It's because Bob has no right to be pissed if he's not willing to pay his fighter what he deserves. Bob is mad because he was hoping nobody else would bid on the fight and he would be able to air it for cheap. But Eddie hearn and triller let it known they value his own fighter more than he does.
Bob has that pimp mentality. He likes to keep his fighters in check so they don't realize their true worth. Just look how he used to do Floyd. Bob told teo the fight wasn't worth shyt and teo proved him wrong and made him look like a fool. That's why Bob is lashing out....his ego hurting right now. The marketplace just hit him with that hard reality. And now teo is gonna demand even more when they gotta negotiate his next fight and there ain't shyt Bob can do about it. The market dictated that teo's fight was worth 6 mil so that's what it's worth.
This is a terrible look for top rank all the way around. They shoulda been doing everything in their power to make teo into a superstar after he whooped loma's ass. Now he's gonna be fighting on somebody's else's platform cause Bob wanted to be a greedy old fukk. Bob is one of the GOAT promoters but his time is almost up. If he loses bud and teo it's gonna be a huge blow. And if bud leaves Shakur will definitely be next. The days when the fighters had no power are over. Bob is gonna have to accept that shyt or get out the game. Wouldn't be surprised if Crawford goes the purse bid route next. These other networks would drop real good money for that porter fight.
I'm NOT BUYING IT BRO I CAN'T.
Arum has repeatedly said that if Teo isn't happy with Top Ranks offer for this fight, he can go to purse bid. So it goes to purse bid.
Triller, by most accounts, OVERPAYS massively for the fight. Arum comes out and compliments Triller and Kavanaugh. Triller is now responsible for broadcasting a mandatory defense that no one was actually excited for, plus Arum still gets a big check from Teo!
Arum gets pissed at Teo, Teo's team, and Eddie Hearn, which is perfectly reasonable.
Arum has showed a willingness to bargain and work with Teo in the past. Bob has said that if a fight is worth more, he'll offer more, which he did for Teo in the Lomachenko fight. Also negotiated, was a new minimum for Teo's fights, which Teo and his team agreed to and were happy with.
In both the Kambosos and Lomachenko negotiations, we've seen Teo and his manager go to the media and speak lowly of Bob, in spite of Teo benefitting greatly from their relationship with Top Rank. Without Top Rank, would Teo have gotten a promotional push as the poster boy for the largest sports network? Without Top Rank, would he have gotten the Lomachenko fight,
and would he have gotten it before Devin Haney? You say Top Rank should've been doing everything to make Teo a superstar, IS HE NOT? Dude is easily one of the more recognizable fighters in boxing right now.
Teofimo Is basically willing to hurt his relationship with Top Rank over a Kambosos fight, despite having years left on his Top Rank deal.
On Eddie Hearn: Bob feels slighted and it makes sense. Top Rank, regardless of where Teo fights Kambosos, has a deal with Teo. Anyone who placed a bid, knows that they're only getting the rights for one fight, before he has to fight on ESPN again. Hearn, unlike Triller, actually represents a direct competitor to ESPN and Top Rank, and has continued to drive a wedge between Bob and his fighter, WHY WOULDN'T BOB BE PISSED?
Again, Hearn has to work with Bob, but he's over here getting in Teo's ear at the Canelo fight, placing bids on Teo's fights, why wouldn't Bob grow resentful?
Anyways, Bob is 89. "His time is almost up." Do you mean as a promoter, or on this earth? Is bowing out at 89 actually a bad thing? If anything, it shows that his practices actually make sense.
