Robert says Mikey vs Loma wont happen

[lizard_man]

mikey is a free agent so it shouldnt be hard to make this fight. take the smaller cut if he has too and prove he's better but this wont happen and the blame will be on arum.

Why doesn't lomachenko take the smaller cut and prove he's better?

See, we can all play this game.

[chrisJS]

Should be easy to make. Mikey can fight for anyone. Arum has made fights for Loma with rival promoters for Russell and Linares and with a fighter he had a bad history with in Rigo.

Loma's track record is there. He'll rumble with anyone. Mikey's track record is there. He talks a lot but doesn't deliver the fights he talks about.

[-DSG-]

Miley don’t want it no reason he can’t fight Loma on ESPN.

[IMDAZED]

Miley don’t want it no reason he can’t fight Loma on ESPN.

Add some human context, man.

[deanrw]

You can't excuse him on this "call me" thing when he already said he's not going to be bothered negotiating with the guy.
I like Loma too but people seem to be quick to forget exactly what kind of a guy Arum is. After the war he had with Mikey, I'm sure he'll do everything possible to spite him. They pretty much had to go over his head to make May/Pac happen but suddenly he's a "just call me" kinda guy? You know that's not true.

This is the guy who STILL takes jabs at Trump over old business dealings. He's one spiteful bastard.

Bob is used to giving Loma what he wants. If Loma wants it, Bob will try. Knowing Bob he would just say something like that to make sure Mikey does not ask for too much money. I have been hearing so much stuff lately like Bob will only let fighters fight in house fights etc, but Linares, Sosa and Rigo were not in house. Now I can understand it if Mikey and Bob hate each other, but Bob seems likely to make deals as of late.

[-DSG-]

Add some human context, man.

Mikey talks a big game but he doesn’t really want to test him self. He is content cherry picking easy belts against guys like zlaticanin and Lipenets.

[Redd Foxx]

No, I think Robert would be open to both promotion like May vs Pac or Tyson vs Lennox style but i don't even know if Bob cares anymore he's lately been grumpy i wouldn't take what hes saying now in days to heart. He didn't even know that much about a possible Davis fight. Maybe Todd is the one the works behind the scene with Arums old age.

Yea, when a guy gets to that age, you never know WTF is going on. Look at Senator McCain who started saying batty things (his questioning of Comey was cringe worthy) and now it turns out he had brain cancer.
Bob's 86. At that point, you usually have family members guiding you because the body and mind are failing.

[IMDAZED]

Mikey talks a big game but he doesn’t really want to test him self. He is content cherry picking easy belts against guys like zlaticanin and Lipenets.

You’ve been on here for a while, brother. Let’s think a little more critically than this. Let the youngins and the ones who can’t think beyond anything simple come to this conclusion.

[WesternChamp]

Why doesn't lomachenko take the smaller cut and prove he's better?

See, we can all play this game.

because he has a promoter so he cant do what he wants? mikey is free so he can flex more to make things happen. take less, prove he's better, if he wins, it'll open up to bigger pay day.

[Redd Foxx]

Mikey talks a big game but he doesn’t really want to test him self. He is content cherry picking easy belts against guys like zlaticanin and Lipenets.

Don't bring in childish arguments. The guy needs to get paid fairly. Remember when Rigo and Walters rejected low pay and then, when their luck ran out, they took even LESS to get the Loma fights? You expect Mikey to get suckered into that game when he's clearly not starving? Do you let people disrespect you like that? I don't. I've built name value in my profession and I get paid more, the more well-known I become.

I'm not supporting the idea of him being an AJ-level princess but this whole "challenge himself" thing is a cheap way of guilting him for not getting ripped off. This doesn't have to be a moronic May/Pac thing where people need to hate one guy just because they like the other. Both are rare talents with fan support and both deserve to get paid for this fight.