Cuban Fans Are Rigo's Biggest Problem

[BendOver]

You mean the same Miami fans who missed one of the greatest comebacks in basketball history because they left a freaking NBA Finals elimination game early when their team was only down 4 points? GTFO

Yes because they are very passionate...

[BendOver]

A while back, I read an article in which Arum claimed that he had difficulty promoting Gamboa to the White Cuban population in Florida because they were reluctant to embrace a Black Cuban fighter. He pointed out how Arguello was able to gain a big following with that community, yet many Cuban fighters never received the same level of support. I dunno about the validity of that claim as Arum is generally full of crap and I'm not too familiar with racial dynamics within that community.

Good old BS, most of the Cuban boxer had being black, the most revere Cuban boxer could not be blacker, Kid Chocolate, BA is full of crap like always...

[New England]

Yes because they are very passionate...

rofl.


you are the only person in the world who thinks florida sports fans are passionate. they're well known to be a fair weather fanbase. sports teams have never done well in florida. neither has boxing.


i don't know what you're trying to accomplish by standing here flat out lying.

[Ray*]

I didn't think someone nationality should play any significance in showcasing a boxer, but the boxer himself should know his market value, if Rigo isn't as popular as Nonito then he should not command or demand the same fees that someone like Nonito might command, having said that someone like Rigo should be showcase to boxing fans, not all boxing fans want a brawler shove down their throats.

[PRchamp]

The gutting of the marlins team happened because they underachieved & loria lost big bucks! It didn't help hiring ozzie guillen to a 4 year contract only to have him praise fidel castro & alienate a large portion of the fan base. Some sponsors were pulled shortly after. It was a media nightmare for loria. He had no choice but to fire guillen with 3 years left in his contract. I know he isn't the best owner but he's won 2 world series since he sold the montreal expos...he's done something right at one point... Wish they could turn it around...

Loria didn't win 2 championships just 1 as owner and it wasn't his staff that made it happen. He inherited a team that he never made and they won the championship and he still using the excuse that it was him who was the genius that won us the 2003 World Series. Since then he has dealt away great players like Miguel Cabrera for peanuts smh and every good player was traded or never resign because Loria and Dave Samson are scum owners and they are nothing but crooks that are doing the same thing they did in Montreal. Loria hasn't won anything during his time here and last season he let go of all those players because he a cheap ass owner that was played like a sucker by Guillen. A real Marlins fan like me knows wtf is happening down here, Loria is garbage dude you can't vouch for that man.

Like I said again Miami sports fans are passionate and diehard fans. There are bandwagon fans in every city, game 6 of the finals those people left because they aren't real fans just rich people who want to be in the place to be and don't give a **** about the local team.

Bring megafights down here in Miami and the people will show. Bring a crappy product and it will flop because nobody is ****** down here

[El_Rey]

rofl.


you are the only person in the world who thinks florida sports fans are passionate. they're well known to be a fair weather fanbase. sports teams have never done well in florida. neither has boxing.


i don't know what you're trying to accomplish by standing here flat out lying.

Pretty sure he was being sarcastic. We all know Florida fans are a giant POS. The Marlins ranked 28th out 30 teams in average attendance in 2003. The same 2003 when the Marlins won a World Series! The Tampa Bay Rays have been a great team for 6 years now and they still ranked dead last in average attendance last year. Anything besides a Mayweather fight down there would probably flop.

[jri9d0]

I think there are too many posters on this thread who are using Florida as the convenient excuse to why Rigo is a box office flop.

Truth is Cubans aren't passionate boxing fans and they never were. I hardly ever agree with Arum on anything but he mentioned how hard it is to promote Cubans long before Rigo and Donaire have ever fought and he was right on the money no matter how crooked he is...

[ShoulderRoll]

Arum could set up a big fight with Rigo by reaching out to Golden Boy. Rigondeaux against Mares or Santa Cruz would be a big fight. And Golden Boy in the past has shown interest in making one of those happen.

But Bob won't do it.

[brettWall]

LOL. I didn't expect this. I assumed it's self explanatory.

I thought I gave the best example in Broner. Do you really need to promote a guy like Broner? Fans like the way he fights. Aside from that he comes up with antics like asking his dad to brush his hair at the end of the fight. He showboats and taunts his opponents. And outside the ring he's an ass.

Need I say more? You don't need a promoter with a guy like this.

Fighting with a style attractive to fans is self-promotion. It's something promoters have no control over.