Bob Arum is more on the money side, if there are many readers who can be converted to a possible viewer/ticket sales, maybe Arum will consider this possibility, for now, he still leaning with his cash cow Inoue and he needs to maximize all the profits that he can earned from his champ, still have a chance for Casimero but like what I said above he need to make his way to bring his name up inside the division and force the fans to bring him to an option for Inoue's fight.
I think he knows how Filipino fighters could be difficult to deal with. Well, Manny Pacquiao made that happen. There might be money in it but it will jeopardize the career of his players. He did well at avoiding boxers that would be a threat to making a record happen.
It's not a conspiracy theory anymore, it's all business.
Make sense, since Prograis is really making a headline now in 140 lbs, and I think this is his time to be the 140 lbs because he was close to it, just losing to the unified champion Josh Taylor. Many fight thought didn't happen because of money issues, as you have said this boxers has ego and pride within them and they wanted more money on every fight.
I think this is cherry pick fight for him, fighting a former 135 lbs who moves up in weight. His name is good to have in his resume, but Ramirez should face the champion like Prograis is he wanted to get his belt back.
It ain't old-style boxing anymore where they always talk about taking the belt from another boxer.
It's money and pay-per-view from hereon to the next generation. They became witty and it's always business first, not just for the promoter anymore but also for the boxer. I get it, their lives are on the line for every fight but it's not for the fans anymore which makes it sad.