Comments Thread For: Bob Arum Slams MGM Grand, Mayweather, More

[D4thincarnation]

well all im saying is if there are only 4 boxers rated better than bradley then boxing is gash at the moment!!!

You could argue many are technically better, hit harder, silky skills, great defence, but what counts is getting in the ring with top fighters and beating them.

Maybe if a few of those fighters took chances and fought and beat the best maybe they could dislodge Bradley.

[D4thincarnation]

Outside of Mayweather and Ward .. who's more deserving? ESPN and Ring Magazine have Bradley at #3. Admittedly a lot of Tim's high ranking has to do with still being undefeated.

But Bradley has compiled a pretty solid resume including wins over Pac, JMM, Lamont Peterson and Devon Alexander

**I haven't been terribly impressed with Bradley's performances, but give the dude credit, still undefeated and a 4x belt holder in 2 different divisions


and Arum complaining about the MGM seems silly. If he doesn't want to be overshadowed by Mayweather's bout

why fight in the SAME venue, a month before Floyd?

Bradley should be ranked higher than Ward. As good as Froch and Kessler are they are nowhere near the same level as Marquez and Pacquiao (albeit a controversial decision) Plus Bradley is a two weight champ and has other big names on his record

[paulf]

Theyre not hyping Pacquiao because Pacquiaos last PPV sold, what, 1/4th of Mayweathers?

Pacquiao ain't going to be the toast of the town after one easy comeback fight abroad. He has to earn it all over again.

[D4thincarnation]

Theyre not hyping Pacquiao because Pacquiaos last PPV sold, what, 1/4th of Mayweathers?

Pacquiao ain't going to be the toast of the town after one easy comeback fight abroad. He has to earn it all over again.

Why would they be interested in PPV?

They are interested in the gate, that's where they get paid and the high roller clients that the fights bring in.

Three reasons why the have the Floyd poster up now, It not selling too well. The Pacquiao fight is all sold out, can't be promoted anymore, or Floyd paid them extra money for the poster to be up now.

[Fetta]

Why would they be interested in PPV?

They are interested in the gate, that's where they get paid and the high roller clients that the fights bring in.

Three reasons why the have the Floyd poster up now, It not selling too well. The Pacquiao fight is all sold out, can't be promoted anymore, or Floyd paid them extra money for the poster to be up now.

So the only reasons you think are negative ones for Floyd or positive ones for Pac

[Obama2.0]

Why would they be interested in PPV?

They are interested in the gate, that's where they get paid and the high roller clients that the fights bring in.

Three reasons why the have the Floyd poster up now, It not selling too well. The Pacquiao fight is all sold out, can't be promoted anymore, or Floyd paid them extra money for the poster to be up now.

Shut up you sound down. As some of you know I host in Vegas. The Manny fight is doing trash numbers. None of the MGM venues are streaming the fight. Where as the company I work for all ready have promo and tickets print for screenings at the deuce gold lounge lily And ect. Along with many other Vegas venues. One tidbit of info. You can't stream the fight at a MGM property if the fight doesn't sell out. That info along tells you manny isn't selling and either Floyd has or is close to selling out. Game set match.

[uniquehump]

Wouldn't Mayweather be the betting favorite for any fight he's involved in? He's undefeated and most fights are not even close. Just because the odds are stacked against his opponents, doesn't mean he will win. If he gets too relaxed in there and lose focus, Maidana can catch him with something he's never been caught with before. If Bradley, Marquez or Pac was fighting Maidana, the odds would be a whole lot closer, but if any of those three were fighting Mayweather, of course, the odds would be in the favor of Mayweather to win easily. Doesn't mean he will win, just means that people thinks that he has the best chance of winning. I wonder what the odds where for Tyson vs. Buster? That was a sucka bet that nobody in their right mind would of betted against Tyson. Whoever betted against Tyson that night is still living off of that money and probably bought an island somewhere in the Caribbean. If Bradley wins, I would like to see Mayweather fight him.

On another note, I'm not sure how much advertising of Mayweather is at the MGM, but whenever you go to any stadium/arena, movie theatre, etc., they also promote upcoming events. If you go to the movies now, you'll see promotions for movies coming out in June and July. If I'm at a Pistons basketball game, I see advertising for upcoming, non-sporting events at the Palace of Auburn Hills. It just makes sense to me to advertise the Mayweather fight. Now if there fight is playing 2nd fiddle in a major way, than I guess I would have a problem with that, but if they are slowing adding advertisement for the Mayweather fight, than I think it's okay.

[Dr Rumack]

I hate these ****ing coke snorting millionaires and their posturing, tough guy bullshit. Fuck Arum, and fuck Schaefer. And while we're at it, fuck DuBoef, Espinoza, and Haymon too.

[Pacquiao'd]

So the only reasons you think are negative ones for Floyd or positive ones for Pac

hes been asking people to boycott mayweathers fights for how many years now?

and lol at them not caring about ppv. hahha

[Spoon23]

You might not like Bob. But it's true. You just have to look at the odds in the sport books against Floyd and Maidana to see it's not a competitive fight.

Exhibition fights are for sissies.

A top dog fights the best challenges out there period.