Comments Thread For: Arum: I Never Discusssed Money for Pacquiao Fight with Crawford

[hitking]

December 12, 2010:

Amir Khan, still a world champion but headed for hospital, mumbled through the bruises and cuts that dressed a face rearranged only moments before by Marcos Maidana: "I proved tonight I've got a chin."

What an understatement. The 4,632 fans scattered around an arena that holds twice that number in the bowels of the Mandalay Bay last night were brought to their feet in a frenzy in round 10 as the Argentinian challenger – who came to the fight with an 87% stoppage record – belted Khan from one side of the ring to the other.

He landed blows, unanswered, that would have destroyed any other fighter of comparable size in the world, including Khan's friend and stablemate, Manny Pacquiao. Yet, drawing on his phenomenal fitness, the boy from Bolton somehow remained upright to retain his WBA light-welterweight title. The judges gave it to him over 12 rounds by margins of 114-111 twice and 113-112. Had one judge, Jerry Roth, not bizarrely awarded the final round to the champion, Khan would have won by a single point on all three cards. I had him winning 115-112.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...-maidana-fight

I was assuming Khan had fought Chino again. Because nothing he did the night I saw him fight Chino was more convincing than either of the fights with Floyd.

[victorythagr8]

I was assuming Khan had fought Chino again. Because nothing he did the night I saw him fight Chino was more convincing than either of the fights with Floyd.

Khan dominated rounds was more one sided than Floyd's. His rounds lost though also more one sided than Floyd's and Khan almost got knocked the **** out in the end.

[Shadoww702]

It has nothing to do with who I like. And personally I don't think that anyone is objective, we all have our opinions.

But I can see where this is going, you are arguing using emotion, because you don't know what I like or don't like. I simply said that Crawford has a better resume than GGG. I believe that both are great fighters, and I like to watch both of them fight. But a by having a better resume means, this means to me that Crawford has proved he is great more than GGG has, in the ring, where it counts, against a higher level of opponents. I can't just anoint GGG as being the best without him proving it against a high level of competition.

I can't believe that you think that David Lemieux is better than Postol. Lemieux hits hard, but he has fallen apart against average competition, with back-to-back losses against Rubio and Alcine. We cannot say that about Postol. You criticize Postol's victory over Matthysse but that victory is arguably better than any victory of Lemieux's.

And I believe that Gamboa has a better resume than Brook. Brook moved up 2 weight divisions to fight Golovkin and got TKO'd, so no matter how great you think he was a WW, that does not mean much at MW - there are weight divisions for a reason. Some people thought that Brook was the best WW, but he never proved this in the ring. Brook can only be considered one of the best at WW, but certainly not the best, not from just barely beating Shawn Porter, his only notable win. For example, the struggle Brook had with Carson Jones in their first fight does not support him being considered greater than Thurman, who has more notable wins on his resume than Brook.



Yes, the Salido-Lomachenko fight was dirty, but as Ricky Hatton was found of saying, boxing is no tickling contest. And Amir Khan looked like a drunk the way he was stumbling around the ring in the last rounds of his fight with Maidana and barely made it out of that fight, Marcos was knocking Khan all around the ring, and I thought the ref saved Amir from being KO'd. No way did Khan look better than Floyd. I don't even need to answer who is better between Khan and Mayweather.

Lemuix SUKS and is HIGHLY overrated. He got KO'd and outsmarted by Rubio. And then LOST to a career 154 lber... And then I came across this the other day....

Bixby Snyder [via mobile]
"How would Andrade fare at 160? Say, against Lemieux?

Dan Rafael, King Fight Freak
"Would beat Lemieux handily IMO. Skills pays the bills, as the old prophet Money Mayweather once said."

[al-Xander]

We all know that his trainer acts as his manager and speaks for his team everytime. Now that hell broke loose, Crawford suddenly pops up and speaks for himself all of a sudden. His trainer suddenly turns quiet. Funny part here is Arum lies, got infected with political correctness and claims he never discussed money with Crawford's team. Isn't that strange? He never reached out to Crawford as if the Pac fight is nothing? Very very strange.

[al-Xander]

Another funny part here is the floydhype fanboys are suddenly friends with Arum. It's not about Arum/TR/HBO vs Haymon/PBC/SHO after all. Guess what it is.

[TripleGFightFan]

bump.............

[hitking]

Khan dominated rounds was more one sided than Floyd's. His rounds lost though also more one sided than Floyd's and Khan almost got knocked the **** out in the end.

The only thing Khan did better than Floyd against Chino is drop him with a body shot.

[MC Hammer]

You need to read the articles you post. In the very first article, Arum says Pcquiao's guarantee is 20 million and is in line what how much he makes for his other fights.

Arum says it, but they have sheets from NSAC that say otherwise.

[Bronx2245]

Another funny part here is the floydhype fanboys are suddenly friends with Arum. It's not about Arum/TR/HBO vs Haymon/PBC/SHO after all. Guess what it is.

The funny part is you avoiding this question:

So do you think Arum and Crawford are lying, but Roach is telling the truth?

[littlemac]

The funny part is you avoiding this question:

So do you think Arum and Crawford are lying, but Roach is telling the truth?

<----JoeMan