IBF orders Golovkin vs Wade, sides apparently negotiating

[Swatty]

n'dam's a pretty fun fighter. fast feet, busy hands, huge heart... and a chin that makes khan look like chuvalo

he'd beat wade imo

Yep. Good fighter, great chin. If scoring were logical, a fighter that wins a round but gets knocked down during it deserves a 1-1 round and N'Dam would have beaten Lemieux.

[Eastcoast]

I think u misunderstand. If Haymon wins the purse bid, he has every right to choose the network and HBO can't do anything about that. So I'm pretty sure that's why they are even allowing the negotiating.

Do you even read before you post a reply? You just stated what I already said and then post it as an argument against me? No **** if Haymon wins a purse bid he decides network & venue, that was my point....

[Jsmooth9876]

I blame whoever is at fault. Deals often fall through. I will wait to see the outcome. HBO could change just like they did with Stevenson/Kov and the purse bid.

If Haymon decides to let it go to a purse bid, that doesn't mean the fight can't get made. Just means HBO has to outbid for the fight.

When exactly has HBO or any network won a purse bid?
They buy fights from promoter don't they?

And what did they have to do with the Kovalev-Stevenson purse bid? Main events couldn't win the bid so they pulled out...

Once again HBO buys fights from promoters for what they want to pay for the fight. They don't send people to purse bids and win them.

[Cobra_]

You just gave a description of the Lemieux fight. Ndam won except for the knockdowns. Yeah, I know... they do count.

I'd be more interested in seeing if GGG can make N'dam stay down. That fucker doesn't stay down even after 6 knockdowns.

[Jsmooth9876]

That's bull. Haymon has not once said his fighters can't fight on HBO. In fact, he has been willing. Look at Kovalev vs Stevenson. Only reason that fight is even being negotiated is because Haymon allows his fighters to fight on HBO.

Lol yeah I'm sure those negotiations will work out great...they won't be fighting anytime soon I'm sure.

[BrometheusBob.]

**** the IBF and **** this fight. I could settle for Korobov but this fight sucks donkey nuts.

GGG should just trash that belt and fight someone else. Let the IBF keep it's irrelevant champions like Charles Martin and it's wack mandos and hopefully it'll gradually fade out of existence.

[jas]

Ndam isnt that bad of a fight but formality ggg beats him

[Motofan]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[-PBP-]

http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/p...e-dominic-wade



Saw this from Dan Rafael.

So Fat Dan says that this is likely next.

[Chollo Vista]

Why the fcuk is Dan Rafael lying by saying Haymon's fighters were banned by Hershman when that's not the case. This is how rumors get started and trickles out to the masses.

According to Dan:

http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/p...e-dominic-wade

Anyone who follows boxing should already know that Haymon, the Premier Boxing Champions creator, and HBO had a serious fracture in their relationship a couple of years ago. Because of that, Haymon’s fighters are banned from the network, a decision made by former HBO Sports president Ken Hershman.

From Hershman:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2393981-is-hbo-vs-al-haymon-boxings-next-big-fight

Con****uously missing from HBO's schedule are fighters managed by Haymon, not coincidentally fighters who have mainly eschewed competitive fights until a big payday was on the horizon. While the rumor mill says Haymon is essentially barred from doing business with the network, Hershman insists that isn't true. He'll make a deal with anyone—if it's the right deal.

"I don't think anything changes," he said. "Our strategy has been consistent. We want to invest in fighters, promoters and managers that see a long-term future with HBO and who we can comfortably put our money and our platform behind to build them into the stars they deserve to be. As long as those business objectives are met, we'll buy fights from anybody.

"In the conversations we have with promoters, there's no way to avoid crossing over with fighters who are managed in some capacity by Al. We don't tell people not to bring up those names. We have the conversations. And I'm sure at some point those conversations will result in Al's fighters being on HBO. I don't know in what capacity and I can't predict when, where or how. But we don't rule anything out and we don't ban anyone. It's not about that. We're just trying to articulate to everyone in the community what our objectives, goals and requirements are. Hopefully there are enough people who agree with them and see the benefits of being on the HBO platform."


This is just piss poor lazy journalism by Dan and he loses a lot of credibility.