Comments Thread For: Arum: Juanma-Gamboa won't fall like Alexander-Bradley

[THE REED]

That's the same reason why I know chicken Floyd Gayweather is scared of Manny. The fight has the potential of making the most money ever, no build up. If Mr. Gay wanted the fight, he would never let Manny fight Clottey, Margarito, and Mosley. If Manny happen to loses to anyone of them it would squash the fight completely.

I dont care.

Im talking about Gamboa Juanma... you know, the topic of this thread.

[Mr. Fantastic]

So in other words, keep feeding them easy fights to win and milk it.

[V.WEBB]

I dont care.

Im talking about Gamboa Juanma... you know, the topic of this thread.

Right.......

[ThePrince]

Any businessman worth his salt knows to strike when the iron is hot. Arum has been around for decades in the business, he knows all the ins and outs and what works/doesn't. The 'Superfight' was a dud and a colossal failure from the promotions (or lack thereof) to the actual fight itself.

I think Arum's goal is for Lopez-Gamboa to break or at least challenge Pacquiao-Marquez's record PPV buys at featherweight and turn one or both of those guys into household names like Manny and Marquez... not to sell only 300 tickets and get 'eh' ratings on HBO after dark.

[King Ju-Ju]

arum wants 2 make it an event. cant blame him 4 trying 2 milk it 4 what its worth. war jaunma 2012, 2013 w.e. ya mother ****ers do fight.

[CubanGuyNYC]

The only problem is that these guys are veterans now, and haven't really stepped up. And in Gamboa's case, homeboy is getting long in the tooth now. His style does not lend itself well as he gets older. He's already 29...and you can tell by how his fights have been the last 2-3 times, the boy isn't motivated by these types anymore. He knows he has elite skills, but now he fights irregularly, whereas before Arum, he was fighting at a rapid pace. If anyone is going to lose soon, its Gamboa. He needs to fight top tier fighters to maintain his edge, because being spoon fed is actually hurting his career.

Excellent points about Gamboa. Speed and athleticism belong to youth. Since they are the two qualities that Yuri relies most on, he's the one suffering more with all this career stalling. As you say, Gamboa needs to be kept active and motivated.

[mrpain81]

I remember hearing the same **** about Pavlik vs. Abraham and Angulo vs. Kirkland.

Just make the fight old man, the attendance was about location not about jumping the gun and the ratings weren't bad.

[ИATAS]

Sounds all well and good.




Unless... one of them gets knocked spark out before it happens...

Then any hype it did have will be gone.

that.

Plus, the difference here with alexander-bradley is that gamboa-lopez actually has been building for a long ass time now. Bradley alexander really didn't build at all so it's different.

I don't know how much bigger he expects both these guys to get but I don't think either will reach super status until they fight eachother, imo.

[coufsax]

Sounds all well and good.




Unless... one of them gets knocked spark out before it happens...

Then any hype it did have will be gone.

Don't worry Arum and Top Rank really know how to match their fighters correctly unlike GBP that has made a lot of mistakes and right now a lot of their young stars have lost.

[el malo]

arum is right its too soon for lopez vs gamboa. we dont need another failure like bradley/alexander.