Vanes Norikovich Martirosyan retiring (...maybe? update: confirmed, blames DKP. Update: BACK!)

http://boxing-social.com/features/exclusive-vanes-martirosyan-don-king-killed-dreams-lets-talk-vada/

Vanes is one of the biggest morons out there.
He goes on to talk about how he knows he is getting screwed but still signs papers without reading them.
At multiple times he says it's "about feeding his family" but then goes to say that it's not about the money.

Complains about loosing his ranking with the WBC. Mother****er! The last time you fought at the weight was 2016. Last time you won a fight was in 2015.
Don King has had shady deals with the WBC, but you not fighting might be a big reason why they dropped you.
And on top if it all Vanes threatened to sue the WBC Either you sue or stfu. He opted to open his mouth a paid the price.

Don King still using his old tactics and it's working. He shows up with a briefcase full of money and once a big fight happens, he takes back what he is "owed".

 

Don King is scum. The most a manager is allowed to take is 33 1/3 percent of a purse. I remember fighters signing with King had his nephew Carl King as a co-manager so they could get a bigger cut. I feel for Vanes because he should have a world title and wants one for his father.

 

Arum is bad but not close to King. Don King is 87 years old and will probably die soon. He should be helping the few fighters he has left. He is so evil i thinks he signs fighters to keep them inactive on purpose just to ruin them. People will **** on his grave when he dies. Ali was owed 1.1 million from King and when he was in the hospital had to settle for 50k. The only one Arum screwed over recently was Korobov, he could have done something with him.

 

I dont know what happened, but Charles Hatley sued Don King right before his title fight with Charlo. I dont know what that is about but there had to be something seriously wrong for him to due that. Isnt $150 million enough for King he is the devil.

 

In regards to Ponomarev, there are multiple sources that say he himself is to blame. There have been many stories of Ponomarev turning down fights and good offers. So TR is not really to blame here.

Kavaliauskas has been kept fairly active throughout his career and he is being brought along nicely. He has had a lot of exposure these last few years. At 30 they might want to start moving him along, but one can't really complain.
And Arum talked about making Crawford vs Kavaliauskas.

Lomachenko fought who were available and wanted to fight him. Hard to push for big fights when one doesn't have a big fanbase. 2015 and 2017 did go to waste, but it's been an otherwise solid run. And HBO had it's role there as well.

TR is stubborn, but they are good at what they are doing. They don't intentionally sabotage every career just because. A lot of times it has to do with the fighters as well.