Comments Thread For: Arum: Chavez Jr - One of My Biggest Disappointments as Promoter

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Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum recently reflected on his 50 years in boxing while speaking with Sports Nation. He discussed his memories of the sport and several of the big names, and fights, that he's promoted over the years.
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[jas]

He cant beat anyone good thats his own size

[super-x]

Bob previously stated that Jnr wasnt really that talented and that his biggest asset was his ability to get down to 160 and then blow up to get such a huge size/weight/strength advantage over his opponents by the time they entered the ring giving him the ability to wear and break smaller fighters down... except when he got totally outclassed by martinez for 11 rounds, and then battered by Fonfara Who would give any light heavy nightmares.

[Rudiamonds]

How much did arum sell Chavez for? Seem like it worked out for him

[Snoop Frog]

If (big if) Chavez could stay healthy and make weight, he could at least be a gatekeeper and compete with the B/B+ fighters.

[Larry the boss]

If sure his father feels the exact same way

[Teetotaler]

Yeah we already knew that. I'm sure haymon is just gonna give jr a couple of winnable fights which he'll still struggle with then feed him to degale for the exposure.

[Luilun]

Hard to become great if your spoon feed from birth to Adulthood

[Luilun]

How much did arum sell Chavez for? Seem like it worked out for him

Haymon took him for Peso's

[-PBP-]

So basically he didn't promote him properly by selling the fans an elite fighter and creating a superstar when all he had was a mid-level contender with a famous dad. He was bound to be exposed eventually.