Baltimore Sun Boxing Writer Lem Satterfield is reporting that former world heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman will take the rest of 2006 off and then return for a bout in early 2007.
Satterfield quotes Rahman's promoter, Bob Arum, as saying Rahman could take a fight in "late February or the beginning of March."
"Rock's still a name guy who could fight on either Showtime or HBO and still get $500,000," Arum is quoted as saying. "We're not going to fight a second-level guy, but one of the top guys -- either a champion or a top contender."
Later in the interview,however, Arum said Rahman's bout against Oleg Maskaev on August 12 in Las Vegas "did very poorly" at the gate and on pay-per-view. Arum said the bout was "lucky if we did 100,000 buys." The gate, Arum said, did about $1.7 million dollars.
Arum also estimated that Rahman's loss cost him "at least a four million dollar payday" against IBF titleholder Wladimir Klitschko.
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Here's something that I would like to see, and it would be great for the beltway, "Rock" vrs Tony Thompson, a beltway battle held in Baltimore. Thompson is ranked in the top ten and rising, so this is a very possible fight.
I hope in the future Rock start's throwing that big right hand more. It's his best punch, put it right behind the jab.
Bull
Nothing against Rock, but glad it did poorly because HBO is greedy and that fight had no business being on a PPV!
BRAD- I totally agree brother, the local talent gets no time in the Sun, or the news. They cover so many things, but dont touch boxing. It's sad, especially when Baltimore is a Boxing Town.
Bull
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