Comments Thread For: Vences: Herring An Extraordinary Fighter, Disappointing He Won't Fight Me

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With his promoter ready to bring the sport back to the American viewing public, Andy Vences is eager to be a part of the movement. Unfortunately, the offers he has willingly accepted weren't quite as embraced by the other side. The 130-pound contender from San Jose, California didn't hesitate to say yes when approached by his handlers for a showdown with reigning junior lightweight titlist Jamel Herring (21-2, 10KOs). The offer was to fight on or around Independence Day, roughly one month into present plans for Top Rank Inc.-whom promotes both Herring and Vences-to stage closed-doors events in Las Vegas. Such a fight will serve as the first major title fight on U.S. soil since Roman Gonzalez turned back the clock to unseat 115-pound titlist Khalid Yafai on February 29 in Frisco, Texas.
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"Still, it was disappointing when I found out they weren’t interested after we were asked. My manager, Peter Kahn called me the moment Top Rank asked him if I would be interested.

“So, to have Peter then let me know that Herring doesn’t want to move forward with the fight was a letdown."


So Cashtro - the narrative here is that someone basically offered you up, then your side declined.

What's the real story here? Did someone offer you up without asking you first? Did you get offered up but Frampton was also offered (and you chose the bigger name)? Or is Vences lying about ever even being offered a fight?