Quote Originally Posted by maracho
So PBF fans which is it--Arum is senile for thinking Margarito is the most feared boxer or a genius who has the majority of fans fooled?
I don't think that he's the most feared...but he is avoided. Very little reward for the risk.

Make no mistake about it, Margarito is gutty. He's a down in the trenches warrior...but let's also not forget that he aint one of the greatest boxers out there either...he can be beaten.

Arum's got a lot of issues to deal with other than Margarito being avoided though.

Quote Originally Posted by maracho
I might add that I am glad that Baldomir has the big belt especially since HBO did not really want him to have it as was obvious in the way they tried to force a rematch with Judah.
HBO didn't want to force Baldomir Judah II because they had Judah Mayweather on their doorsteps.

Quote Originally Posted by maracho
However I would say that Baldomir would probably have made more money fighting Margarito especially since Floyed is so insistently transfixed on the Margarito offer (no! no! no! no other figure will do cause I am going to show all those Margarito fans that I can make $8million elsewhere!). I mean what is Baldomir's measley share going to be this time?
Who knows what the offer actually is & who get's what...but the fight has been made & Floyd is HBO's fighter & one of the most marketable of all the champs out there. He has a shot at becoming a belt holder in yet another weight class.

If everyone's gonna cry over Margarito & what's best for him & Arum should do this & that...maybe you should all see it from the perspective of one of the biggest networks out there & one of the brightest fighters of the last decade...if the shoe was on the other foot...you'd be taking the same route.

Let's not be hypocritical here ladies. Promoting is promoting.

Quote Originally Posted by maracho
I guese Baldi felt Margarito was the bigger risk even though I am sure that Arum offered him more than goosen did.
Probably...or either he saw that he could make the most money & get the most exsposure against one of the biggest stars out there before he retires & maybe MAYBE has a shot at winning.

Again...I aint in the fighter's head or the promoter's shoes...but that's how I'd look at it.