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

[bzkfn]

Boxing: Froch-Pavlik in works for January | Setanta


Arum claims they're in talks with HBO about Sturm in October, followed by Froch fighting Pavlik as early as January 2010, pretty much leaving Abraham in the dark. If Pavlik does this, then my respect is restored for him, even if he just takes the Sturm fight.

[Kel]

Good stuff!

[JazMerkin]

Guess that if that comes into play, Froch won't risk his big payday by fighting Bute or Hopkins

[Mar]

Any fighter that can come anywhere close to making the weight wants a piece of this guy. He sure didn't worry anyone in his last outing.

[ElTerribleMorales]

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

[bzkfn]

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.

[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.

[bzkfn]

Guess that if that comes into play, Froch won't risk his big payday by fighting Bute or Hopkins

Jaz, regardless I think Froch-Bute happens at the end of the year. Froch has made a point of saying he only wants big fights, so I doubt he takes a voluntary defence instead. Hennessy already offered him that option and he turned it down flat.

[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.

[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

[JazMerkin]

Guess that if that comes into play, Froch won't risk his big payday by fighting Bute or Hopkins

Jaz, regardless I think Froch-Bute happens at the end of the year. Froch has made a point of saying he only wants big fights, so I doubt he takes a voluntary defence instead. Hennessy already offered him that option and he turned it down flat.

The thing is though, he's got till next May before a mandatory title defence comes up even as a possibility as Taylor was his mandatory, so he might just wait on a Pavlik fight, although a fight with Bute is what I want to see.

Ideally, Froch-Bute winner fights Andrade (who's the IBF mandatory anyway) as Kessler won't be back by then.

Sturm-Pavlik winner fights Abraham.

Then stick the guys on top after all of it in against each other at 168.

Won't happen though