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

[maguirre]

We'll soon see if these Teo defenders would have the same passion defending Golovkin when he asks for more money in the Canelo trilogy. We'll see.

[rckdees]

ESPN or any network don’t control what fights are on ppv the fans do

[richardt]

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...

I consider this a 50/50 fight. Loma lands debilitating body shots and uses angles Lopez has not ever seen before. Youth, size, power vs experience, angles, speed, top shelf ring IQ. The best fight made to this date.

[indelible]

I consider this a 50/50 fight. Loma lands debilitating body shots and uses angles Lopez has not ever seen before. Youth, size, power vs experience, angles, speed, top shelf ring IQ. The best fight made to this date.

How do these comparisons make this a 50/50 fight? With a guy like Loma, it's gonna take more than youth, size and power for Lopez to get the win. Loma isn't a 3 division world champion and 2 time Olympic gold medalist for no reason

[Goldie]

I think how you people are trying to spin this is hilarious.

Both fighters agreed to no interm fights.

ESPN gave Bob 4.7 million for the fighters.

Original split was 3.5 and 1.2.

Lomachenko took a reduced purse to relieved the company and make this fight. His contractual guarantee is more than 3.5 million.

Teo complained and does not have such guarantee.

Bob said Teo needs to understand that this is not pre-covid and could not meet their financial demands which Teo Sr was on record saying 3M+

Team Teo threatened to kill the fight and fight their mandatory.

Team Lomachenko said if Lopez doesn't want the fight they would look elsewhere too.

Team Lomachenko gifted Teo 250k to make his purse an even 1.5 in an attempt to save the fight

Team Lopez accepted.

Lopez is a nobody and he got cornered. "Hold out for your worth"

Might as well get as much when your career is going to be ended Oct 17th right?

This idiot clearly can’t read.

Arum acknowledged that Lomachenko and Lopez accepted lower purses for their bout than they expected to make before the coronavirus crisis changed boxing’s economic model. Top Rank’s founder pointed out, though, that the Ukrainian southpaw and the Brooklyn-based knockout artist still will receive more money than the minimum purses to which they’re contractually entitled.


Loma is not guaranteed to make more than $3m per fight dumb dumb. He has a contract minimum which is clearly less.

He didn’t “gift” lopez anything. Lopez rejected the 1st offer and got himself 20% more than the initial offer.

[sicko]

I LOVE College Football but with some Conferences Canceling and/or Postponing their seasons this is GREAT for Boxing! Now ESPN and FOX will need Programs to fill those Dates so this is a huge opportunity for boxing to put on some good fights on Big Networks

[Oldskoolg]

I LOVE College Football but with some Conferences Canceling and/or Postponing their seasons this is GREAT for Boxing! Now ESPN and FOX will need Programs to fill those Dates so this is a huge opportunity for boxing to put on some good fights on Big Networks

Could not agree more, this is the perfect time
To make excellent fights and really advertise

[Ajvar]

Why would "neutral" fans not like Teo because he asked for more money? The people that have criticized Lopez on this board mostly seem to be Loma fans. They surely aren't "neutral".

All he did was negotiate for what he believed was a fair amount. What kind of person gets mad at someone for doing that?

Because neutral boxing fanbase is a fanbase of boxing. feofimo promised us a fight, barked about how he want's to takedown Loma. Now he tried to jump out of it or price himself out. People don't care about purses unless those are REALLY unfair as if promoter tries to protect another fighter lowballing opponent which was not the case.
Also. feofemale insulted everyone with his "1.25mil is not enough for food".

If he looses, nobody will ever give sht about him until he beats a true champion which won't be easy at 140. Nobody will ever give him props for beating 15 bags.

[skinny kenny]

Pretty much the gist of what went down. More likely than not, Teo was holding out for way more than that but reality slapped him in the face when they realized Arum/Loma were willing to leave him out to dry and move on....but kudos to teo on the extra 250k,that's a whole lot of beefaroni and mac n cheese to feed his family.

way to slide the racism in late on the sly. smoooooth. Latinos like teo can only afford canned food. such talent

[skinny kenny]

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

Just give us quality fights consistently through the lockdown.

sounds great i'm with you. good luck with that