto and Victor Ortiz.

Arum beefed that Berto should be defending against the winner of last Saturday's Mike Jones-Jesus Soto-Karass fight instead of a 140-pounder (meaning Ortiz) coming off a draw with another 140-pounder (Lamont Peterson).

Welterweight is 147. Lou DiBella, Berto's promoter, countered by saying this comes from a man promoting a fight between pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and a fighter ("Sugar" Shane Mosley) coming off a draw with Sergio Mora, who turned around and lost to Brian Vera. DiBella also basically suggested Arum mind his own business. [Click Here To Read More]

[Pullcounter]

damn... looks like marez/donaire ain't happening....

[-Hyperion-]

anselmo moreno of mexico..........

and left out the most important part of erik's message to roach(which was basically: how come you werent concerned for my health when you were forcing me to drain down to 130 with ridiculously high penalties for not making weight?)

good info though

[theplayerpimp]

anselmo moreno of mexico..........

and left out the most important part of erik's message to roach(which was basically: how come you werent concerned for my health when you were forcing me to drain down to 130 with ridiculously high penalties for not making weight?)

good info though

dam beat me to it.

[onechance87]

wonder what the ratings for donaire-montiel.

[Eastbay Giant]

By Robert Morales - One thing about Bob Arum, the 79-year-old chairman of Top Rank Inc. can ruffle feathers with the best. He was in rare form recently when he started taking pot-shots at the proposed April 16 welterweight title fight between champion Andre Berto and Victor Ortiz.

Arum beefed that Berto should be defending against the winner of last Saturday's Mike Jones-Jesus Soto-Karass fight instead of a 140-pounder (meaning Ortiz) coming off a draw with another 140-pounder (Lamont Peterson).

Welterweight is 147. Lou DiBella, Berto's promoter, countered by saying this comes from a man promoting a fight between pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and a fighter ("Sugar" Shane Mosley) coming off a draw with Sergio Mora, who turned around and lost to Brian Vera. DiBella also basically suggested Arum mind his own business. [Click Here To Read More]

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[PRBOXINGCOTTO]

Most likley donaire will stay at 118 for the year wv2 will fight montiel and molitor madaina will kill morales jmm will fight pac in nov

[ronnie_N.]

did schaeffer just said that Top Rank is trying to be like UFC??...

i thought it was dela ****'s vision for boxing and GBP will get it done???....

schaeffer should just hang in vegas to scalp tickets for the pacquiao-mosley fight and take oscar with him....

[mikemurni]

anselmo moreno of mexico..........

and left out the most important part of erik's message to roach(which was basically: how come you werent concerned for my health when you were forcing me to drain down to 130 with ridiculously high penalties for not making weight?)

good info though

Another butthurt Mexi**** who cant accept defeat. When will you realize that Top Rank was the lead promoter, and Morales camp were the A-side of the promotion for those fights..

[Bogs]

did schaeffer just said that Top Rank is trying to be like UFC??...

i thought it was dela ****'s vision for boxing and GBP will get it done???....

Right on the button. ODLH publicly declared the GBP dream of becoming the UFC of boxing not long ago. Arum is standing in Schaefers way, thus the hatred.