Delray Raines V.S. Tarvis Simms

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I'm just talking about this thread regarding Raines vs. Simms fight... If you have other issues (Kid Thunder, Zelenoff) with him that I have no comments...
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But you can't make sweeping judgements about his character and intentions based on only this post. He clearly threw Raines into a fight in which he had almost no chance in order to make money and drum up publicity. His prior posting show that his only intention is to promote himself. He's already been banned from this board on 2 separate occasions.

That the kid did much better than expected (the fact that he lost every round on all the score cards and is still considered to have done way better than expected against a 37 yr old fighter with 11KOs coming off a 13 month layoff will tell you exactly how much of a mismatch this was) does not negate SOB's intentions.

However, he gets attention with this stuff, so it's clearly working for him.

Do you know him personally?

I just posted what I know about him from what I've read... That he's a promoter/manager, a former boxer and his wife is a former boxing world champ... That's all...

I also don't know this guy on personal level BTW...
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Personally? As in face to face? What a ridiculous question. What does it matter if I know him personally? I wasn't aware I had to know an individual intimately in order to give my opinion on their actions.

I know about him because of #1 his incredibly suspect actions in regards to his dealing with his fighters and #2 because of his idiotic postings on here. It doesn't take much of a brain to figure out this is nothing but a marketing ploy.

As for his wife being a "former champion", while I have no doubt she could probably kick my ass, according to boxrec she has beaten a grand total of 2 fighers with winning records (7-3-1, 3-0. The 3-0 fighter's 3 previous wins were also against her). I don't say that as an indictment of her or her abilities, but lets keep things in perspective here.