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 provides his ideas on the upcoming Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford battle. Right here’s a few of what the sage previous promoter needed to say.
Arum on Inoue vs Cardenas
“It was a superb efficiency and thank God it was an awesome battle inside an awesome present and boxing wanted that having swallowed and paid cash for Friday evening’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 however it’s definitely not entertaining — it’s agonizing.
On if he can be hesitant to let considered one of 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 trustworthy about it, there’s no medals on any of us in boxing. And if the Saudis supply considered one of my fighters actually large cash to battle in a battle that I actually consider can be non-competitive and boring — yeah, I might ship them over as a result of the cash is the cash. This can be a enterprise, we’re not enjoying round and we’re not amateurs.
“So whereas I won’t like sending my fighter to anywhere if he’s going to be in a boring battle, 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 trustworthy, Canelo was in a not an excellent fighter on Saturday and he was getting $50M to battle him and he had already been promised $100M to battle Crawford. So why would he take an opportunity, proper? However that’s no good for boxing.
“Now see within the previous days once we had a fighter like Sugar Ray Leonard or Oscar De La Hoya doing a battle, that they had a motive to essentially give the group an entertaining battle as a result of their subsequent battle had already been agreed to however they stood to make more money from the PPV, from the gate, so there was at all times 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 battle and the one positive method they’re going to get it’s to not interact in a battle. I imply Devin Haney is an excellent fighter. You noticed the battle with Ramirez, that was a shame. That was an absolute shame. However when you’re Devin Haney and also you’re getting good cash for the battle with Ramirez and also you’re going to get tremendous cash to battle 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 battle [Canelo and Crawford], actually battle, I feel it’s terrific. It’s actually fascinating. However, once more, if I needed to pay cash to look at that battle 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 large test.
“However, once more, if Canelo actually fights — as a result of it’s secure to say Terence at all times fights, he doesn’t know the rest — then it could possibly be a very good, fascinating battle.”
