You Can’t Always Get What You Want! A-Rod Canned as Broner Gets Maidana Again
By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent
There’s a famous song by The Rolling Stones which goes ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” In the case of many prominent sports athletes, the Mick Jagger classic tune frequently fits the bill.
Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones sing ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ (live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqMl5CRoFdk Twickenham Stadium, London, 2003
In the case of baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees, losing $25 million of $86 million in his contract and suspension for the entire 2014 baseball season and post season by order of arbitrator Fredric Horowitz is less than the original 211 game suspension. In response on his Facebook page, Rodriguez claims “This is one man’s decision (Fredric Horowitz) that was not put before a fair and impartial jury, does not involve me having failed a single drug test, is at odds with the facts, and is inconsistent with the terms of the Joint Drug Agreement and the Basic Agreement, and relies on testimony and documents that would never have been allowed in any court in the United States because they are false and wholly unreliable.”
In the case of ex-welterweight champion Adrien Broner, after getting beaten up, knocked down twice, and losing his WBA world title, wounded pride and damaged ego figure most prominently into his decision to activate the mandatory rematch clause in his contract and will force Macros Rene Maidana to fight a rematch on e
ither April 19, 2014, and will take place at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, or San Antonio’s Alamodome, site of Broner’s one-sided loss to Maidana in December 2013.
Originally, Golden Boy Promotions executive Richard Schaefer said at ringside at The Alamodome after Broner lost that there was no rematch clause in the contract. With the revelation there in fact was a rematch clause in the Broner-Maidana I contract, Broner’s forcing the hand with Golden Boy practically forces Floyd Mayweather Jr. to fight Amir Khan next, with Maidana now unavailable. Manny Pacquiao is apparently not next on Floyd’s fight agenda, though Floyd versus Pacquiao could still finally happen later in 2014 if Floyd and Manny agree. The odds of Khan going the distance with Floyd-if Floyd does fight him-are slim to none. For Khan, fighting Floyd is like seeing $$$ in the three windows of a Las Vegas slot machine. No matter how Khan does against Floyd, Khan will hit the jackpot in the bank.
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