01-19-2016, 03:24 AM
Arreola may have been offered good money several times but it would have only been appealing to him after the 2nd Stiverne fight. Most fighters take a confidence builder after getting knocked out so I can understand Arreola taking the Harper fight over a Parker clash. His next 2 fights have been on Showtime and NBC. Surely he would be making similar money and getting good exposure without having to travel.
Same thing with Cunningham. A Parker fight would have only been interesting after the Fury KO. Again he took a re-builder against Quezada and that was still on NBC. His 4 fights after that were all on NBC, HBO or Spike. Again similar money, good exposure without traveling.
Did team Parker consider traveling to the US to make those fights? I doubt it for the very same reasons Arreola and Cunningham turned down the offers. He can make good money without having to travel.
Yeah Thompson and Mansour would be risks but both are in their 40s and Parker is supposedly a top ten guy according to some alphabet trash. There used to be a time when fighters would challenge themselves. There's no chance because you don't won't to burst your money maker bubble just yet. Take a page out of Inoue or Betebiev's book.
Kassi arguably won his last two fights and is more credible than anyone on Parker's record. Botha had lost 4 in a row coming in...
Same thing with Cunningham. A Parker fight would have only been interesting after the Fury KO. Again he took a re-builder against Quezada and that was still on NBC. His 4 fights after that were all on NBC, HBO or Spike. Again similar money, good exposure without traveling.
Did team Parker consider traveling to the US to make those fights? I doubt it for the very same reasons Arreola and Cunningham turned down the offers. He can make good money without having to travel.
Yeah Thompson and Mansour would be risks but both are in their 40s and Parker is supposedly a top ten guy according to some alphabet trash. There used to be a time when fighters would challenge themselves. There's no chance because you don't won't to burst your money maker bubble just yet. Take a page out of Inoue or Betebiev's book.
Kassi arguably won his last two fights and is more credible than anyone on Parker's record. Botha had lost 4 in a row coming in...