Comments Thread For: Pacquiao vs. Horn Officially Announced By Bob Arum

[HarvardBlue]

Right now Blacks are teh new racists in boxing, before the whites wanted jack johnson out of boxing and said this is our sport, now that blacks have dominated boxing so long they feel threatened by non blacks so everyone is a hype job who is not black, they only seem to care when hbo praises a non black and get mad calling it bias but never get mad when they praise black fighters.

Just accept it, they are insecure and RACE driven, white people who watch boxing are not racist, dont get mad at them if they finally get behind a white boxer, there havent been that many, so is it racist for Blacks who never watched Golf to get behind Tiger woods?

OWNED

You're not even making sense. The only one being insecure is you. The reason you have your panties in a bunch is people are questioning your idol's choice of opponent. Why you're so fixated on black fans is beyond me. Everyone hates this fight. I'm certain you do too. Not because of dislike for Pacquiao but because people expect more from him. He's really the only true superstar left in boxing and he's fighting a completely unknown boxer. Why you're choosing to cry yourself to sleep at night over this it is your problem. Blaming this on racism is kinda desperate and sad. Sad because I think you actually believe your own BS.

[HanzGruber]

You're not even making sense. The only one being insecure is you. The reason you have your panties in a bunch is people are questioning your idol's choice of opponent. Why you're so fixated on black fans is beyond me. Everyone hates this fight. I'm certain you do too. Not because of dislike for Pacquiao but because people expect more from him. He's really the only true superstar left in boxing and he's fighting a completely unknown boxer. Why you're choosing to cry yourself to sleep at night over this it is your problem. Blaming this on racism is kinda desperate and sad. Sad because I think you actually believe your own BS.

he has a lifetime supply of tinfoil hats.. hes lost the plot

[ShoulderRoll]

I notice the only haters are the pro black floymos, I observed each threads on here, you seem to overlook things nad only focus on what you want like Hectari this and that.

You think it's only black people who hate this fight?

Open your eyes and look around...everybody and their mom hates this awful crapfest.

[NapalmKnuckles]

this bs is even worse than Mayweather/Berto

[Fists_of_Fury]

War Jeff Horn!


If the Hornet stings the Pac Man I will die of laughter. This fight is Salka status. I hope Manny gets a T/KO at least.

[whatismyname]

Wow 55000 fans will attend this ****? Really? I bought Book-Spence tix and there's only been 17thousand sold. At 55thousand this will be worth it for both parts

[Ray*]

Arum gets whatever he wants.

[Bronx2245]

Blast from the past:

February 19, 2014:

Arum, who promoted Muhammad Ali and has overseen the rise of Manny Pacquiao, believes Khan will not get the fight with Mayweather he has been holding out for since November last year. Mayweather has stated that he will fight on May 3, but is refusing to announce his opponent yet.

Khan signed a contract to fight Mayweather this year, made that fact public last year and, in the last two weeks, the undefeated American has set up a poll on his Twitter account asking fans to vote on whether he should fight Khan, or Argentinian Marcos Maidana.

"What he has done to Amir Khan is absolutely disgraceful, whether he ends up fighting him, or he doesn't," Arum told Telegraph Sport in an exclusive interview from Macau, China, where his boxer, Zou Shiming, the former double Olympic gold medallist, fights this weekend.

"My feeling is he is not going to fight him, but it's disgraceful to do that to another human being because you are in a position to do that. Just because he has the power where you can do something like that.

"If a promoter did it, if a Bob Arum or a Frank Warren did it the press would be all over them. They have allowed Myweather to get away with this s***. It's terrible.[/B]

"They have twisted the kid in the wind. Mayweather should be ashamed of himself. He's not going to sign the contract. I think he will fight Maidana."

Arum's advice? Forget about the payday with undefeated Mayweather - boxing's No 1 pound-for-pound fighter.

"Cut your ties with these people, be a man," he said. "You were the great hope of England at one point. I have Olympic gold medal winners with me. The pride with which Vasyl Lomachenko and Zou Shiming carry themselves is astonishing."

Lomachenko, the double Olympic gold medallist, and one of the most decorated amateur fighters in history, is in action next weekend in San Antonio, Texas, fighting Orlando Salido for the WBO featherweight world title - only his second professional fight.

"These people will never be humiliated like that," Arum added. "Amir Khan has put himself in a position where he can be humiliated. He's like a laughing stock. Terrible. Absolutely terrible.

"He's not fighting back and telling these guys to get lost. Get another promoter, maybe go back to Frank Warren, get another opponent and tell them to p*** off."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oth...-Bob-Arum.html

[tommyg6]

How I see it.
I'm down for this fight but only if it's not on PPV though. If Arum was smart, he would put this fight in North America on HBO regular and PPV only in Australia. This way, you get all of North American exposure (who will watch if its free) and make bank from the Aussies (who will pay to see their own fight Manny).
Best of both worlds this way.

[The Big Dunn]

Blast from the past:

February 19, 2014:

Arum, who promoted Muhammad Ali and has overseen the rise of Manny Pacquiao, believes Khan will not get the fight with Mayweather he has been holding out for since November last year. Mayweather has stated that he will fight on May 3, but is refusing to announce his opponent yet.

Khan signed a contract to fight Mayweather this year, made that fact public last year and, in the last two weeks, the undefeated American has set up a poll on his Twitter account asking fans to vote on whether he should fight Khan, or Argentinian Marcos Maidana.

"What he has done to Amir Khan is absolutely disgraceful, whether he ends up fighting him, or he doesn't," Arum told Telegraph Sport in an exclusive interview from Macau, China, where his boxer, Zou Shiming, the former double Olympic gold medallist, fights this weekend.

"My feeling is he is not going to fight him, but it's disgraceful to do that to another human being because you are in a position to do that. Just because he has the power where you can do something like that.

"If a promoter did it, if a Bob Arum or a Frank Warren did it the press would be all over them. They have allowed Myweather to get away with this s***. It's terrible.[/B]

"They have twisted the kid in the wind. Mayweather should be ashamed of himself. He's not going to sign the contract. I think he will fight Maidana."

Arum's advice? Forget about the payday with undefeated Mayweather - boxing's No 1 pound-for-pound fighter.

"Cut your ties with these people, be a man," he said. "You were the great hope of England at one point. I have Olympic gold medal winners with me. The pride with which Vasyl Lomachenko and Zou Shiming carry themselves is astonishing."

Lomachenko, the double Olympic gold medallist, and one of the most decorated amateur fighters in history, is in action next weekend in San Antonio, Texas, fighting Orlando Salido for the WBO featherweight world title - only his second professional fight.

"These people will never be humiliated like that," Arum added. "Amir Khan has put himself in a position where he can be humiliated. He's like a laughing stock. Terrible. Absolutely terrible.

"He's not fighting back and telling these guys to get lost. Get another promoter, maybe go back to Frank Warren, get another opponent and tell them to p*** off."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oth...-Bob-Arum.html

hahahah. I love when you put up these articles that expose the hypocricy of so many.

Make sure to post this in Hectari's slurp thread about Manny fighting Khan.