Comments Thread For: Arum: Unlike Mikey Garcia, Amir Khan Intends To Win His Fight!

[greeneye99]

When did he say it ?
Has it been since the Spence fight was over, or leading up to it ? Because I’ve already acknowledged that he said he wanted the Garcia fight next.

My issue was the timing of it, cause he only said it once he realized Mikey was serious negotiations for the Spence fight (then he felt it was safe to say it)

If your suggesting he said it after the Spence fight, then please provide the link, thx !

Lol
You contradicted yourself buddy
You just admitted Loma said he wanted to fight Mikey Next
Bamm! That's it.
Doesn't matter if mikey already signed to fight Spence
Point is the fight can be made
Loma doesn't have to call him out again

[Fuzzy-101]

All I see here is people who can't take it that garcia hyped himself up so much yet put on a punching bag performance. The truth is khan crawford will definitely be more entertaining and it's just you casual boxing fans that can't accept it and allow your hate on a fighter to expose you as just a casual hater. Khan isn't hyping himself out like garcia, he's going to go out there and give it his all, why do you guys have a problem with that, isn't that what boxers are supposed to do?

[Bronx2245]

"Amazing how media supports Spence beating [a] blown up lightweight and calling out aging Pac-Man but if Top Tank made Terence Crawford vs Mikey or Manny, we’d be condemned. Crawford’s next challenger Amir Khan would beat Pac or Mikey so media experts, demand Spence vs Crawford," Trampler stated.

Top Rank did want Pacquiao vs. Mikey, and they wanted Pacquiao vs. Crawford, but both Pacquiao and Mikey, (just like Floyd, Oscar, and Cotto before them) left Top Rank! Khan was calling for Pacquiao forever, and Bob blocked it, and gave us Jeff Horn!

Arum is mad because the show was great, the place was packed, and Terence and Lomachenko are watching this, scratching their heads like "Where's my big fight?" Now they might watch another 45-50K pack AT & T Stadium for Spence Jr. vs. Pacquiao!

Sad Bob can't sell Crawford vs. Khan on it's own merits! If you believe Khan has a chance to beat Terence Crawford, you're crazy! He'll look good for a few rounds, and then BOOM! The only reason i'm buying that card is Shakur Stevenson, and Teofimo Lopez!

[champion4ever]

It’s still a big money fight. Y so many premature assumptions with u? If he’s damaged goods, call your boy Loma up and tell him to ask for the fight. It’s as simple as that.

Of course, it's still a big money fight but Haymon doesn't want Mikey nowhere near the vicinity of Lomachenko. Bob has made it very clear over the last year and a half or so, that it's the fight that he wants and has always wanted but Al is the one who is holding the fight up because he won't come out and play ball with him. The true sticking point is that Arum wants exclusive rights to the fight on ESPN and Haymon won't allow that.

I was hearing this same sorta BS when Loma was outclassed by Salido

True, but Loma was very green then with no professional experience or seasoning.

[Tha Kid]

Arum taking the cheap shot against Garcia, who I am sure intended to win, but was just clearly overmatched, I thought Arum was better than that, DISAPPOINTING

You thought Arum was better than that? Clearly you don't know Arum's history in boxing. The biggest snake in the sport.

[Tha Kid]

"Amazing how media supports Spence beating [a] blown up lightweight and calling out aging Pac-Man but if Top Tank made Terence Crawford vs Mikey or Manny, we’d be condemned. Crawford’s next challenger Amir Khan would beat Pac or Mikey so media experts, demand Spence vs Crawford," Trampler stated.

Top Rank did want Pacquiao vs. Mikey, and they wanted Pacquiao vs. Crawford, but both Pacquiao and Mikey, (just like Floyd, Oscar, and Cotto before them) left Top Rank! Khan was calling for Pacquiao forever, and Bob blocked it, and gave us Jeff Horn!

Arum is mad because the show was great, the place was packed, and Terence and Lomachenko are watching this, scratching their heads like "Where's my big fight?" Now they might watch another 45-50K pack AT & T Stadium for Spence Jr. vs. Pacquiao!

Sad Bob can't sell Crawford vs. Khan on it's own merits! If you believe Khan has a chance to beat Terence Crawford, you're crazy! He'll look good for a few rounds, and then BOOM! The only reason i'm buying that card is Shakur Stevenson, and Teofimo Lopez!

I concur with your take on the situation my good man.

[DaBeastO]

bob arum speaks the truth.

[SugarRaRobinson]

lipinets is a bum lol. he's better than gamboa and linares? just silly talk. he has never beaten a top 10 opponent or anyone. struggled to beat a journeyman for his "belt" and just got a dubious decision over some guy named erik bone.

we saw what happen? when did mikey ever try to fight loma? the answer is never. zero offers. zero negotiations. mikey said he would fight him but arum would just kill it aka preemptively ducking and not even trying. you fell for that? arum just said last year he would be willing to do the fight if mikey came calling but mikey picked spence instead. stop making up things.

Nothing more gross than debating false narratives. I would almost be willing to bet money that you’re one of the posters who also proclaimed that Ward ducked GGG aren’t u ?

Don’t make me go back into your “False Narrative” archives and expose u.

[SugarRaRobinson]

Of course, it's still a big money fight but Haymon doesn't want Mikey nowhere near the vicinity of Lomachenko. Bob has made it very clear over the last year and a half or so, that it's the fight that he wants and has always wanted but Al is the one who is holding the fight up because he won't come out and play ball with him. The true sticking point is that Arum wants exclusive rights to the fight on ESPN and Haymon won't allow that.

True, but Loma was very green then with no professional experience or seasoning.

Mikey is free to do what he wants, and so r the rest of Haymon fighters. Y do u think Wilder is in talks with DAZN ?

If Wilder signs with DAZN, Al Haymon will still be his advisor, he just won’t fight on Showtime anymore.

Can we for once resist the temptation to turn Haymon into the invisible bully/boogeyman please ?

[Bronx2245]

I concur with your take on the situation my good man.

I don't know why people forget so quickly!

Mikey Garcia could be an opponent for Manny Pacquiao in the near future

January 24, 2014:

Help could be on the way in the name of Mikey Garcia, the ultra-talented super featherweight champion from Oxnard. At 5-foot-7, he can easily move up a couple, perhaps even three more weight classes and still not be considered terribly short. That’s not to mention that Pacquiao, who began as a light flyweight, is only 5-6 1/2.

Garcia, 26, is 33-0 with 28 knockouts and a legitimate top 10 pound-for-pound fighter. Tonight he will defend his title against Juan Carlos Burgos of Mexico at Madison Square Garden in New York City (on HBO). During this promotion, Arum slyly brought up the notion of Garcia moving up far enough to tangle with Pacquiao, currently a small welterweight.

Arum was asked how he sees the future of Garcia unfolding.

“It’s one fight at a time,” he said. “A lot is happening in boxing and it happens really quick. Mikey is one of the few American stars in boxing. We have Mikey and Andre Ward, Floyd Mayweather and Timothy Bradley and there are not many other Americans who qualify as superstars. Mikey is taking on a lot of these non-Americans in really big fights, and where that takes him, I am not sure.

“Does it take him up in weight to 135 or 140, then a fight with Pacquiao?”

Arum continued, but it was kind of like, hold on right there. Is there a fight with Pacquiao in Garcia’s future?

“Mikey will tell you himself,” Arum said. “He was over in Macau when his stablemate, Brandon Rios, fought Pacquiao (in November, selling only 475,000 buys). And he mentioned to some that down the road he would look forward to a fight with Manny Pacquiao. I am a big Mikey Garcia fan and I thought that would be good.”

https://www.dailynews.com/2014/01/24...e-near-future/

December 1, 2017:

Roach: Arum 'Pushing For' Pacquiao-Crawford; Fight Concerns Me

“Arum wants Pacquiao to fight Crawford,” Roach said. “I’m a little bit concerned about that fight. It’s a tough fight. Crawford’s a young guy, coming up and so forth, and Manny probably has seen his best days behind him. But I will still train him and get him ready for that fight, if that does happen. And they’re pushing for it, so it might. But it’s the same situation there. It’s a different generation. We’ve gotta still compete with the younger generation. And I think Miguel will be able to do that, for sure.”

Despite Pacquiao’s age and declining skills, Roach still thinks he can defeat Crawford, who’s typically considered one of the top two boxers, pound-for-pound, in the world.

“I would never go into a fight not thinking we can win,” Roach said. “So by the time we get ready for that fight, we will be a hundred-percent ready to win.”

https://www.boxingscene.com/roach-ar...rns-me--122974