By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
Promoter Eddie Hearn could be placing a bid on the IBF lightweight title bout featuring undisputed champion Teofimo Lopez and IBF mandatory contender George Kambosos that will be held at IBF Headquarters on February 18. “What happens is these governing bodies, they give you a period of time to negotiate and if you can’t come to an agreement, it goes to purse bids,” Hearn said on DAZN’s Ak & Barak Show.
“That period of time now has expired, so there will be a purse bid for that coming up in about a week’s time. Which is really interesting because then it becomes an open marketplace. Right? So, all of a sudden, DAZN, PBC, Top Rank, of course, can bid for this fight.”
Gotta hand it to Eddie Hearn who is so young at only 41 years of age, and already has the biggest names in boxing.
Outside of AJ, Hearns does not have the biggest names in Boxing!
I am getting sick of Bob Arum. Time has passed him by, he should go ahead and retire. Bob can not make fighters into superstars. He can get them to the star level, but not beyond that point. Just ask Cotto, Oscar, Floyd, and Mikey Garcia about that. Crawford, Lopez, and Stevenson all need to bolt as fast as they can from Top Rank.
With that said. There arent many other promoters with the resources and connections Arum has. If youre a young talented boxer hoping for a 7-figure signing bonus and TV exposure then you go with whoever can get you. There aren’t many Arums walking around.
There are only 2 superstars in the sport. It is Mayweather and Paq and Arum helped both of those guys.
This fight will involve high intensity and profanity until Lopez wins by KO or TKO.
Kamboso’s team has played well before in getting the most for him when negotiating for a fight, this time they are tied to some regulations in purse bids, and one of them is the percentage for the champion. Nonetheless, Hearn could put the money that would satisfy both sides. The fight is good and has good sales potential. Anyway, Kamboso will end in the horizontal position before going to the bank for his good payday.
It could be a very interesting fight.Lopez has a lot of power at the end of his shot.Kambosis likes to get inside and get “dirty” so it really should be a slugfest ……… winner,probably Lopez but Kambosis won’t die wondering !!!!
this is a garbage fight nobody cares to see Lopez some untested bum who was gifted a mandatory just to be sacrificed
Mandatory …………..19-0 with 10 ………