Arum on Top Rank Ruiz vs PBC Ruiz

[Motorcity Cobra]

He has no choice but I'm not sure how that will go down at ESPN. Seriously, what fight does Bob have for second half of the year prime time US? He's sending abroad his 2 top marquee guys and what's left? Fury v Scwharz? Lopez v Nakatami? I'm sure ESPN are thrilled.

Bud is adamant he's not going over there. We'll see how it turns out tho. He's very strong willed

[Mister Wolf]

What does being ***ish have to do with it?

You can't reason with a bigot.

[Motorcity Cobra]

Bob today: "Bud is an incredible fighter"

Bob the day after Bud signs with someone else: "Bud never fought anyone at 135 or 140 & we had to find the right fights for him at 147"

I was thinking about that convo we had about Bud signing again with Top Rank. Bomac said when they were negotiating the new deal they were looking for the numbers Bud did on ESPN Plus and nobody could get them to him

[mrpain81]

Arum always comes up snake eyes when it comes to heavyweights.

[_Rexy_]

Bob isn't wrong though. he didn't say Andy was a bad fighter, he said based on Andy's appearance the fight wouldn't sell.


And I think thats more than fair.

[pillowfists98]

Bob Arum can go **** himself.

[Phenom]

Bob isn't wrong though. he didn't say Andy was a bad fighter, he said based on Andy's appearance the fight wouldn't sell.


And I think thats more than fair.

This is Arum after the fight

"Nobody knows Andy Ruiz better than us. Apart from the Joshua fight and the one before, we promoted every one of his fights.

“He’s a gutty guy and he’s got fast hands, but he’s still ponderous on his feet and he doesn’t punch hard. So, I don’t know what the f** was I watching.

“I mean, I just can’t figure it out. I really can’t figure it out. Something was wrong. Something I can’t figure out. I mean unless he was caught off guard."

[HanzGruber]

I’ve been looking for this I couldn’t remember where I heard him talk shlt about Ruiz. He has no shame. Few weeks ago he said Shakur is better than floyd

[Eff Pandas]

Ha. Classic Arum move. Talk about your guy with another great fighter. "Ruiz has the fastest hands since Ali".

He does this sh^t all the time & idk why more mfers don't steal this move. It helps get your guys name out their more no matter how many people agree or don't agree with your take. It sounds good. And there is something that works when you compare a person with someone who's achieved great things.

Randomly Eff Pandas is the best critiquer of troll threads since Sugar Ray Robinson.

[_Rexy_]

This is Arum after the fight

"Nobody knows Andy Ruiz better than us. Apart from the Joshua fight and the one before, we promoted every one of his fights.

“He’s a gutty guy and he’s got fast hands, but he’s still ponderous on his feet and he doesn’t punch hard. So, I don’t know what the f** was I watching.

“I mean, I just can’t figure it out. I really can’t figure it out. Something was wrong. Something I can’t figure out. I mean unless he was caught off guard."

Again, as someone who has loved Andy for years....Bob isn't wrong there either. I was saying before the fight "Andy is a dangerous fight for AJ. His hand speed will give him fits and Andy could win a UD" I never thought he'd knock Joshua down 4 times in 7 rounds though because Andy has blazing speed but likely has the least power in the top 10.

I expected Ruiz to expose Joshua's flaws, but i didn't expect THAT lol.