Comments Thread For: Top Rank Fortifies Future With Olympic Signings

[jjsmyth87]

I listened to a few interviews with Conlan where he discussed his reasoning for going with Top Rank. The track record is a big thing. They can point to a lot of guys that they have taken from the Olympics to world titles. I also think the speed at which guys like Lomachenko have been moved really appeals to them as well. They don't want to hear that they're aiming at a title shot five years from now. They want to be told that's a 2-3 year timeframe and Top Rank must be telling them that.

Its a no brainer why olympians always sign with top rank. They have been the most successful promoters for a very long time. They are the best at developing their talent into stars. Pbc is going under so why would anyone want to sign with pbc when their fighters only fought once last year for the most part. Pbc could have easily been the top promoters in boxing with all the talent they have but al haymon really blew it and now i dont see any chance of them overtaking top rank as the top promoters

[NEETzsche]

Is there any more top talent left from this past Olympics unsigned still?

I think Hearn and Warren are still fighting over a few Brits behind the scenes, primarily Joyce, Buatsi and Fowler

Yeleussinov signed with some random upstart promoter which I found weird considering Schaefer was willing to sign Rabii and Stanionis and his brother Dauren is with King's Promotions. I thought he would sign with one of them for sure

I don't think any of the other Kazakhs or Uzbeks intend to go pro, and Cuba seems to have successfully clamped down on defection lately (plus I think ***** ended the Cuban refugee policy before he left so they wouldn't be allowed to stay in the States at the moment anyway)