Bob Arum talks to boxing media about a few terrible boxing playing cards that began the weekend, a greater ending of the weekend for the game, and offers his ideas on the upcoming Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford combat. Right here’s a few of what the sage outdated promoter needed to say.
Arum on Inoue vs Cardenas
“It was an excellent efficiency and thank God it was a fantastic combat inside a fantastic present and boxing wanted that having swallowed and paid cash for Friday night time’s present from New York and Saturday’s present from Riyadh. This was actually what boxing’s about. The opposite stuff, it defies what it’s about nevertheless it’s actually not entertaining — it’s agonizing.
On if he could be hesitant to let one in all his fighters seem on a Turki card if he thinks it could possibly be a dud, contemplating what we’ve simply seen
“No. Let’s be sincere about it, there’s no medals on any of us in boxing. And if the Saudis provide one in all my fighters actually massive cash to combat in a combat that I actually consider shall be non-competitive and boring — yeah, I’d ship them over as a result of the cash is the cash. It is a enterprise, we’re not enjoying round and we’re not amateurs.
“So whereas I may not like sending my fighter to anyplace if he’s going to be in a boring combat, if the cash is so overwhelming I actually don’t have any selection.”
On Canelo vs Crawford and Haney vs Ramirez
“Who is aware of with these guys getting a lot cash what their incentive is to essentially carry out. I imply, look what occurred. Let’s be sincere, Canelo was in a not an excellent fighter on Saturday and he was getting $50M to combat him and he had already been promised $100M to combat Crawford. So why would he take an opportunity, proper? However that’s no good for boxing.
“Now see within the outdated days once we had a fighter like Sugar Ray Leonard or Oscar De La Hoya doing a combat, they’d a motive to essentially give the gang an entertaining combat as a result of their subsequent combat had already been agreed to however they stood to make more money from the PPV, from the gate, so there was all the time an incentive for them to look good.
“Now the motivation is gone as a result of they promise nice cash for his or her subsequent combat and the one certain manner they’re going to get it’s to not interact in a combat. I imply Devin Haney is an excellent fighter. You noticed the combat with Ramirez, that was a shame. That was an absolute shame. However in case you’re Devin Haney and also you’re getting good cash for the combat with Ramirez and also you’re going to get tremendous cash to combat Garcia — as a result of he assumed Garcia would win — then why would he take any dangers? However that’s not for boxing, that’s horrible for boxing.
“In the event that they’re every going to combat [Canelo and Crawford], actually combat, I feel it’s terrific. It’s actually attention-grabbing. However, once more, if I needed to pay cash to look at that combat I wouldn’t do it as a result of Canelo has proven in his previous few fights that he’s only a businessman, he’s not in there to entertain the general public. He simply takes the massive examine.
“However, once more, if Canelo actually fights — as a result of it’s protected to say Terence all the time fights, he doesn’t know the rest — then it could possibly be a great, attention-grabbing combat.”
