Bob Arum doing his best to NOT MAKE Jose Ramirez vs Regis Prograis... SMH

Ramirez vs. Prograis is a competitive fight, neither guy is a big favorite over the other, which makes it so surprising that Top Rank is making Ramirez look so bad in avoiding this matchup.

 

It's not enough to feed your top guys to other top guys for peanuts. We know about these fighters because we follow boxing but if you had money on the line for either guy drawing a crowd that would cover their purses would you make that fight right now?
Neither name is big enough to flush money down the drain for them to face each other now. That's why clowns like this reign supreme in the business today.

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Jose Ramirez vs. Danny O’Conner Who
Y’all got?

 

Is Prograis a Top Rank guy?

 

He's a Haymon guy I think.

 

Prograis is looking like a beast. Hopefully Arum is putting Ramirez in the WBSS. That way Ramirez would get a fight or two before facing him.

 

Just yet another example of Arum getting in the way of good fights being made.

 

Do you hate just to hate? Arum has made every single fight people said he would never make because he wanted to protect his cash cows/most marketable fighters:

Pacquiao-Mayweather
Pacquiao-Marquez II, III, IV
Pacquiao-Bradley
Martinez-Chavez Jr.
Donaire-Rigondeaux
Lomachenko-Rigondeaux

 

PAC May was five years too late.
What about JuanMa vs Gamboa? He over marinated Lopez into Salido and into oblivion.

 

That was an interesting fight, but not a massive fight or anything.

And blame Floyd.

 

Floyd definitely made it difficult to make. He and Arum share the blame there.

JuanMa vs Gamboa was a significant fight. Problem is, promoters’ insistence that every fight be massive leads to the “best” never facing the “best” to determine who is really the BEST.

 

Nah. Floyd manned up when he felt he was ready.

"Everything in life is about timing. We waited until the time was right."

 

I really think Floyd and Arum had a hand in that one.. tbh it was a ego contest between the two because Arum wanted to gain as much out of PAC before putting against Floyd which is why everybody who fought PAC after Oscar had to sign to Top Rank to get the fight..

 

No. Bob was probably envisioning a trilogy. Floyd ducked. Sorry, here's the exact quote:

"Everything in life is about timing. I have a good team and I waited until the time was right."