Arum to Bunce: "Sturm in October, Froch in January is the plan"

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ok, i mean i really wouldn't give Mora that much of a chance in winning but hell, waving a HUGE payday in the guys face then getting the boot for a Sturm fight (even though its a more significant fight), seems a bit harsh

He's probably the fallback option. To be fair, he was lucky to receive the shot in the first place. The Sturm fight is much better for boxing though. I'm really tired of the Middleweight champions taking less meaningful fights when they should be fighting each other.

oh i'm completely with you on the Sturm fight having a lot more significance, but what bothers me is that if you sign the contract to fight the guy, already have the fight scheduled and the fight is given the green light, you should honor the deal, even if Mora was lucky to get the shot, if they had a deal made already they should honor it, then fight Sturm next, don't see why he cant fight Mora during the summer and take on Sturm come October or November

It reminds me alot of the situation when Cintron signed to fight Williams in a unification, got injured and then talked about fighting every other fighter but Williams. As for the Summer date, I imagine it'll come down to what dates they can get with HBO. You're 100% correct there is time to do it, but I'm betting they've seen the Mora fight as a high risk-low reward fight. Remember, Pavlik's people weren't exactly thrilled with the Mora fight, and Pavlik's Dad released a statement saying they were pissed at Top Rank for cancelling the bout, yet a few days later Kelly signed a new multi-fight deal with Arum. I'm betting that a condition to sign was that they got a better fight than Mora for him.