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

[ElTerribleMorales]

i'd laugh my ass off if Mora pulled another upset due to his opponent looking WAY past him

Sturm would be instead of Mora dude, if they can make the Sturm fight, Mora will be out of the picture.

isn't the Mora fight already signed and scheduled though?

[CFH]

i'd laugh my ass off if Mora pulled another upset due to his opponent looking WAY past him

Sturm would be instead of Mora dude, if they can make the Sturm fight, Mora will be out of the picture.

isn't the Mora fight already signed and scheduled though?

It looks like they pretty much screwed Mora out of the fight in order to face Sturm.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Sturm would be instead of Mora dude, if they can make the Sturm fight, Mora will be out of the picture.

isn't the Mora fight already signed and scheduled though?

It looks like they pretty much screwed Mora out of the fight in order to face Sturm.

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

[bzkfn]

isn't the Mora fight already signed and scheduled though?

It looks like they pretty much screwed Mora out of the fight in order to face Sturm.

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.

[CFH]

It looks like they pretty much screwed Mora out of the fight in order to face Sturm.

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.

I certainly don't disagree with any of that, though it's starting to look like Pavlik's people might be trying to keep him away from Abraham (the only MW fight I really want to see), but Pavlik and Mora had signed the contracts and at that point the fight should happen unless there is a legitimate reason to cancel it.

[ElTerribleMorales]

It looks like they pretty much screwed Mora out of the fight in order to face Sturm.

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

[bzkfn]

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.

[Tam Seddon]

career defining fight for my man, I know he can take Pavlik. It will be so good if this happens, Carl finally gets notion for once from a top promoter

[CFH]

isn't the Mora fight already signed and scheduled though?

It looks like they pretty much screwed Mora out of the fight in order to face Sturm.

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

I know. I'm one of the very few Mora fans and while I didn't think he had much of a shot versus Pavlik, I wanted to see him prove me wrong (like he did against Forrest) and collect a nice paycheck in the process. The contracts were all signed and then Pavlik pulls out, ostensibly because he cut his finger and got an infection. Although after Arum canceled the Mora fight, Pavlik came out and said he would've been fine to go on with it.