Rahman seeks normal split!

Rahman seeks normal split! Steve Nelson, manager of WBC heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman has written WBC President Sulaiman and the WBC Board of Governors, objecting to a petition by promoter Dan Goossen on behalf of James Toney to change the mandated purse bid split from 75/25 in favor of the champion to 50/50 due to the 'high marketability' of Toney. "We call for the WBC Board of Governors to uphold your existing rule which provides for a 75/25 split in favor of your champion," wrote Nelson. "We firmly believe that there is no reason to financially reward James Toney while penalizing your champion, Hasim Rahman.....The WBC has been more than generous in rewarding James Toney by designating him as Hasim Rahman’s mandatory challenger. The elevation of James Toney to madatory challenger is more than enough reward for James Toney who you elevated in the rankings from number five to number two without the benefit of beating a ranked boxer. In fact, there is no precedent to award a percentage change under these circumstances. There is no need to reward him further especially in light of his steroid abuse..." Tuesday, December 6 2005

Comments (20)

badblood

=========That was SIX years ago. All of those LAUGHABLE KO losses came AFTER that.==================== ** Lessee, Maskaev is 14-3 since KOing Rahman, 9-0 over the past 3 yrs and won the WBC title eliminator......Rahman is 10-3-1 since then, 6-1-1 over the past 3 yrs, won the WBC title eliminator and was suddenly given the belt. Looks to me like Maskaev is being frozen out and would be a truer World Champ than Rahman or Toney since he's been willing to travel and fight all over the US besides his matches in Germany, Ukraine, and Russia. Eventually he'll get his shot and it's gonna be funny if he KO's one of your fatboys you struggle to prop up like they actually have more value than Maskaev does. In I'm 95% sure that the WBC will make him jump through another poodle hoop now. Since JC Gomez fought in a simluar eliminator, they will probably make a Gomez/Maskaev fight.

20y ago

LondonRingRules

20y ago

TheFairPole

A lucky punch? Hell, that's the only reason Rahman is the WBC champ. A lucky punch almost 5 yrs ago. Rahman don't want to risk a rematch with Maskaev because he knows the man has major power and might ride off with Rahman's gravy train. Exactly why I say that Maskaev is just as worthy to be in the tourney as Rahman. They should fight next like the wbc promised, otherwise Maskaev should sue their asses into bankruptcy!

20y ago

LondonRingRules

A lucky punch. Which was over YEARS ago. A lucky punch? Hell, that's the only reason Rahman is the WBC champ. A lucky punch almost 5 yrs ago. Rahman don't want to risk a rematch with Maskaev because he knows the man has major power and might ride off with Rahman's gravy train.

20y ago

whdempsey

He also knocked Rahman out of the ring. On a side note, I just realized that Toney and Botha have something in common. They were both champs for less than a week. :eek: ...Except for Toney's runs as champion at three other weight divisions. Those obviously count as nothing.

20y ago

whdempsey

Let me get this straight, Toney leaps ahead of Maskaev by doing nothing and he demands half. :eek: Let me get this straight. You believe that Maskaev is any more deserving than Toney?

20y ago

badblood

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20y ago

badblood

You said that already. Do you think it makes it anymore meaningfull when you repeat it? That was SIX years ago. All of those LAUGHABLE KO losses came AFTER that. How long was Maskeav a champion for? Oh, that's right. So now from crying about Maskaev's injustice, you jump to illustrating how you like Maskaev better than Toney. Your boxing knoweldge just keeps looking better and better. :rolleyes: First of all I would be shocked if you even knew anything about Botha and his run in with the IBF. And another thing, you cant not even deny my jedi strength boxing knowledge, so dont even try.

20y ago

Bozo_no_no0305

He also knocked Rahman out of the ring. You said that already. Do you think it makes it anymore meaningfull when you repeat it? That was SIX years ago. All of those LAUGHABLE KO losses came AFTER that. On a side note, I just realized that Toney and Botha have something in common. They were both champs for less than a week. :eek: How long was Maskeav a champion for? Oh, that's right. So now from crying about Maskaev's injustice, you jump to illustrating how you like Maskaev better than Toney. Your boxing knoweldge just keeps looking better and better. :rolleyes:

20y ago

badblood

A lucky punch. Which was over YEARS ago. Same with the Kirk puch.

20y ago

Tha_Greatest6475

He also knocked Rahman out of the ring. On a side note, I just realized that Toney and Botha have something in common. They were both champs for less than a week. :eek: A lucky punch. Which was over YEARS ago.

20y ago

badblood

He hasn't beaten a top ten opponent in years, was knocked out of the ring by Kirk Johnson, and KO'd with a jab from Lance Whittaker. He then went on to get stopped by the 300lb Corey Sanders. 6 years ago before all of that, maybe he's a top ten fighter. Currently, that's a weak assertion you'd only hear from someone who's a biased fan of his. He also knocked Rahman out of the ring. On a side note, I just realized that Toney and Botha have something in common. They were both champs for less than a week. :eek:

20y ago

Bozo_no_no0305

From the many many fights I have seen of him I can make this fair assumption. He is as good as any really, he has a solid chin, a fantastic punch, his stamina proves to be good for a true heavy. Although it was awhile ago, he put Rahman into Jim Lampley's lap. At this point in his career I think he is a solid contender just as I do Toney. He hasn't beaten a top ten opponent in years, was knocked out of the ring by Kirk Johnson, and KO'd with a jab from Lance Whittaker. He then went on to get stopped by the 300lb Corey Sanders. 6 years ago before all of that, maybe he's a top ten fighter. Currently, that's a weak assertion you'd only hear from someone who's a biased fan of his.

20y ago

Tha_Greatest6475

From the many many fights I have seen of him I can make this fair assumption. He is as good as any really, he has a solid chin, a fantastic punch, his stamina proves to be good for a true heavy. Although it was awhile ago, he put Rahman into Jim Lampley's lap. At this point in his career I think he is a solid contender just as I do Toney. That's cool, some kid in my gyms dad is friends with him, and his coming to sacramento for 2-3 weeks next week or so... He will be coming to my gym a lot to help out that kid.. I will get to meet him in person so that will be cool.

20y ago

badblood

Do you honestly think Oleg Maskaev is good? Be honest. From the many many fights I have seen of him I can make this fair assumption. He is as good as any really, he has a solid chin, a fantastic punch, his stamina proves to be good for a true heavy. Although it was awhile ago, he put Rahman into Jim Lampley's lap. At this point in his career I think he is a solid contender just as I do Toney.

20y ago

Bozo_no_no0305

Sam is a good fighter. He likes to fight overseas, get's little US tv exposer. He's an average fighter. He's lazy, fights lazy, and loses the more important fights he's involved in.

20y ago

Tha_Greatest6475

Sam is a good fighter. He likes to fight overseas, get's little US tv exposer. Do you honestly think Oleg Maskaev is good? Be honest.

20y ago

badblood

LoL.... For real, what the hell makes you think Sinal Samil Sam is good? He has a name of a clown. Sam is a good fighter. He likes to fight overseas, get's little US tv exposer.

20y ago

badblood

The only thing that's laughable is talking about an injustice that' Oleg Maskaev has received and act like it's worse than the overall state of 4 seperate BS sanctioning bodies rolling out monthly injustices. No one cares about Maskaev, and no one should care about any of the sanctioning bodies. Maskaev's not fighting for a title, rightfully so, and a better and more meaningfull match up is taking place. This kind of stuff that drove the WBC into bankrupsy.

20y ago

Tha_Greatest6475

Watch more heavyweight boxing. LoL.... For real, what the hell makes you think Sinal Samil Sam is good? He has a name of a clown.

20y ago