Thursday, January 21, 2010

Boxing promotors miss the boat...

Boxing promotors miss the boat...
OPINION
BY STEPHEN S. JOHNSON

(IB-January 21, 2010) The fight game.
Can there be any better way to provide the "American Dream" for a person of any ethnicity, race, creed or political background the opportunity to prosper?
The devastating earthquake and it's powers of destruction forced Andre Berto to cancel his first million dollar pay day against Shane Mosley that was scheduled for Saturday January 30, 2010.
The fight was to be an eliminator of sorts with the winner expected to get a shot at Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
There are suspicions that Berto was offered "back-out money" by Golden Boy Productions (Oscar de la hoya) to tend to his family in Haiti while allowing fight negotiations to begin for a Mayweather vs Shane Mosley bout. (more)

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