Arum and his anti Cuban crusade

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Santiago, Mar 13, 2014.


  1. lefthandlead

    lefthandlead Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If you can't draw and make money, Bob wants nothing to do with you
     
  2. eltirado

    eltirado Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    They don't put out, Non-Cuban clientele want a pleasurable banging...

    Cubana uaually the perfect package but it comes with the Castro baggage

    They dance alot and don't bang enough

    Arum let them go...
     
  3. TheRoadWarrior

    TheRoadWarrior Active Member Full Member

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    That's any business in general.
     
  4. purephase

    purephase Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This is a fine take on the situation if it's applied consistently. For instance I don't want to hear about the promotional brilliance of Top Rank if it's incumbent on the fighters alone to make money and/or if the company is only interested in exerting the slightest bit of effort on guys with easily exploitable ethnic backgrounds.
     
  5. arve lie

    arve lie Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Arum and Fat Dan Rafael both hate cuban fighters
     
  6. qwert

    qwert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :lol:

    Why would Arum want his own fighters to fail? It's not Arum's fault that Rigo doesn't sell. He's given him showcase fights, got him a world title within ten fights, a unification with a P4P star soon after...casual fans don't like Rigo's style, and he doesn't speak English so his personality won't sell.
     
  7. Santiago

    Santiago Active Member Full Member

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    It was not Arum who gave a world title fight to Rigo, ... , I blind promoter with some brain, could have achieved the same thing earlier with somebody with Rigo's talent level ... Rigo shines with his own merit, being twice the olimpic champion he is and performing the way he has done to date ... you wrote thereafter easily of the unification fight with the P4P star ... but what is the accomplishment is that you have also to win, and Lomachenko example shows that one thing is to be given the opportunity and another is to perform ...

    That is the question we all are putting here, why he try to diminish blatantly the value of his own fighters after such huge performances .... here is another from Arum's comments:

    "In order for Rigondeaux to become a superstar Fidel Castro has to come down and promote him"
     
  8. the commentator

    the commentator Boxing Addict Full Member

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    At the end of the day, no matter how talented you are, if you can't put asses in seats, all of that counts for nothing...
     
  9. Miles5149

    Miles5149 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I would if I were them. Put him on undercards if you have to. Golden Boy has Mares, Jhonny Gonzalez, Gary Russell (I know, I know), Santa Cruz, Ponce De Leon all around his weight class.
     
  10. qwert

    qwert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nobody's denying Rigo's talent. Even Arum has never criticised his abilities. But he can't sell. People walk out the arena when he fights, and his bouts get record low numbers on HBO. Arum doesn't benefit from the lack of interest in Rigo from casual fans. He'd love it if Rigo had become a star.
     
  11. dodong

    dodong >>PACQUIAO Full Member

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    i don't know why this is so hard to understand for some.
     
  12. strongarm

    strongarm Well-Known Member Full Member

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    So you really think promoters (Arum and GBP) love mexican fighters because they are mexican and not because they sell out arenas, have unconditional love from Mexican fans and mexico and mexican americans are the biggest market in continental america right now?
     
  13. strongarm

    strongarm Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I went to see a lara card in so cal, spinks vs k9 was the main event. No note worthy mexican fighter fighting that night, and 90% of the place was packed with mexicans.

    My point is that even in a non-mexican fight card, mexicans are still the majority in boxing events.

    And ricans in the eastcoast. Bob knows that and follows the money
     
  14. UFgators

    UFgators Active Member Full Member

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    Great example of the stupidity on this forum. Arum would promote a freaking Nazi if he made a lot of money. Has nothing to do with biases, conspiracies, ufos, or anything else.
     
  15. DoktorSleepless

    DoktorSleepless Member Full Member

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    Arum can't even get Donaire back on HBO. What makes you think Arum can get freaken Rigo back on HBO? This conspiracy stuff is nonsense.