Wright turned down $6M guaranteed

Golden CEO: Wright turned down $6M guaranteed and PPV upside for a November 12 De La Hoya fight! By G. Leon OSCAR DE LA HOYA RETURNS MAY 6, 2006 July 22, 2005 - Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer was rather upset that Winky Wright told Boxingtalk.com he "ain't never turn down no big money for a fight with Oscar De La Hoya." According to Schaefer, Wright "turned down a $6M guarantee plus $6.00 per PPV buy for every home over 600,000." It should be noted that Shane Mosley never received more than a $4.5M guarantee to fight De La Hoya. Wright turning this fight down makes as much sense as Felix Trinidad's decision to fight him. Schaefer continued, "Oscar said he would fight and he was ready to fight Winky Wright November 12. Oscar wanted us to go and get it done. Bob Arum, who has first and last on Oscar's next fight made that offer to Wright's representatives (Gary Shaw and Jim Wilkes) and they turned it down. As a result, Oscar decided to sit out the rest of the year, and now he'll be returning on May 6, 2006 which has traditionally been his date." Wright was unavailable for immediate comment. REMEMBER WHERE YOU HEARD IT FIRST! (5:15 PM ET)

Comments (8)

riz

comon u actually believe that look at the source

20y ago

VMoney

I'm finding this whole thing hard to believe. Wright can't be that effin dumb.

20y ago

enadeus

If they really want to put everyone to sleep it should be Winky vs Hopkins. People who have difficulty sleeping should buy tickets for the fight cause they are guranteed to snore during this one.

20y ago

Eman

Winky pisses me off, he thinks that he deserves more than that he will get a reality check when he gets offered prolly a 3rd of that to fight anyone

20y ago

Dirt_E_Gomez

My thoughts exactly. This fight is big rewards at little cost. Knocking out DLH and getting 6+mil... There's got to be a reason. Like DLH also had that Winky had to fellate him in his locker room before the fight or something.

20y ago

enadeus

I think I know why Winky turned it down. He probably wants a 50/50 purse split. De la Hoya is definetly going to get 10mil+ for the fight so he probably wants a better deal.

20y ago

Pico_Hollywood

Damn what the Hell is Winky Thinking... Easy Money

20y ago

enadeus

Thats just pathetic on the part of his promoters. Why would you turn down a 6 million dollar fight deal. Who else is he going to fight thats going to give him such a good deal. De la Hoya can't beat Wright, I think the promoters are dumb for turning down this fight. I'm higly surprised.

20y ago