Quote Originally Posted by Gandalf View Post
He is a promoter which makes him an automatic target. It is a position of power and influence and the ultimate goal is to make money regardless of what purist fans might think. One example of this is how he keeps fights in house. In terms of recent Manny/Mayweather dealings I am more inclined to blame Arum. Floyd openly says he wants the fight, meanwhile Manny seems to hide behind the cloak of the puppet controller Arum.

I really don't like Arum. He is a snake, but we can say the same for others like King and Warren too. There are different types of snake, but they all look similar beyond their various postures.
It's all well and good giving credit to Floyd for saying he wants the fight, but if the stipulations he puts in place and the demands regarding purses etc are beyond what Manny deems as acceptable, then what Floyd comes out and say's means shit really.

In answer to the question, Arum for me has always been abit of a shit when it comes to negotiations so it's nothing new really, just a shame the two biggest names in the sport today are so close yet so far from fighting each other. This wouldnt of happended in the 70's or 80's for sure !!