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Arum is a disgrace to boxing
Bob Arum who use to promote Lard ass Butterbean and charges PPV for fight cards that are headlined by bums like JCC Jr has some balls trash talking Arreola. At least Arreola gives the fans some action not like Jr. who puts you to sleep with his predictable style. LMAO! Well I'm glad that Goosen had this to say to Bobby;
Goossen Rips Arum Over Arreola, Williams Comments - Boxing News
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I'm no defender of Arum but he is right in critisizing the condition of Arreola and McCline. They were like whales marooned on a beach. Ugly stuff.
The Wright: Williams fight was a good one though so he should keep quiet about that. I don't know why anybody wouldn't want to watch it.
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Miles - it may have been ugly, but do you prefer watching Klitschko v. Ibragimov or Valuev v. Holyfield or Chambers v. Peters? I don't.
Forget pound-for-pound -- These guys are the most exciting - ESPN - Arreola listed as one of the most exciting fighters to watch (the only heavyweight on the list).
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Arreola is more interesting to watch than most of them others, for sure. My gripe is just that he looked so out of condition. He could be better with a bit of a trim off the waistline. All that wobbly stuff is worrying. Otherwise, he does throw punches and comes to fight, so not all bad. Just the weight issues for me.Originally Posted by Rantcatrat
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Agreed Wright/Williams was a quality bout between two top quality fighters, nothing to criticize,
As for Arreola not much you can do about that but I cant give Chris too much credit for beating McCline, look at the shape Jameel was in, self admited he was retired and they offered him a decent payday that had a big reward and little risk
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JCC Jr might not be a world beater or anything, but when is he in a boring fight? it's not worth PPV, but he's by no means boring, Arum does start with stupid shit every once in a while, but to be honest he does more good than bad, he has a great eye for talent and when it comes to getting fights made 9 times out of 10 he goes all out to get them made
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here's a list of fighters that Top Rank has promoted
Muhammad Ali
Alexis Arguello
Iran Barkley
Michael Carbajal
Roberto Duran
George Foreman
Joe Frazier
Marvin Hagler
Thomas Hearns
Sugar Ray Leonard
Ray Mancini
Carlos Monzon
Terry Norris
Gabriel Ruelas
Rafael Ruelas
James Toney
Oscar De La Hoya
Jorge Arce
Jose Luis Castillo
Martin Castillo
Joshua Clottey
Miguel Cotto
Manny Pacquiao
Erik Morales
Nonito Donaire
Juan Manuel Lopez
Steven Luevano
Antonio Margarito
Kelly Pavlik
Tommy Morrison
Hasim Rahman
Humberto Soto
Edwin Valero
Brian Viloria
pretty damn good names
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I think Arum had a valid point with Arreola and McCline.Think hes more or less voicing frustration as American Heavys have been slim pickings last number of years.Maybe slims a bad choice.Not a fan of JCC jr but his last fight was pretty damn exciting.
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I dont mind Arum, hes worth ten of Franky boy.
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agree, not to sound completely negative, but the truth is American Heavies for the most part now are crap, and i think that it's due to more interest in other sports, such as football and basketball
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There is a point about how out of shame American HWs are, but his comments in general just showcase what a gigantic piece of shit, who is he to try play down Paul Williams & Winky Wright? Good on Goosen for telling it how it is
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Good Research on the list...Top Rank has promoted some quality fighters over the years
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thanks, goldenboy seems to be onto a good start as wellGood Research on the list...Top Rank has promoted some quality fighters over the years
Oscar De La Hoya
Bernard Hopkins
Shane Mosley
Marco Antonio Barrera
Librado Andrade
Jorge Barrios
Rey Bautista
Joel Casamayor
Hugo Cazares
Juan Diaz
Jhonny Gonzalez
Joan Guzman
Juan Manuel Marquez
Ricky Hatton
David Haye
Rocky Juarez
Michael Katsidis
Abner Mares
James Kirkland
Victor Ortiz
Rock Allen
Carlos Hernandez
Robert Guerrero
Oscar Larios
Daniel Ponce DeLeon
Z Gorres
Juan Lazcano
Kassim Ouma
Gerry Penalosa
Israel Vazquez
Winky Wright
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This is not in defense of Arum for I generally consider promoters as a bunch of greedy pimps... Arum criticized Goosen promoted fights and we realized he has some good points and also just being an a$$ on some points...
But to be fair, Arum has some of the best boxers around and promoted some of the great cards in recent memories... Just like this weekend's fight between Donaire-Martinez and Viloria-Solis, it's a very good card but unfortunately HBO and Shotime didn't pick it up... Arum once again, come out on his own and offer this card to the American public as a PPV priced at $24.95 using his own resources...
Sometimes he's a "disgrace" and sometimes he does some good things for boxing...
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i wouldn't say he's a disgrace, just at his age he does get a bit bitter at times, you gotta remember he is the founder of one of the oldest promotion companies to still be running, and younger guys like Goosen and GBP are making a lot of noise, plus a lot of Arums biggest names have either left him or retired, or both, such as Morales, Oscar De La Hoya, and Floyd Mayweather Jr., he still puts on great cards, and knows what fans want, and gotta give him credit for going out of his way most of the times to get the biggest fights made, DLH/Pacquiao and Pacquiao/Hatton are 2 good examples
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