Comments Thread For: Golden Boy Prez: May 12 is NOT Good For Lomachenko-Linares

[chimichanga2]

I guess hindsight is 20/20 but how did Uncle Bob not see this coming? I mean HBO always televises their PPV fights the following Saturday. Uncle Bob better find another date and make the fight.

[rrayvez]

I don't see an issue with Golden Boy promotions not making the fight on that day! They can't compete against themselves. Fucc Bob Arum! If he wants the Linares fight then he'll pick another date. He's the one feeding us Pacquiao-Alvarado instead of Pacquiao-Matthysse so fucc him! He can't get everything his way! Wouldn't you agree?

I can understand if they were talking about having the fight on May 5 and going up against the ppv date but we're talking about the replay instead. Maybe if hbo wasn't feeding us so many **** fights, the replay date wouldn't be as big a deal for their ratings. Arum is a d*ck too but I understand espns stance more than hbo. They're gonna have a month straight of playoff basketball on Saturdays. If that's the only Saturday they have available, then I'd rather see Loma vs Linares than to wind up with loma vs beltran which is what will probably happen.

[Bronx2245]

So golden boy is going to decline may 12 because hbo will be showing the replay of Canelo vs ggg? Please, hbo needs golden boy now more than ever. What are they going to say? That they won't carry anymore Canelo fights? Sure. Man up and make the fight.

Here's a thought. How about Lomachenko (challenger) goes to HBO to fight LInares (Champion)?

[TheCell8]

I don't see an issue with Golden Boy promotions not making the fight on that day! They can't compete against themselves. Fucc Bob Arum! If he wants the Linares fight then he'll pick another date. He's the one feeding us Pacquiao-Alvarado instead of Pacquiao-Matthysse so fucc him! He can't get everything his way! Wouldn't you agree?

Except Linares is also a GBP fighter...

What they could do is have Lomachenko-Linares on ESPN at 9EST, and once it concludes, have the replay on HBO at 10 EST. Which is what Bob suggested. That way they would both benefit.

But obviously that's not what GBP wants because they want to use the replay to build up one of their other fights, probably one of their prospects like Ryan Garcia or Rey Vargas.

[MagikLair]

Would be a great doubleheader

[TreJac]

First, people said Arum wouldn't try to do the fight and now the same people are saying Arum is full of **** for choosing that date. You so called boxing fans are just looking for reasons to blame Bob. If the roles was reversed, people would be saying Arum and Loma are ducking, making excuses, etc.

[Sosay]

Offer May19th and move on. No need to start crying for or against Arum. If Arum is serious, I'm pretty sure a week or two later is fine, no need to start *****ing. Move it a week back and neither side should have a problem. Any other response sounds like fangirl sh it!!

If no ESPN, HBO will do!

[BigZ44]

I wouldn't eat a damn thing Bob Arum tried to serve to me...

[rrayvez]

Here's a thought. How about Lomachenko (challenger) goes to HBO to fight LInares (Champion)?

i wouldn't care which channel it was on but if I'm not mistaken, I believe that top rank has an exclusive deal with ESPN now. Whereas with golden boy, out side of Canelo, I don't think any of their other fighters are contractually obligated to fight on hbo.

[Mrbamladen]

Here's a thought. How about Lomachenko (challenger) goes to HBO to fight LInares (Champion)?

Exactly. Let that be the be the live fight after the canelo vs ggg replay. Imagine if loma dominated Linares then went back to ESPN for a ppv with Pacquiao. Although I don't see him dominating Linares, but anything is possible. This is what should happen may 12th.