Casual Talk via HOLLYWOOD, California – I tell you: Don’t you ever blame Harvard topgun Robert “Bob” Arum for his calculating wisdom. He is not infalliable. But his decisions are not one of experiment. It’s all about his propensity, that genetic disposition – perhaps a product of centuries of his forefathers’ strict obedience to the 613 mitzvot (commandments) that are still binding on Jews’ circle of life, regardless of whether one is heathen, liberal or conservative, these which I marvel as well being an indirect beneficiary of richness of the heritage of Judaism.These same rules are embedded – settling in fact – in the molecules of their brains and in every intricate anatomical fiber of their system.
Now, you talk about Sergio Martinez versus Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. Well, let me first embrace that topic without having a onset of delirium on the eleventh: To honor the old and the wise (Leviticus 19:32).
Born on December 8, 1931, Arum will turn 80 this year and is bound perhaps to live more than a hundred twenty until the coming of his Messiah. He’s got what it takes to actuate the emitting wisdom through him from his ancestors. His intelligence is unmatchable!
“Like everything elese, what writers want is not often very bright,” says Arum.
“Let me explain,” Arum advances, “HBO probably pays more money than anyone else for a fight. But, that money is still limited. The only way the fight is to be compensated is the Pay-per-View fight. Sergio Martinez has never been a Pay-per-View fight.That means the cable and satellite operators do not know who the hell he is. The media knows, ‘hot potato’ knows, that they are not going to do it without advertising dollars. Cotto and Margarito – they know. So, we can put Chavez and Cotto. Cotto has an unbelievable track record of Pay-per-View attraction. And that fight is gonna sell. martinez does not have that background. Now, that’s not my fault! I am not his promoter.”
Sergio needing Arum?
“Like everything elese, what writers want is not often very bright,” says Arum.
“Let me explain,” Arum advances, “HBO probably pays more money than anyone else for a fight. But, that money is still limited. The only way the fight is to be compensated is the Pay-per-View fight. Sergio Martinez has never been a Pay-per-View fight.That means the cable and satellite operators do not know who the hell he is. The media knows, ‘hot potato’ knows, that they are not going to do it without advertising dollars. Cotto and Margarito – they know. So, we can put Chavez and Cotto. Cotto has an unbelievable track record of Pay-per-View attraction. And that fight is gonna sell. martinez does not have that background. Now, that’s not my fault! I am not his promoter.”
Sergio needing Arum?
“No…no! Martinez’s promoter should get over his ass and build him some Pay-per-View attraction. It’s really simple. It’s really simple! People say Top Rank only want its fighters to fight. Well, we want our fighters to fight Pay-per-View attraction. And if they all come from Top Rank, that’s the way it is,” says Arum.
Ask if there’s any mandatory defense for Chavez, Jr., Arum says: “Well, show me the rules that says No.1 there’s a mandatory without having an optional defense; No.2 somebody who is not even an interim champion or No. 1 contender suddenly is put himself on the mandatory position. There’s got to be rules. You cannot make up rules and then say you have to do something.”
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