Comments Thread For: Bob Arum: ESPN Stepped Up To Keep Lomachenko-Lopez Off Pay-Per-View

[BlackR0bbb]

This fight would not be happening unless Lopez got a bit more than $1.5MM, so that part of the article is not accurate. I believe he's getting closer to $2.5MM. All in all, Bob is still lying and talking out of his a** as usual.

[champion4ever]

Kudos and major props for ESPN in stepping up to the plate to make this fight happen. It would have been to expensive to put it on Pay Per View in light of this pandemic.

Top Rank would have lost a lot of money had they forged ahead without a live gate. It's good to see the networks like Disney and Viacom pull together by increasing their licensing fees to fighters.

[champion4ever]

This fight would not be happening unless Lopez got a bit more than $1.5MM, so that part of the article is not accurate. I believe he's getting closer to $2.5MM. All in all, Bob is still lying and talking out of his a** as usual.

It doesn't matter. Just so long as Bob or his company Top Rank isn't footing the bill or the cost for this fight then it's good.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Let this be a lesson folks. Ask for what you feel you deserve. Believe in your worth. Don’t just accept the scraps that someone gives you. It’ll take much longer to get ahead that way. Have some damn confidence and balls. Good luck !

So then, what did this outcome tell you about Crawford?

That Teofimo Lopez is worth paying more and Crawford isn't?


I'll wait

[Combat Talk Radio]

Yea it shouldn't, really any fight shouldn't be PPV right now.

Just give us quality fights consistently through the lockdown.

Fairly certain you said you boxed.

So I'll ask.

Where do you expect the money to come from to pay

- the ring setup crew
- the network(s)
- the fighters
- the managers
- the cornermen
- the medical attendant(s)
- the promoter(s)
- the venue
- the city (licensing)
- the drug testing
- the letter org(s)
- the commission
- the ref
- the judges


...?

Or do you expect that you can pay top level competition based only on ad revenue at a time when TV is at an all-time low and streaming ads are easy to block or skip?

Just curious.

[BlackR0bbb]

It doesn't matter. Just so long as Bob or his company Top Rank isn't footing the bill or the cost for this fight then it's good.

Bob is always cooking the books. That's why he offers no transparency. Mikey and Cotto proved this years ago. He's crafty, crooked old J**.

[chubuk7]

How will Loma keep the bigger/stronger Teo pressure off him? Loma's punch output will not keep Teo from pressuring, landing the bigger KO type punches off of Loma...IMO...

Teo is a great fighter but Lomachenko seems at another level with footwork, defense and speed.

[Curt Henning]

Good thing Teofimo didn’t take this guys advice.




You’ve just summed up the word dumb.




Let this be a lesson folks. Ask for what you feel you deserve. Believe in your worth. Don’t just accept the scraps that someone gives you. It’ll take much longer to get ahead that way. Have some damn confidence and balls. Good luck !

r-handed slack jawed is one of the biggest tried and true idiots this forum has seen in some time....guy like that would rather see the fight killed over teos perceived greed than see him stretch loma

[Curt Henning]

Teo is a great fighter but Lomachenko seems at another level with footwork, defense and speed.

would tend to agree...but we know this

loma is the best fighter teo will have ever faced...for certain

but maybe lopez is the best package of a fighter that loma will have faced in the pros..and if he is it could prove to be pretty tough night maybe even resulting in an L for loma

[chubuk7]

I'm happy that the fight is free to watch for the fans. I don't see Loma losing anytime soon. I think he will take Lopez to school and Teo will learn a lot from that fight. No doubt.