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Is Crawford the biggest illusion and hypejob currently?
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Originally posted by Mister Wolf View PostHopkins signed with King for the middleweight tournament. Prior to it he had no connection to King and was not getting a shot a Joppy or Holmes for their titles. My point stands.
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Originally posted by buddyr View PostHopkins was on King promoted cards long before then. Joe Lipsey fight was on Tyson vs Bruno 2nd fight(which Christy Martin stole the show that led to Sports Illustrated cover). You don't Remember Hopkins vs Allen II when he went off on Jim Gray about Don King, but when King gets beside him , he acts like he was talking about someone else? And Hopkins was a champion before Joppy. They were champions at the same time.
Read the article and stop spreading misinformation on the internet. Here is a portion:
Hopkins, an ex-convict, was a maverick middleweight champion who spent years railing against a boxing industry he felt too heavily favored promoters financially, and felt that fighters were exploited. He had sued two previous promoters, Butch Lewis and Dan Goossen.
Although DiBella was in the process of leaving HBO and signing several 2000 U.S. Olympians -- including Taylor -- under the terms of his exit package from the network, he made Hopkins his first high-profile signing.
They seemed perfect for each other, both intent on reforming the system.
DiBella seemed to be able to get through to the stubborn Hopkins, finally arranging for his entry into promoter Don King's middleweight championship unification series in 2001. The move guaranteed Hopkins seven-figure paydays after never having earned more than about $500,000 for a fight.
As I told you Hopkins had no prior contractual affiliation with King and had to sign with King to unify and get the fights vs the other guys no different than the bull**** Haymon/PBC are doing to Crawford. Yet if you bring up King doing the same its "naw PBC/Haymon different"
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He is a very good boxer with no big wins at 147.
It is still to be determined if he is N. 1 in division.
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Originally posted by Mister Wolf View Posthttps://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/c...dan&id=2108467
Read the article and stop spreading misinformation on the internet. Here is a portion:
Hopkins, an ex-convict, was a maverick middleweight champion who spent years railing against a boxing industry he felt too heavily favored promoters financially, and felt that fighters were exploited. He had sued two previous promoters, Butch Lewis and Dan Goossen.
Although DiBella was in the process of leaving HBO and signing several 2000 U.S. Olympians -- including Taylor -- under the terms of his exit package from the network, he made Hopkins his first high-profile signing.
They seemed perfect for each other, both intent on reforming the system.
DiBella seemed to be able to get through to the stubborn Hopkins, finally arranging for his entry into promoter Don King's middleweight championship unification series in 2001. The move guaranteed Hopkins seven-figure paydays after never having earned more than about $500,000 for a fight.
As I told you Hopkins had no prior contractual affiliation with King and had to sign with King to unify and get the fights vs the other guys no different than the bull**** Haymon/PBC are doing to Crawford. Yet if you bring up King doing the same its "naw PBC/Haymon different"
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Another useless thread coming from the same clown.
You can say the same thing over and over again and what does that prove? Pathetic Boxing Champions won't fight him. If he's such an illusion then tell your heroes in the Haymon camp to fight and expose him.
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Originally posted by mcdonalds View PostNope. Two supposed elite P4P fighters who haven't really proven it
Crawford's situation is worse since he hasn't been in the ring with anyone elite at all.
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The biggest illusion, like it or don't, would be Canelo. He is, at best, 1-1 with the aging former king of the division but other than that disputed win, he hasn't got a single win over 160 without a special weight stipulation.
If he beats Kovalev clearly, without favorable judging, it would be his first.
Canelo's career is a good one but is presented as something better than it is, as much illusion as substance.
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Originally posted by 4truth View PostThe biggest illusion, like it or don't, would be Canelo. He is, at best, 1-1 with the aging former king of the division but other than that disputed win, he hasn't got a single win over 160 without a special weight stipulation.
If he beats Kovalev clearly, without favorable judging, it would be his first.
Canelo's career is a good one but is presented as something better than it is, as much illusion as substance.
Jacobs ignored Canelo's rehydration clause you tard
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