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Shaw Only Being Professional In Having Darchi Duck Donaire II!
Michael Marley
2/9/2009

Now Big Gary Shaw knows how Bobby Pacquiao feels when he’s getting smashed by an opponent.

 

The promoter of Vic Darchinyan is taking so many hits from Pinoys you would think he’s the one who told Imelda Marcos to buy all those pricey shoes.

 

But, in steering Darchi clear of a revenge rematch against Nonito Donaire, Shaw is just doing his job and I think doing it well.

 

Shaw’s mission is to get the most money for the least risk for the aggressive Aussie. Darchi puts the “mean” in Aemenian with his charged up style and, if he is liable to get flattened a second time by Donaire, why would Shaw want any part of that?

 

Forget Showtime’s Jim Gray saying Darchinyan-Donaire II is “for the fans.” Gray was just sucking up to the peanut gallery.

 

What counts at Showtime is what paymaster Ken Hershman says and he is likely lusting after a Darchi fight against Israel Vazquez at 122 pounds. That gives the cable network an excuse to rehash all its gory Vazquez-Raffa Marquez video clips.

 

Darchi-Vazquez is a much more enticing matchup and it brings in the Mexican market.

 

Donaire, my Pinoy pals, is not exactly a household name in America at this point. And, if a US cable network, is going to do a fight with two foreigners it behooves them to have one Mexican fighter involved.

 

Shaw can do the math and, if it’s less money for Donaire and more money for Busy Izzy, he won’t hesitate to take more and not less.

 

I realize some Pinoys mark Shaw as suspect because of his brief fling in the Manny Pacquiao camp and his bitter breakup with Donaire but if you’re Darchi you could care less about that drama.

 

Sure, Darchi wants to seek redemption against Donaire. And, sure, Shaw is holding his tiger back.

 

Darchi strikes me as the type of fighter who would fight a Klitschko Bro if he got the chance.

 

Maybe Darchi-Donaire II will mean more down the line. Or maybe not.

 

Shaw is merely doing his job. Call him protective, paternal or whatever but don’t call him incompetent.

 

(mlcmarley@aol.com)

 

 

 

 

 

Reader Ratings: (18) Votes.  Vote.

Name: winmar Date: 2/9/2009
Darchi-Donaire rematch is the best option for Darchi to prove he is the best (to beat the person responsible for his only 1-loss record).

Name: philbox Date: 2/9/2009
So what happens to bring back the glory days of boxing Marley? We're now on the "boxing is just business" key?

Name: delpilar Date: 2/9/2009
gary shaw is nonito's biggest fan. gary is so sure that nonito will just ktfo vic in a rematch.


vic's improvement is a lie. even gary is not convinced. who can blame gary?

Name: pepper Date: 2/9/2009
Bad blood between Shaw and Nonito that rematch is impossible to happen. Shaw don't want Nonito to have part of his boyfriend Vic and blocking the possibility for a rematch.Nonito aborted the contract with Shaw for not giving him a fight for a year which was in the contract.Nonito need to move forward of doing so instead of waiting for Shaw who totally neglicted his boxing career.

Name: pepper Date: 2/9/2009
Gary Shaw got like onion skin of taking everything personal against Nonito which was his fault of neglicting Nonito's boxing career. If Shaw is a wise businessman a rematch between Nonito and vic will be a big event, a lucrative amount for Shaw's bank account, but he is a real dumb businessman.

Name: Queen Elizabeth II Date: 2/9/2009
Marley is right and we can't blame anyone for being business minded. Like Pacland, these Cebuanos are using the name of Manny Pacquiao and his popularity for financial gain. While Manny doesn't get anything from Pacland cuz he doesn't own Pacland, these Cebuanos are fronting it as a fans club but it's actually a business! So the same as with Gary Shaw, he uses his so called ill-feeling towards Donaire to protect his "CASH COW" Darchi. Shaw doesn't want another lose for Darchi cuz it will diminish his popularity. Diminish in popularity means diminish in cash.

Name: x5il3ntx Date: 2/9/2009
plz ur only saying that coz that fat ass is your friend if it was anybody else u wouldve hammered him like the Gold Girls u wouldve hammered Shaefer plz

Name: rugged man Date: 2/9/2009
Given the arguments of Marley, then we can surmise that Bob Arum was also just being a professional and doing a very competent job when he did not enable a rematch between Pacquiao and Marquez. A lot of sportswriters think a rematch was the right thing to do to determine who's the better fighter. So, the same argument applies in Manny's case. Let's then forget Marquez!

Name: pacnut Date: 2/9/2009
a big mouthed armenian ccchhhhhhhiiicken!!!!hahahaha! LOSERRRRRRR!!!!!

Name: pacnut Date: 2/9/2009
i dont think arum was the reason for the pacman-marquez rematch not happening sooner, i think its the guaranteed purse being asked by marquez.

Name: rugged man Date: 2/9/2009
No Pacnut! You were probably talking about the first fight where Marquez wanted more money and refused the rematch. But ended up being beaten by Chris John for a purse of only 30k. I am referring to the second fight when JMM lost the Jr. Lightweight belt to Pacquiao. Marquez was whining for a rematch but then Bob Arum decided otherwise and instead came out with the Pacquiao-Diaz fight. And eventually the De La Hoya event.

JMM made it quite clear that he is willing to take a purse cut just to have a rematch. Note that he even made this challenge when he visited the Philippines.

Name: fisherb Date: 2/10/2009
isn't it extremely annoying whenever this Shaw dude always tackily inserts his face and barrel chest in camera's view whenever the boxer is being interviewed. ("hey me own this fighter me own this mandingo") It's so freakishly insecure and disgustingly tacky. (sure a promoter can be there but he does it in a very tacky insecure manner) If i were Darchinyan or Donaire, i would tell him to SIT!. No class. He'll never be a Bob, Oscar or Don (not Schaeffer, Schaffer always looks like a bullied salaried dude). Why are some stupid writers now turning a blind eye on the fact that what this dude is doing is oh so bad for boxing. wow, everyone is in denial. Shaw is incompetent. why isn't anyone even mentioning why Donaire dumped him. Everyone is talking about this dude Shaw's reasons this and that. Donire dumped him coz Shaw tried to behave not like a promoter but he thought he owned Donaire and bithced about donaire and then insulting nonito saying something like "who do you think you are, a manny pacqiuao?" regarding some hotel thing. that was before donaire pummeled his son's guy Maldonado and frustrated Shaw's plan. This guy Shaw should grow up or get out b4 boxing ruts completely.




Name: fisherb Date: 2/10/2009
there is absolutely no question that Garry shaw is Nonito's fan like some here just said. Sorry Vic, that is hte painfu ltruth.

The issue here is that the rematch is good for boxing, the sport. But Shaw's childish ego and thinned wallet is getting in the way.

If you are Darchinyan do you evn watch your video doing the hillarious chicken dance, then the instant denial of being knocked out with twinkly stars circling his head during the interview? What kind of legacy is that? Fuck that, you would want to train hard and try to get back at Nonito before it's too late.
Sure Garry dude is buying time but boxing, the sport needs these super fights now, not later.




Name: fisherb Date: 2/10/2009
there is absolutely no question that Garry shaw is Nonito's fan like some here just said. Sorry Vic, that is hte painfu ltruth.

The issue here is that the rematch is good for boxing, the sport. But Shaw's childish ego and thinned wallet is getting in the way.

If you are Darchinyan do you evn watch your video doing the hillarious chicken dance, then the instant denial of being knocked out with twinkly stars circling his head during the interview? What kind of legacy is that? Fuck that, you would want to train hard and try to get back at Nonito before it's too late.
Sure Garry dude is buying time but boxing, the sport needs these super fights now, not later.




Name: isidro Date: 2/10/2009
Darchinyan won,arce bloodied but no knockdown .More than 5k watch it live,it is wise for shaw to create an opportunity to capitalize in this recent win,Donaire is the best to further Darchinyan's conquest for fame and glory.The ego-trip should be left behind.

Name: darkguy Date: 2/10/2009
NICE ARTICLE BOSS, DEFINITELY I AGREE WITH YOUR THOUGHTS ON GARY... YES, HE WAS JUST PROTECTING HIS CASH COW....IT WOULD BE SO DIFFICULT FOR HIS PART IF DARCHI WOULD KISS THE CANVASS THE SECOND TIME AROUND...BESIDES IT'S A MUCH MORE ACCEPTABLE EXCUSE, BEING WARY OF THE RISK FIGHTING DONAIRE THAN WHAT THAT MORONIC RICARDO STATED IN HIS ARTICLE THAT DONAIRE'S WIN OVER DARCHI IS IRRELEVANT AND SO THE REMATCH IS NOT HAPPENING... BUT IN REALITY THEY JUST SIMPLY DONT WANT TO MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE.....BY THE WAY, HOW MUCH IS RICARDO'S CUT IN DARCHI'S PURSE?

Name: Neophyte Date: 2/10/2009
agree that gary's move is best business-wise, that is always the case with promoters. gs is a real professional promoter, protecting his interests first hand and that of his ward/s second. But then i thought that boxing is back on the right tract by pitting the best against the bests?? Not in the real world, ha!...vic will eventually get his grudge match against nonito one day...after vic is beaten along the way. then shaw will oblige him for sure. meantime, gary will have to find the most $$ with less or equal risk fighting the "filipino flash". gary is pretty sure nonito can whip vic's ass anytime....

Name: Neophyte Date: 2/10/2009
HEY, look at the fan vote count!! there are 22(8%) half-wits who in their pea-brains say that dar-chin don't need to fyt the flash.



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