Comments Thread For: Daily Bread Mailbag: Jacobs-Haymon, Mayweather, Ward, More

[Mammoth]

Then go suck their balls fa ggot!

Canelo is #1 P4P of all time I suppose?

[Clegg]

Im ***ish and have heard many black people say the analogy "working like a Hebrew slave" and was totally fine with it, in fact I thought it was pretty funny. I understood the analogy and didnt think it was in bad tase at all. We all understand that ***s being enslaved for hundreds of years was a bad thing and that is the whole point of the analogy.

I have had ears for 32 years and never once heard that expression.

In reality, people don't like to use overly clunky sentences and instead would just say 'working like a slave' rather than 'working like a Hebrew slave' or even 'working like a black slave'.

But if they were going to use one of those expressions, it's strange to claim that a black American would reference ***ish slavery from thousands of years ago and thousands of miles away when there was black slavery far more recently and within their own country.

[filup79]

Adrien Broner turned down a 40 million dollar offer from Roc Nation just to be served up to Mikey Garcia as a stepping stone. Also Haymons fighters are very inactive, if he cared about them he'd try to let them take fights and sign with promoters that will generate them the most money. Instead he has them fight mismatches and they only fight once a year which are both detrimental to their careers. Danny Jacobs and Carl frampton signing to promoters is a good sign so hopefully that continues but as of now Haymon has been detrimental to a lot of fighters careers

Frampton always had a promoter. He just left his promoter and signed with another.

[Eff Pandas]

LOL damn some of these question guys are f#cking dummies. Respect to Bread on being respectful to some giant a$$holes.

I know its subjective who's a dummy ass sh^t fan of anything, but if you could measure a$$hole fans I gotta think boxing fans are the worst or among the worst fans of any sport.

[odogg8121]

How is that disgusting? The guy was expressing his opinion and feels like Al Haymon is using his fighters for his own gain and at the detriment to his fighters which I personally agree with. Everyone hates Bob Arum but Al Haymon has really been bad for his fighters and for boxing in general

dont be a dumb azz you know why oh wait you're trying to make america better right?? lol

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

Floyd Mayweather is certainly not a top 30 fighter of all time, not even close. He's a top 100 fighter though.
Andre Ward is definitely not top 100, how anyone can say that is beyond me.

You just joined boxingscene your opinion don’t matter just yet

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

I've been black for 31 years and have never heard one black ever use the term "hebrew slave". I call bs. Quit lying. Plantation was a thoughtless word to use, get over it.

27 yrs and never heard that either. Some people will make excuses for racism it shows their character. Don’t waste your time

[Scipio2009]

So you really think Al Haymon had nothing to do with Adrian Broner turning down $40 million from Rock Nation?

I think that Adrien Broner honestly had it in his mind that he was going to be the next "Money" Mayweather, saw the money in the RocNation deal as money that he was going to get anyway (ignoring the total dollar figure, for a fighter as young as Broner, the offer was basically for $2.5m a fight through the literal prime of Broner's career), and Haymon's general m.o. is to push for maximum freedom.

For a moment, imagine if Broner had actually beat Shawn Porter. Maidana humbling, the Molina win (and the controversy that went with that), two more wins (though a dud of a fight against John Molina Jr), and a clear win over a legit welterweight in Shawn Porter. The hype would've hopped back into gear and Broner would've been a fight away from the Floyd talk again.

I still don't think he beats Thurman, Garcia, or Spence in 2015, but he'd be even money with Pacquiao imo.

Point is, Broner would've made that $40m, and more, if he would've kept on winning and performing well in his fights (if you honestly think that RocNation would've kept to the contract if Broner didn't perform, I believe you'd be mistaken).

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

I don't see what the big deal is with the word plantation. I think black people are just being sensitive over nothing. I don't think the guy meant any disrespect towards anyone by it.

I think Mexicans are being sensitive over trumps wall and daca. I don’t think the guy meant any disrespect by it

[future hendrixx]

just a few days ago luis ortiz and his team were kicking and screaming about letting the fight still go on. talking about lets bet purses on a hair sample. but now ortiz manager says hes ok with the wbc decision since it protects ortiz health. .that mofo is dirty and criminal. he was masking and had excuses ready to go. who the fck talks about hair samples except for a well seasoned PED abuser. ortiz is disgusting and should have his license revoked.