Comments Thread For: Arum Talks Showtime, HBO's Issues, Shaw, More

[Iceta Lives]

I don't like Arum but I agree with him.

[Rocky Rode]

I don't think he really can demand Chavez jr, if he wins, to fight him. Because not only Arum is behind Chavez jr, but also Sulaiman. If they think that Julio is not ready for Martinez, then he won't allow fight to happen.

Sadly, you're probably right. I hate how these alphabet belts screw over the less popular fighters all because they'll make less money with their sanctioning fees.

[vicmatic1]

arums a scumbag but hes speaking some truth

[William Blake]

This is a good interview.

I'd love to hear more dirt on Al Haymon by some of the other promoters. Hauser has written about Haymon and has stated that it is difficult to get people talking about Al Haymon.

I wonder what this means for a potential Pacquiao-Berto clash? I think Berto definately needs to be built up a lot more than he is, but he is a champion and ranked #3 by Ring Magazine.

[Devils Advocate]

Top Rank Promotions CEO, Bob Arum, had some interesting things to say about the industry during a recent interview with BoxingScene.com in New York.

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Damn Arum is a master mind. Bradley better jump ship when his contract is up!! Alexander better win or he's screwed according to Arum

[Pullcounter]

arum is a real promoter. everyone else are just booking agents. but you better have a good fanbase or you might get lost in his stable.

[SluggerFan]

Don King put on great undercards. Arum would rather use that money to "promote" and give the fans **** undercards

You cannot compare the two because they are completely different eras. Back then, when Chavez, Toney, Simon Brown, etc fought on a Tyson undercard, they didn't get paid nowhere's near what those kind of guys would make now. Even a Simon Brown vs. Terry Norris fight back then would maybe have $1 million to split between the two. Now, that fight would cost $3 to $4 million to put together, and inflation hasn't tripled since then.

arums a scumbag but hes speaking some truth

You took the words right out of my mouth. Arum, King, Haymon, GBP, Shaw, Dibella, etc are ALL greedy scumbags.. but Arum is the king of promotion now. Don King used to be the king however even though him and Arum are close to the same age, Don is just too old to do the job Arum has done recently...

[mananimal]

i challenge someone to even find a picture of the secretive Al Haymon.......

[JoeDaWg]

I don't like Arum but I agree with him.

100% agree with that statement

[waxfondler]

arum dropping knowledge.

arum is the man at PROMOTING.

alexander/bradley was one of the most important fights, but was placed NOWHERE.... and was a complete flop.

cotto/foreman was pure genius from beginning to end... was a fairly meaningless fight... but promoted excellently.

i scratch my head about pinoy power cards though....