Comments Thread For: Lomachenko vs. Linares: Arum on Board, Ready To Negotiate

[Bronx2245]

Arum's going straight to Tekken, swerving Oscar! Could be a better chance the fights happens, but we'll see!

[Eff Pandas]

What is all this better stuff? I don't keep up with these weights too much, but from my understanding, Linares is the best option for Mikey. But negotiations broke down for whatever reason and so Mikey is fighting the only person who has a title at 140, besides Crawford, who oddly enough still has one. Sure, its an easy title, but outside of Linares what better option does he have? Is there a better fight at 140? Easter? Saw Easter on Spence undercard and I was not impressed at all. I had Fortuna winning, actually. And I was rooting for Easter.

And don't say Loma. Neither you or me is ****** enough to believe there is any chance of Arum allowing that.

Honestly, who? I don't know. Had never saw Mikey before AB, but that fight made me a fan.

Well yea basically everyone Mikey's talked about fighting in the last 3 months is who I'm talking about. Mikey's talked about fighting Loma, Cotto, Easter & other cats & the guy he ends up fighting is the rookie champ he's a -1500 favorite or w/e over.

I'm not hating on Mikey's decision making so much as saying "well f#ck him then" + "get back to the end of the line then" & lets make Loma vs Linares NOW if those guys are down to fight NOW & Mikey just wants to talk about fighting bigger time mfers for the next 3-6 more months.

I'm a Mikey fan, but in this regard:

[Eff Pandas]

Seems to me that Golden Boy is holding a grudge cuz Mikey didn’t sign with them. Just let me uncle bob is. So they’re trying to take fight away from him.

Well yea. Thats how GBP does business these days cuz they are a prospect heavy promotion. They NEED guys like Mikey to stick around for more than 1 fight.

I mean I like Ryan Garcia & he's clearly a prospect to watch & a sellable cat, but I saw they are trying to headline him next time out & he's done NOTHING yet & probably shouldn't be headlining a Bounce card let alone a ESPN card or w/e they got him headlining next.

So yea sometimes this option thing is sh^tty, hell most of the time it is, but thats how the business works & thats how you gotta play ball sometimes to get the names.

Its the same sorta sh^t as taking short money now to beat the guy who gets you big money later. Floyd had to do that vs Gatti & Oscar cuz Gatti & Oscar sold more tickets than he did at the time. But if Floyd hadn't did that he's not Money Mayweather today most likely.

I like Mikey but he's got two choices. Suck it up or wait til the game changes which isn't gonna be anytime soon. And he's already lost two years of his career over that TR thing. I'm a Mikey fan all day every day, but things work how they work now & you need to conform to that or realize your career isn't gonna hit the high water mark you want it to if you don't.

[North Star]

Awesome to hear! Bob and Oscar getting it done!

[Steven Mccowan]

Everyday I hope to see a article announcing bob arums died the letcherous old nobjockey he's the silvio berlesconi of the boxing world

Not sure why. Every single promoter is the same trash. Always have been. Its a cut throat biz. If all the promoters died in a plane crash today, in a month their spots would be filled by the same shady mother fookers. Maybe even one that brings back the always great troll hair lol

[The Big Dunn]

Awesome to hear! Bob and Oscar getting it done!

Don't jump the gun. I am optimistic but I will not believe it until the 2 are in the ring about to fight. Arum does this all the time. Floats big fights then has an in house BS fight.

May 12th is also enough time to fight Beltran should he win the title in February.

[North Star]

Don't jump the gun. I am optimistic but I will not believe it until the 2 are in the ring about to fight. Arum does this all the time. Floats big fights then has an in house BS fight.

May 12th is also enough time to fight Beltran should he win the title in February.

I'm being optimistic about it.

[PsychoPat]

Not sure why. Every single promoter is the same trash. Always have been. Its a cut throat biz. If all the promoters died in a plane crash today, in a month their spots would be filled by the same shady mother fookers. Maybe even one that brings back the always great troll hair lol

Yeah that's a good point to be fair. I think these promotors annoy me because they profit greatly without actually fighting and getting hurt they benefit from the fighters blood sweat & tears and some extort extensively such as don king

[The Big Dunn]

I'm being optimistic about it.

FYI-nice chick in your avi. tell her Big Dunn says hello.

[Senor_frogs]

Well yea. Thats how GBP does business these days cuz they are a prospect heavy promotion. They NEED guys like Mikey to stick around for more than 1 fight

So yea sometimes this option thing is sh^tty, hell most of the time it is, but thats how the business works & thats how you gotta play ball sometimes to get the names.

Its the same sorta sh^t as taking short money now to beat the guy who gets you big money later. Floyd had to do that vs Gatti & Oscar cuz Gatti & Oscar sold more tickets than he did at the time. But if Floyd hadn't did that he's not Money Mayweather today most likely.

I like Mikey but he's got two choices. Suck it up or wait til the game changes which isn't gonna be anytime soon. And he's already lost two years of his career over that TR thing. I'm a Mikey fan all day every day, but things work how they work now & you need to conform to that or realize your career isn't gonna hit the high water mark you want it to if you don't.

No l, I get it. The thing is if he signs with one promoter then he limits himself to those fights that are available under that umbrella. And all the other fights that can be made are practically out of the picture only because they’re under a different banner. So I get what he’s doing. But yeah. He might have to compromise a bit to get those fights.