Comments Thread For: Arum: I Won't Lose Money On Loma-Lopez Because Lopez Thinks He's Worth More

[crisantonio917]

McWater and VanNewhouse are greenhorns who have no clue at this level as Teofimo Lopez is finding out...Arum is playing with these guys like two kids...

[brick wall]

When have you ever seen a fighter take the 1st offer in a unification fight without asking for more & meeting in between?(every business deal ever),Teo is smart unless he loses the fight altogether (til that happens),the number is irrelevant,& imho he should be insisting on certain percentage of the purse rather than a number,after all hes just as legit of a champ as Loma at lw & Bob Harem is going to profit millions off espn deal he already signed. Espn is going to get surely record number viewer's for this fight imho & will sell shttons of adspace off it

how do you know that's the first offer? arum is already talking about an ultimatum...$1.2m take it or leave it. if espn will not increase the pot there's no way lopez is getting more than that. and do you really think he's worth more than that?

i remember when jacobs confronted jermall charlo, he said something about charlo not seeing a million purse yet. by that time charlo was already a 2 division champ but he wasn't worth a million in a time when there was no pandemic.

you and the other posters are shamefully overstating lopez's value.

[tritium_arma]

how do you know that's the first offer? arum is already talking about an ultimatum...$1.2m take it or leave it. if espn will not increase the pot there's no way lopez is getting more than that. and do you really think he's worth more than that?

i remember when jacobs confronted jermall charlo, he said something about charlo not seeing a million purse yet. by that time charlo was already a 2 division champ but he wasn't worth a million in a time when there was no pandemic.

you and the other posters are shamefully overstating lopez's value.

This is correct. Nothing wrong with him trying to hold out for more money but he's unlikely to see it. Also in both Garcia vs Porter and Thurman vs Porter, both fighters only made around a million dollars and this was with a live gate.

[Ray*]

Gonna be interesting to see how he reacts to boxing fans giving him **** for this whole ordeal.

Well he already kinda did, apparently he just remembered that he has to “feed his family” and he has now throw his manager out there to do some damage control.

[Clegg]

I remember when Lopez demanded the Loma fight for 2019, claiming they couldn't make weight any longer than that and it was a duck if Loma didn't fight him. Now he gets his offer, doesn't want it but can stay at 135 and make weight for easier fights until 2021

[BLASTER1]

I remember when Lopez demanded the Loma fight for 2019, claiming they couldn't make weight any longer than that and it was a duck if Loma didn't fight him. Now he gets his offer, doesn't want it but can stay at 135 and make weight for easier fights until 2021

He apparently is another of these new age fighters that use media to talk chit and gain a following, yet when the time comes to lace them up, they go missing.
Loma must be chomping at the bit to embarrass this mofo after all the crap he has said.

[skinnystev]

what did "lyin' lopez" get for his last fight with commey

[Bunch Pag]

how do you know that's the first offer? arum is already talking about an ultimatum...$1.2m take it or leave it. if espn will not increase the pot there's no way lopez is getting more than that. and do you really think he's worth more than that?

i remember when jacobs confronted jermall charlo, he said something about charlo not seeing a million purse yet. by that time charlo was already a 2 division champ but he wasn't worth a million in a time when there was no pandemic.

you and the other posters are shamefully overstating lopez's value.

The problem imo lies between deals that's been concluded elsewhere..

Seeing other fighters fight with hardly any resume earning 2/3/4 times that amount is a dangerous precedent to set for boxing and its future... it's bumping everyone else's self value up..

This pandemic is probably a godsend in terms of the way boxing was heading financially with the fees being put onto the paying public's shoulders.. some deals some boxers have in place is ridiculous so from another boxers point of view asking for more money than face value I can't fault them.. I don't agree with it but can't fault them nonetheless...

Ultimately, it's ironic that the people who pay these wages are the ones who are missing out on fights they want to see...

Until fans stop paying to watch garbage matchups/cards then fees/expected fees will only snowball imo...

[SouthPawHitman]

Teo clearly deserves at least 10 million. Bob just being a hater smdh.

[Clegg]

He apparently is another of these new age fighters that use media to talk chit and gain a following, yet when the time comes to lace them up, they go missing.
Loma must be chomping at the bit to embarrass this mofo after all the crap he has said.

It reminds me of when Haye confronted Wlad on camera and demanded a shot. Then when he got it he pulled out injured and instead faced guys like John Ruiz and Audley Harrison for a paper title.

I hope we're wrong. Some guys drag their feet and end up getting a little more money. If so good for him and I'll give full credit, but not looking good at the moment. Hard to negotiate with a guy who thinks putting food on the table costs over $1.2M