Comments Thread For: Arum Says HBO Was Sour on Pacquiao vs. Khan For PPV

[Greed.]

I find that hard to believe. He just wanted to keep it in-house

[lightsout15]

Arum reminds me of that nestle CEO who wants to own all of the world's water supply. Greedy old bastard wants to keep everything to himself.

[Wicky]

Arum's full of ****, but he's correct on this occasion... Khan is increasingly meaningless on both sides of the Atlantic.

[Rich2123]

Here's the thing, Haymon and Arum made each other miserable during the May/Pac nonsense. They hate each other. They are only work with each other if there is a HUGE fight to be made.

I am sure Kahn, or Broner might do somewhat better business than Bradley vs. Pac. Would it be enough to be worth their while? No.

[Wicky]

Here's the thing, Haymon and Arum made each other miserable during the May/Pac nonsense. They hate each other. They are only work with each other if there is a HUGE fight to be made.

I am sure Kahn, or Broner might do somewhat better business than Bradley vs. Pac. Would it be enough to be worth their while? No.

Khan isn't a big draw, he wouldn't get a bigger crowd than Bradley. There's a myth that he's hugely popular but his numbers are fairly mediocre, and his gate sales are terrible. GBP were building him as a cash cow but that stalled after Danny Garcia sparked him out cold.

[paulf]

Anybody who believes Arum is a gullible idiot.

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[russogd3]

Of course uncle bob is full of ****, but on another note, it's not like Khan is some huge draw or something. How many casual fans know who Khan is? What's he most known for anyways, getting KTFO by Garcia? I think that fighting Khan at Wembley would be how Manny makes the most $ out of his last fight, but in the US, it's hard to argue that Khan is a ppv draw.
I know for sure that I'm not that excited about seeing a Pac - Bradley III... I would certainly have rather seen Crawford of Khan.

[Rich2123]

Khan isn't a big draw, he wouldn't get a bigger crowd than Bradley.

Bradley is probably the bigger fighter (he does get good ratings for HBO) if they were fighting anyone else. Kahn would have done more business vs Pac because people have seen him fight Bradley twice.

But it wouldn't have been worth the hassle it would have been to make.

[dilseyar23]

Bs

No one is buying Arums BS....

[Corelone]

Uncle Bob. He might have a point here. Khan has talked and annoyed so much about you know who, that no one wants him rewarded with a big money fight. His schemes and fabrications and Algieri made him unpopular