I agree with him 100%. He is absolutely right. And yeah, he has put on an easy defence for Pavlik in Lockett and Cooto in Gomez, and maybe David Diaz wasn't ever going to test Pacquiao. But at least these fights are sandwiched between BIG, BIG fights for these fighters. At least these fighters are coming off big wins, and are given these easier fights as a stay busy kinda thing, and we KNOW that their next fights will be massive ones. Take Cotto. He fought Gomez, sandwiched between Moslet and Margarito. Pacqiauo fought Diaz between Marquez, and probably Hatton.
Im not in denial its Pavlik fans who are ..I don't care what Pavlik wanted its what he's doing is whats important ..And what he's is a disgrace to his own legacy !Now if you can see that maybe its time for you to wipe some of Kelly's man juice from out your own eyes :good
LMAO I bet I understand it more than you genius ! You do also know that there were other viable names that also didn't require this much money right ? Of course not ,u use this as a convienent excuse to justify this crap ..Yeah im the moron :rofl Lets also remember that this is the same Bob Arum who also put Malinaggis Cotto on PPV ..I love it slective criticsim rears its ugly head yet again ..Lesson ended !
Mundine ,Green ,**** take your pick from jr middle ! Why did they have to goto welter enlighten me ? And are you telling me that Cotto Gomez was more meningful there for they found a home for it on HBO but tCotto Malinaggi couldn't ??Are you serious ??Yet im the moron ! Learn the buiz man Promoters are greedy this is the same reason Manny Diaz was on PPV .Don't even tell me that no one would have watched Manny ..Man if you were a boxer they would bleed your ass dry .
Imperial, Arum reserved the Garden for the PR day parade for Cotto Malignaggi and he was promised a date on HBO. HBO went back on their word and put another fight on that night. As a result Arum had the Garden reserved a big fight and no tv outlet. PPV was the only option. BOTTOM line is the biggest fight in boxing is Calazaghe vs pavlik (just look at the threads dedicated to it by boxing's core fan base) and Calzaghe and HBO didnt want to step up to the plate. Joe has earned the right to choose his opponent but regardless he has chosen a low risk high reward opponent and HBO backed it. When history looks back on Joe's career it will show a win over Jones which despite how shot he is will always look good on paper.
I'm not happy with the Williams fight either, but you have to be REALLY selective to make that statement. This has been postes so many times it is a joke. Not enough money to pay Winky and Pavlik both. Winky has been pricing himself out of fights for over a year now. AA is not available until after his mandatory. I've seen you on other threads and find it hard to believe you haven't read this at least 5 or 6 times before.
No only the Pavlik fans think this is the biggest fight in boxing ..The reason for the countless threads is because Pavlik fans are coming out the wood work ..But if you notice they are dying down and I foresee that they will continue until the Williams fight ..But once he ko'es this welter they will resurface again im sure of it .Hail him as the best fighter p4p continue to over look who he just fought and continue to discredit anyone worth mentioning .. Jones Calzaghe may not mean as much now as it would 10 yrs ago but all the people who say they hate this fight will support it in droves come sept ..I wouldn't have minded Pavlik Calzaghe but won't act like this is the biggest let down in the history of the sport ..What will let me down is his decision to fight Paul who is unetested north of 147 .And ill only be let down because Kelly is going to ruin this kid ..
Again, you are one of the people that are just flat out ignoring what has been posted about Wright and AA. YOU KNOW AA IS IN THE WORKS FOR JANUARY.
Not simply base on revenue, what fight can you think of that is bigger than Calzaghe vs Pavlik (Pac vs haton is already scheduled.) Calzaghe fans, Pavlik fans, and those who are not fans of either are all equally as intrigued.
Jones Calzaghe will be huge ..Pavlik Cazlaghe would never do what this fight is going to do ..Pavlik doesn't have the fan base except for the die hards who really know him ..I mean look at what Pavlik Taylor did PPV wise ..The numbers weren't there . This is why Joe chose Jones he knows the money is there with Roy ..If the fight would have been held in Wales then maybe because of the live gate and people would come no matter who he was fighting be it Jones or Kelly ..Kelly is simply not a PPV draw hell niether is Hopkins really thats why that fight was on HBO and it didn't help Bhops with that awful fight against Winky .
thankyou :happy but if you think legacy is going to dictate that choice in any way then its going to put you in a tough position considering joe's end of career choices..
gotta give Arum a pass. He is getting old and cranky like Larry merchant. they cant stay quiet when they are supposed to .... Hey lets hype up a match between larry and arum :0
No not at all ..Because im confortable with what he has accomplished thus far ..The man can't be denied his greatness ..And if anythingwhat he did at the end of his career ,it cements his greatness .His last 2 fights do that ths 3rd one is icing on the cake for those who always wanted to see this fight . But I wonder if the same could be said for Kelly regarding legacy for this most recent choice of opponment ?