Comments Thread For: Meng Fanlong Breaks From Roc Nation, Now a Free Agent

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Former Olympian and #1 ranked IBF light heavyweight contender Meng Fanlong (16-0, 10 KOs) is now a promotional free agent after reaching a separation agreement with Roc Nation.
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[bluebeam]

Top Rank is where he needs to go.

Thats where beterbiev is and he holds 2 of the 4 titles. And joe smith is fighting for the wbo. So 3 out of 4 light heavyweight titles are at top rank.

No other promotion makes sense for fanlong

[Boxing_kos]

This is a blow to roc nation, they lost their cash cow how will they recover???!!??!!

[_Rexy_]

Roc Nation is still involved in boxing?!?

[elfag]

https://www.rocnation.com/sports/


they dont even show any boxers on there but they got a category for "esports"

i guess they manage basketball players or something? like represent them in contract negotiations and take a cut or some chit?

[Dean_Razorback]

roc nation was still a thing in boxing?

[Griever0730]

Yo Im not trying to be funny buy I actually thought Jay-Z dissolved Roc Nation Sports?

There hasn't been a RNS fight in years right? I remember they were doing them pretty heavy with concerts between fights right? They were going for it and then BOOM nothing like literally no more fights for several years right?

They thought promoting boxing was like the rap business and failed miserably at it. Everybody they had signed eventually broke off their agreement bc they most likely had no idea what they were doing and didn't make any profit to afford to pay the guys they signed the money they had offered them. They need to stick to running their business in the rap industry & the 4 major American sports. Boxing is a whole different game.

[sicko]

Sucks for guys like Dusty Harrison, Darmani Rock, Fanlong Meng and others wasting Prime Years trusting and believing in this Roc Nation Boxing Garbage. Even Andrade walked away from the Jermell Charlo fight thinking he was getting a deal with Roc Nation which would've been a failure anyway

Note to Boxers, don't be so quick to sign with any and everybody!

[NC Uppercut]

Yo Im not trying to be funny buy I actually thought Jay-Z dissolved Roc Nation Sports?

There hasn't been a RNS fight in years right? I remember they were doing them pretty heavy with concerts between fights right? They were going for it and then BOOM nothing like literally no more fights for several years right?

I agree. I thought they dissolved back some time ago. Well at least Top Rank can pick him up without overpaying the hell out of him. I do t really see PBC picking him up unless its for pennies on the dollar, or Renminbi if you wanna use Chinese currency. I could see Bob milking a few Macau fights out of him.

[Griever0730]

Yea I remember they tried to sign Broner at one point and they gave him like 20 or 30 million something ridiculous and he said I dont care if u give me 100 million I aint leaving Al Haymon for no one.

DAmn imagine if they gave broner that much and then went under lol.

I think 50 cent's attempt at boxing promoting was worse.

At least Roc did a handful of decent fights im not sure if SMS or whatever 50 called it even did an official fight???

Broner probably regrets not signing that contract now that he's basically begging Showtime & Big Al for that hefty sum he feels like he's owed from them. 50 fed Gamboa to Crawford and that was it for Gamboa, him and his company. He flopped the same way as RN but harder. Cotto and Ward both signed with them and broke their contracts early, so that seemed to be a sign of things to come. They though promoting was easy and found out it wasn't.