Showtime offers Top Rank $1.1M for Loma-Walters

[about.thousands]

@StephenEspinoza why don't u offer TR 1.1 million 4 Loma-Walters? I'd like it better than anything u hv planned aside from Wilder Povetkin.

— Chris Jones Jr (@cgowler83) March 26, 2016

Bob wants it only on the date we already have Provodnikov-Molina...so we can't. If he were flexible, he'd get 1.1M+. https://t.co/YbyVZUGTV1

— Stephen Espinoza (@StephenEspinoza) March 26, 2016

[Mitchell Kane]

They can't keep postponing Lomachenko's next fight.

If SHO doesn't have a date for Lomachenko-Walters in June, but would still do it later in the year, then maybe Top Rank should make another fight for Lomachenko in June and move Lomachenko-Walters to SHO to the fall.

That is if the offer is sincere and Walters would agree to it.

[mike1010011]

Would rather watch walters-loma instead of provo-molina tbh.

[KING MEAT]

Arum is gonna run lomas career to the ground like he did rios

[HanzGruber]

Why is bob stuck on that date? Might as well do what showtime gives him

[Mitchell Kane]

Why is bob stuck on that date? Might as well do what showtime gives him

Supposedly Arum was trying to stretch the June 11th date into a big event around Felix Verdejo and the PR Parade in the main MSG arena (and not the theatre).

Perhaps he views Lomachenko-Walters as part of that....or perhaps HBO views Lomachenko-Walters as part of it, and won't approve/pay for some other fights Top Rank has offered.

It may be better just to do Verdejo-Jose Felix Jr. in the MSG theatre with Lomachenko in a smaller fight and do Lomachenko-Walters on SHO another date.

[Cuban Linx]

Supposedly Arum was trying to stretch the June 11th date into a big event around Felix Verdejo and the PR Parade in the main MSG arena (and not the theatre).

Perhaps he views Lomachenko-Walters as part of that....or perhaps HBO views Lomachenko-Walters as part of it, and won't approve/pay much for some other fights Top Rank has offered.

It may be better just to do Verdejo-Jose Felix Jr. in the MSG theatre with Lomachenko in a smaller fight and do Lomachenko-Walters on SHO another date.

That's exactly why. He wants to use it to prop up Verdejo.

At this point, no ones going to tune into watch Verdejo fight a no-hoper on HBO. But it they add a really competitive fight it'll attract more viewers.

[aldo5408]

Would rather watch walters-loma instead of provo-molina tbh.

Everyone would. But Provo fight was announced a while back. What is Espinoza to do? Postpone the Provo fight? If Arum would have gone to Showtime for this fight months ago it provably would have already happened

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arum is too old and senile to manage boxers anymore

between he and haymon, boxing is in the pits

Ryabinsky should buy them all out

[_original_]

What a mess for such a great fight, boxing is so crap right now.