Comments Thread For: Top Rank/Golden Boy: Another Head To Head on Dec. 8?

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I could see Shaeffers stand on not worrying about other promoters. Especially how TR was saying Manny is fighting in Nov and now Dec. It does suck that us fans have to choose between 2 different events. On the flip side, common sense says GB n TR should just work together on nights like this to generate more money. A good example is Sept 15. Martinez n Canelo are both my favorite fighters and I'm gonna be pissed if both main events go on at the same time. Its factual that the GB card is the better undercard and Chavez-Martinez is the more attractive main event. From the business perspective, if both promoters would swallow their pride, you would think one of them would just go on a Friday night. Both cards are in Vegas. They could cross promote and probably sell out both venues, generating more revenue. If they cant decide who goes on Friday then flip a coin for the damn thing. The GB card wouldve been great for the Friday night and the TP Rank card on the Sat night. Its vegas, n the weekend would have been more attractive generating much more money. The rumor is that the GB card is comping alot of tix... if they were on a Friday I guarantee they wouldve sold out because you wouldve had all the TR card fans checking out the show as well. But, I guess this is just wishful thinking.

That's not how it works in Bob Arum's mind. He is doing this all for competition and that's it. I don't understand why people are blaming Golden Boy when Golden Boy would for sure work with Top Rank and have and tried in the past. Arum is the one who went on record to say that he doesn't want to break bread with other promoters.