Brandon Rips contract is set to expire at the end of this year

[Scipio2009]

Thats why he is not being promoted because he reportedly has one fight left with top rank, and once its over Brandon Rips will go to Pbc. Top Rank is trying to sideline Rios till the end of the year for one more fight against Bradley where they hope he looses. So when he looses his stock will drop. By keeping him unactive he will likley loose his next fight because of not being inactive

^^^^source?

[Boxfan83]

Damn Haymons about to gain the 3rd highest $$$making ww boxing has to offer. Pbc is definitely now on the come up. #brandonboutrichesrios

[Eff Pandas]

He's pretty much exhausted his options under TR so going to PBC & getting in the ring with all their top 147lbers seems like a move to make to grab some crash before his career is done. Also it gives Broner a name guy he can beat.

[Scipio2009]

I don't see his manager Cameron Duncan advising him to go to pbc. That would take away cam's power with hbo and too rank..which is pretty considerable for a manager. He's also made rios a lot of money

Question:

Is Dunkin's power/influence with HBO due to him working with Top Rank, or vice versa?

Because the days of Top Rank being the defacto house promoter for HBO are seemingly done.

If Dunkin's influence at HBO was due to his work with Top Rank, and Top Rank is seeing fewer and fewer dates come his way, why wouldn't Dunkin think about taking his fighters to the guy with an excessive amount of TV dates (who also regularly stacks his fight cards with 10-13 bouts per show)?

http://lasvegassun.com/news/2002/aug...oxing-manager/
http://www.doghouseboxing.com/Ken/Hissner020609.htm
http://www.boxingscene.com/cameron-d...ght-way--13749

Never had much reason to look into the guy, but he seems solid enough and a pretty straightforward and relatively honest arbiter, and it's not like Haymon is oppposed to working with other managers (Luis DeCubas Sr/Jr do a good amount of business with Haymon, as does Contursi and other managers).

So why not? Rios is almost finished with Top Rank, Mikey Garcia is currently in legal limbo, and they have Marcos Maidana working out of the gym (where they've been able to see and kinda experience how business is done with Haymon, good or bad).

No idea how many fighters are with Duncan, let alone who they are, but what's barring him from saying "Thanks for the support, but there's not enough business coming through Top Rank to keep the fighters I'm looking after enough work; we'll look elsewhere"? He's got to fulfill whatever fights owed to Top Rank, but that's it.

[CANELOLUJAH]

he wont go he still under contract with cameron his manager.

[CANELOLUJAH]

He's pretty much exhausted his options under TR so going to PBC & getting in the ring with all their top 147lbers seems like a move to make to grab some crash before his career is done. Also it gives Broner a name guy he can beat.

broner aint beating rios lmfao that fight is 100% wrong for broner.

[Joey_Torreo]

Yup, Robert expressed discontent with Top Rank and said that Haymon is treating him good at the moment.

This could set up Rios vs Mayweather which floyd has avoided for years. Bam Bam knocks him out cold, mark my words. There is a reason why floyd has avoided the fight so hard. Same with Provodnikov, floyd hid in a hotel bathroom when Provo was present.

Why would Floyd duck the human punching bag.

[jose.sooto]

Here we go again....it fckin baffles me that you dudes give any sort of relevance to this brandon rios character.

bum bum or whatever you call him IS PURE GARBAGE AND HAS NEVER BEATEN AN ELITE OPPONENT, FOR GOD'S SAKE THE KID WAS ON HIS WAY TO LOSE TO DIEGO CHAVES....why are we talking about him again?

Exactly.