Comments Thread For: Arum is Firm: Murata To Face Quigley, Won't Bow To WBA Order

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As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, the purse bid for the mandatory WBA 'regular' middleweight title match-up between champion Ryota Murata and challenger Rob Brant was held on Monday in Panama and won by Greg Cohen Promotions, who handle Brant, with a bid of just over $200,000.
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[pillowfists98]

Quigley is better than Brant anyway.

[chico malo ali]

Arum stick to the wbo ! They are the only ones that allow you to do whatever you want with them!

[Mammoth]

Quigley is better than Brant anyway.

Lol how's that?

[DuckAdonis]

Well this is just ****** imo

Quigley is a more dangerous fight

[pillowfists98]

Lol how's that?

This is the same Rob Brant who lost to a 40 year old Jurgen Braehmer right? He sucks. Quigley has decent skills and is improving.

[TrillScottHeron]

"We're not going to bow to the dictates of an organization when those dictates are contrary to the rules of the organization."

Dems fighting words Arum.

[Mammoth]

This is the same Rob Brant who lost to a 40 year old Jurgen Braehmer right? He sucks. Quigley has decent skills and is improving.

How would Quigley do against Braehmer?

[pillowfists98]

How would Quigley do against Braehmer?

I think he could beat him.

[E-Sharp]

Honestly, as much as I dislike Arum, he's right here. There's nowhere in the WBA rules that a challenger gets 50% of a purse bid. See page 20 here:

http://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/WBA-Rules-adopted-in-Bulgaria-6-11-15.pdf

Murata's title, although a BS one, warrants him to 75% of the purse. The bid is only split 50-50 if the title is vacant or if it's a title eliminator. This situation is just another turd crapped out by the WBA, which should be considered even lower than the IBO at this point.