>Well he and his team actually tried to make the Farmer fight
>about a week ago. Farmer's contract was up, so he could fight
>anywhere without being beholden to a network. Team Tank
>offered him 2 million, and he turned it down, stating that he
>knows his worth, then immediately re-upped his contract.

IIRC, that would've been his largest purse to date but maybe there's some context I'm missing

>Loma is an interesting case to me. He's too small for 135,
>but he's good enough to still beat guys in the fashion that he
>does. I'm thinking he wants to hurry up and get that IBF belt
>off the winner of Lopez vs Commey so he can move back down
>without having anymore of these intense challenges at 135.
>One thing that indicates that for me is Arum saying Shakur
>Stevenson (a 126-lber with Top Rank) is a "more competitive
>fight" than Devin Haney (135-lber with DAZN whose fight on
>Sept. 13th will make him the mandatory for one of Loma's
>belts). It's like they're already setting the table for
>getting the hell outta 135 ASAP without facing anymore real
>ones.

This is true. Stevenson is a little more "green" (in the pro ranks at least) too, so would be smart on their part if that's the route they take. I think he runs through either Commey or Lopez relatively easy, so hopefully that goes down early 2020 at least