Comments Thread For: Merchant Feels Gamboa Should Have Fought Brandon Rios

[hrt3333]

Gamboa would have been jumping up 2 weight classes and probably got robbed like Abril did if he didn't get a KO

[537Bwouaye]

good post, i didnt know most of what you posted, thanks! green k

well the first part of what i said was also in the ring magazine website... the source i'm talkin about told us like a week or two before it was officially published in the ring, quoting gamboa's lawyer.. that's actually why we trust him, everytime he told us things, it would get confirmed by the medias a few weeks later..

he's been telling us not to worry about gamboa's future for months now. he said gamboa's team had all under control and that's why yuri is always smiling in every pic, he knew top rank couldn't do anything against him in court because he never signed for the Rios fight and because they knew his contract wasn't good. also, when we raised concerns about the monetary needs to go into battle with bob arum in courts, he also said not to worry because gamboa was now very good friend with mayweather and mayweather insisted in paying for every expense.

[jtiger777]

That was a dumb fight there are a few fights in his weight class that need to happen

[jtiger777]

idk what these people *****ing about this fight would have been canceled anyway because rios can't make weight

and its not saving face gamboa is jumping two weight classes as is

rios struggles to make 140 but hes gonna make 135? That was just ****** to begin with right?

[JohnnyRebel]

Is Merchant on Uncle Bob's payroll like Brian Kenny finally confirmed after getting canned from ESPN? After seeing Rios not make weight against Abril, Abril schooling Rios, and Abril getting ****d in the decision why should Gamboa have fought that fight anyway? What kind of interviewer doesn't ask the real questions? Larry is getting old and senile... hell he had Pac winning by a landslide in the Bradley fight. I use to like the guy but on topics like this where I figured he'd take up for the right party he let me down. I know I sure in the **** wouldn't fight someone if I never signed the contract... who gives a **** about any kind of verbal agreement when it comes to Top Rank. Yesterday I was lying but today I'm telling the truth... that famous line comes from the biggest scumbag in boxing known as Bob Arum. Gamboa was about to be cashed out... he made the right choice. Gamboa has everything to make it big but wasn't getting the right fights because of Arum's racial promoting. Once Gamboa comes back and is fighting fights we want nobody will care about the Rios situation... if anything why doesn't Arum get backlash for ****ing up the Gamboa vs Lopez fight.