[Slumpage]

This. I respect 50 for his business savvy more than his music, but he als knows how to ditch companies quick once theyve lost their luster. See Vitamin Water.

N that net worth list is a bit old. Both Jay Z and Diddy are over 600 mill strong.

I just think 50 is going to oversaturate boxing with markting his products. Look for SK logos on EVERYTHING!

Also, I'm curious to see what Floyd's comments will be about having Berto, an apparent Roider, on his money team.

I think this is an easy fix for TMT. Berto was the one who actually asked for testing, and the positive sample he provided only had TRACE amounts of the PED in it. I think the term they used was something like, "indicative of contamination, not actual cheating". So the TMT PR folks can just sell it like Berto is a clean fighter, his request for better testing in the fight proves his desire to be clean, he just took a supplement that was apparently contaminated with trace amounts of an anabolic steroid Norandrosterone. However his test request already shows he was on board with Floyd's better testing in the sport mandate. So if anything its more of an issue of Berto not being as vigilant as he should have been with his supplementation supply, not that he's a dity roiding cheatbag. The other angle TMT could go is to try an discredit VADA, the Conte endorsed/owned?! testing agency that has proclaimed Lamont and Andre as testing positive. Not sure they'd bother with that though, what with Conte being involved with Berto and Conte's seemingly vast knowledge on the subject, prob best to leave that worm can unopened.

This post has been edited by Slumpage: Aug 2 2012, 04:49 AM

[Cshel86]

^^^

What's up Slump!

Let's hope TMT gets Gamboa back in the ring soon! Dude has some heavy lifting to do...he needs to go on one of those Chris Arreola-type war paths, where he fights every other month to get back in the game. I believe Kirkland did the same thing when he got out of prison....same as Gamboa getting out of TR prison. LOL

[daprofessor]

call me old fashioned...but i don't think much needs to change in how boxing is covered. the fight should remain the center of focus. nice ring walks work....but please give me some big booty ring card girls. if they put on shows at the bigger venues...make sure there's a jumbo tron for replays....skip the commercials. no whack deejays...and i don't need an emcee screaming in my ear where i can barely make out what's being said. make sure the sound system is legit.

[mrchitown]

Thanks, Im sure that they something in mind for him. I'll admit that Im not the biggest Berto fan, but I do miss seeing the dude in the ring. I guess I have that genuine hope that all fighters at least try to reach their full potential before hanging 'em up.

Hope they're able to pick up a few more fighters in the same division, so that they can start matching them up. This whole promotional thing has a different type of pressure to it, because people love to hate Floyd and 50. With that kind of hate, they'll be around for years...hence the lifespan of Top Rank thus far.

I like watching Berto fight as well, he is a pretty good offensive fighter and when he's matched with fighters who have fire power, it's usually a good showing.

Thats a good point. I didn't think of the hate factor, but in the comments that I've been seeing on other sites, Floyd and 50 are getting blasted. Just goes to show that for some people, no matter how much good they do, some people will find a way to bring in negative energy