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I don't actually know the answer, me and a mate had a discussion about it. Who is the most powerful person in boxing right now?
Manny
Floyd
Arum
Warren
Schaefer
50 cent
De La Hoya
Klitschko/ Boente
Probably others we couldn't think of. But who wields the most power, who controls the sport like no other?
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Great question! 1. My first reaction is to say no single person has that much control. 2. It would have to be an organization. 3. Ultimately, money has the most control of what will happen in boxing. 4. The money comes from the fans, so you would think we have the control. 5. I don't know! 6. Somebody with thousands of posts will know the answer but will not tell us. 7. This is a trick guestion because there in no correct answer!Quote:
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First CEO of Showtime and HBO, second who ever sleeps with them, third who ever sleeps with second and so on.
Tyson Fury
Fiddy?
Way to early... and I suspect probably never.
Outfits ran off the back of active super stars seldom are near the top once the fighters retire or decline.
Case in point: rjj is still squared ring's biggest fighter.
If team money build their core on one fighters back then the rug will be pulled when Floyd stops fighting.
Arrum or Schaefer are the most powerful guys. They're the guys who make the investments and manage their investments to world titles and hopeful superstardom. Without guys putting the money in to back prospects the business of boxing can't exist, so the moneymen are the top dogs.
Hard to say which one is stronger right now, it comes down to the fighters that they have under contract. GDP have come from nowhere over the past few years and built a proper organisation with a competent guy running the show. They've got guys like Canelo and Broner. Top Rank have guys like Manny, Chavez Junior and Benavidez. I can't see either organisation fading away anytime soon as Arum has a son-in-law who is vice prez and will take over when Arum carks it. Schaefer is on a one-man mission to fuck Arum up and so we'll prbably see these two promotional outfits continue to dominate boxing and waxing and waning as their fighters become superstars, leave and do a TMT, etc.
Arum easily.
Manny is a boxer nearing the end od his career, in a year or two he will be an after thought while Arum still controls a large proportion of the boxing matches we see.
After him Schaefer and then probably Sauerland?
*At this point of his career, Olando Salido... man that guys heavy handed.
Al Haymon deserves a mention. The amount of leverage he holds over the networks (mainly HBO) is crazy.
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