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Viloria's Manager Reflects on TV Neglect of Lower Weights


Posted by: Ronnie Nathanielsz on 9/23/2015 .
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By Ronnie Nathanielsz

The manager of two division world champion Brian Viloria, Gary Gittelsohn, contends that Brian “couldn't be motivated any more than he is” as he prepares to face undefeated, newly installed Ring Magazine pound for pound king Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez of Nicaraguan on October 17 at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Gittelsohn told the New Standard/BoxingScene.com - “I’m not sure that the additional ring ranking gives him more motivation than he already has coming into this matchup. I’m really proud of Brian. He is demonstrating in his preparation for this fight that he’s going to leave nothing in that ring.”

He recalled that with Viloria they have - “been banging our heads against the wall trying to get HBO or Showtime, the premium cable networks in the US to recognize the lower weights principally because the entire time since he began his career –it’s so talent laden I believe it’s been the most talent laden in the entire business of boxing and it’s a crime that some of the greatest fights of the last decade some of which I witnessed personally at ringside or on YouTube were relegated to outlying broadcast networks if at all, when HBO and Showtime had this natural bias against the smaller weight classes even favored uys who were putting on relatively humdrum affairs.”

We ourselves recall that at a press conference in Los Angeles when he was to face WBA flyweight champion Hernan “Tyson” Marquez and Gonzalez who faced Juan Francisco Estrada in a light flyweight was on the same card promoted by Fernando Beltran, they both expressed disappointment that they couldn’t get exposed on the established networks.

Gittelsohn said “This has been a crusade of mine and I’ve been fighting for the little guys as long as I am in boxing. One of the guys I represented some 20 years ago was Junior Jones who was a great bantamweight and was the first guy who beat Marco Antonio Barrera and I had to go and sit down in the HBO Offices with different executives in those days, with Seth Abraham and even Lou dibella when he was there, and only by pounding my fist on the desk did we get some attention and it was in the form of building a different show called HBO Boxing After Dark and that became the breeding ground for young guys in the lower weights to eventually make it on to HBO’s bigger platform.”

 

[George's Dilemma]

Didn't realize this fight was PPV, do they really expect numbers? How much are they asking brehs?

 

[GREENandYELLOW]

Didn't realize this fight was PPV, do they really expect numbers? How much are they asking brehs?

I think it is $50.

I believe Dan said ODH told him they based the costs off a break even of 150k buys. Dan thought it probably would do 150-300k.

 

[George's Dilemma]

I think it is $50.

I believe Dan said ODH told him they based the costs off a break even of 150k buys. Dan thought it probably would do 150-300k.

Kinda funny and ironic considering Oscar called Floyd's last fight the end of the worst reign ever in boxing. Now he turns around and wants to sell this sh!t for $50.00. I hope he's not cross dressing and doing coke again.

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Kinda funny and ironic considering Oscar called Floyd's last fight the end of the worst reign ever in boxing. Now he turns around and wants to sell this sh!t for $50.00. I hope he's not cross dressing and doing coke again.

Oscar and goldenboy is coming to an end sooner than expected.

 

[malbaker86]

if dude is 175 now..he must have been well into cruiser size before he started any training...all the french food and wine that mufukka was prolly consuming celebrating being champion

I have this damn visual in my head

 

[Dr Dre's ProductionSkills]

Kinda funny and ironic considering Oscar called Floyd's last fight the end of the worst reign ever in boxing. Now he turns around and wants to sell this sh!t for $50.00. I hope he's not cross dressing and doing coke again.

shyt practically sold out in five days..

this is pretty much the only ppv to buy from now till cotto v. canelo...

MEXICANS and so cal know who the fukk GGG is.. i wouldn't be surpised if this is 250k...

unification fight middle weight championship ACTUALLY BEING FOUGHT AT THE 160lb limit.. (not 156)... deserves my 50 bucks... oh wait scratch that.. ill be in the buildng for 300...lol

these fights are gonna go fast.. but aint no disco dancing going on the top two fights... both those fights somebody visiting knockout city...

can't wait for this shyt...!!!!

 

[krackdagawd]

I completely forgot this was in the garden

I'll be in the suites for free.99

 

[patscorpio]

I completely forgot this was in the garden

I'll be in the suites for free.99

anything to support GGG's quest to conquering the middleweight division breh

 

[King P]

I completely forgot this was in the garden

I'll be in the suites for free.99

I'm gonna be there too

 

[krackdagawd]

anything to support GGG's quest to conquering the middleweight division breh

at support

 

[patscorpio]

road to GGG-Lemieux is on

 

[patscorpio]

man lemieux looks big as fukk

 

[patscorpio]

@THE MACHINE shyt no wonder this mufukka was 175..you should see some of the shyt hes been eating in this thing lol

 

[THE MACHINE]

@THE MACHINE shyt no wonder this mufukka was 175..you should see some of the shyt hes been eating in this thing lol

That's my hamburgler


no way we making weight