Come on. You can't tell me you're happy with the way Boots career is unfolding. I get that it's not easy to lure a big name into fighting you, when you're young, dangerous and pretty unknown, but fighting once a year against the Avanesyan (or whatever the fuck is name is) of thos world if definitvely not the right way to go. Hell, I recall that you were pretty critical of Boots when the Crowley fight was announced....
So who should he fight, dumbfuck? These amphibious boxing managers don't offer any options of more qualified willing foes
Breaking news: Canelo is running scared of Boots. If he had any guts, he'd drop down to 147 and face him. But nah, everyone is ducking Boots... the Jawbreaker because who wants their dental work rearranged for free?
Boots is a fantastic fighter. But he needs to tighten up that defense. Too in love with his offense,..which is A+
Boots is awesome to watch. Just a fun, exciting fighter even if he does have some holes in his defense. He at least gives the fans a show. Needs to start stepping up his competition. Not sure if he’s ready for Crawford just yet but he could potentially be a threat to him if he continues to improve.
Boots is very live vs Crawford right now. I'm thinking I may even favor him but who really knows until he starts facing A class opposition
Well it certainly doesn't include that fagget from canadia who was originally penciled in for an ass whipping last night
Of Course REED ISN'T Happy w/How Boots' Career Has Unfolded...But w/That Said, it's UNFAIR to Blame Boots... No ONE Entity Should Accept 100% of the Blame, But REED Lays the VAST Majority of Such @ the Feet of PBC...They've Basically WASTED Boots' Time, Advancing his Career MINIMALLY @ Best, in 10+ Fights... To the Degree REED was "Critical" of Boots, it was in a "Don't Just Sit There, DO Something?!" Kind of Way...Well, Boots DID Something Alright - Finally Leaving the Company That Showed Him LITTLE to No Genuine Interest and Signing w/Eddie Hearn...And Thru NO Fault of Boots', his IBF Mandatory Challenger Backed Out, Leaving Avanesyan as the BEST Possible Option for a 4-5 Week Replacement... When REED Said Some Fans Bitch just to Be BITCHING, it's as if they Don't Know the Facts/Timeline of Boots' Last Year Fighting on PBC Cards....People Act Like Avanesyan was the INTENDED Target All Along... REED
Boots at this point absolutely NEEDS to move up to 154. There’s nothing at 147. Crawford ain’t coming back down. The fights he needs are all at 154 and if he’s not moving up, he’s not being well advised.
Yeah, all the "Smoke" has Moved UP to '54... Boots is ALREADY Considered Faaaaaaaar and Away the Best of what Remains @ '47...REED Ain't Even Sure How REALISTIC Becoming Undisputed @ '47 is, so it's a Bit Curious How/Why Boots REMAINS There???... He's Obviously CUTTING Quite a Bit of Weight to Get Down to Welter... REED
If NATHAN Else, There's a Deeeeeeeeeeeeeper Pool of Fighters to Choose From...Also, REED Doesn't Think PBC is Opposed to Boots Knocking Off Certain Guys Within their Stable, PBC Just Doesn't Want to PAY for It... REED
The intended target was even worse than avanesyan..... As for the rest of the post, I'm not only entirely blaming boots, nor do i absolve him entirely. At the end of the day, Hes the one responsible for making fans interested in his career, and he has failed miserably in that regard, relatively to his talent (bar in Philly I guess). Him signing with Hearns seems like a positive move, but we will see
The Only SLIVER of Leverage Boots Currently Has is the IBF Title...The "Intended Target" was His IBF Mandatory...And Undefeated... REED
Id say his leverage is also matchroom. They overbid for the crowley fight so he made like 3 or 4 mill for that last fight If he leaves that title behind he has to go to 54 and wait in line for a minimum of a year most likely and even then matchroom can out bid everyone for his title shot but he gets the shit end of it 25% or whatever
x.com If you believe Hearn, this shit is getting ridiculous. This is a kid who's beat 1 fringe top 10ish welter for some bullshit title and he's turning down more than 15x his career best purse?
Norman has literally done fuck all to even be requesting more than $1M against Ennis. He’s lucky that they were offering that much.
Those guys are weird. He's probably broke, id jump on the opportunity to become a millionaire at such a young age
Normans manager adrian clark explained why they didnt take the offer. the 1.5 would end up being 810k before taxes. they have to pay top rank 20% 300k, his father the trainer 10% 150, clark the manager 150K 10%, IBF and WBOgus 45k each 3%
Aint that the usual % he's paying for all of his fights (minus the ibf)? If so, its pretty much irrelevant.
Arum's Probably Offering as Much or MORE for Norman to Defend Against Teofimo @ Some Point...That's Literally the ONLY Way This Makes the LEAST Bit of Sense, from Norman's Perspective... Similar to Frank Martin "Negotiating" w/Shakur, Only to Face Tank In the End... REED
no. its not the same. he's paying top rank basically a step aside fee of 20% to let him take the fight with matchroom. 300k now norman is fighting some guy named derrieck cuevas on the davis undercard in november.