Khan vs Bradley: 50/50 or does Khan deserve larger share?

Khan is the draw, Khan is the earner, Khan has the better resume. Maidana > Alexander Malignaggi > Nate Campbell Kotelnik > Holt Barrera > Edner Cherry Salita + McCloskey = Petterson Khan is not just a bigger draw than Bradley, Or bigger earner, or bigger resume, He has a better trainer and promoter than Bradley, Ie Roach and Goldenboy De La Hoya. Not just that Khan is a cross-over star. Bradley is none of them, So I have said before 70-30 in favour of Khan, Bradley can go fight another Abregu if he dont like it. even at 70/30 in favour of khan, bradley would stilll comfortably earn his highest payday. It just defies belief that the two AMERICAN 140lb KINGS could only sell 339 tickets in a 2 month period before the "SUPERFIGHT" in the USA. And then have people go as far as saying Bradley deserves the same split as a guy who sells out 20k arenas against no name bums. Regarding Bradley, apart from a fight against Floyd or Pac, this guy isnt going to make much money throughout the rest of his career. Its a shame really. Khan on the otherhand can afford a loos or two and still comeback and draw big numbers/sell out arenas. Khan has options, Bradley however can only rely on others to make him any sort of respectable money for a world champion.

Not much bigger though. Takes two guys to make a fight this big and Khan certainly needs the fight more than Tim. Khans the so called big superstar that has yet to prove himself, Khans the guy that's supposed to go big places, Khans the one that has been labeled a *****. Tim ain't supposed to do anything in the sport of boxing. If I was Tim I'd let the dirt ball wallow in his own dirty mud and go fight someone else. Khan is a piece of ****. Put it this way you live in Michigan, Did you go to see Bradley fight in Pontiac? Since you are Bradleys apostle arguing that Bradley is the number one guy in the division and you live in Michigan did you go to his fight? I bet you didnt! Yet here you are trying to make a case for Bradley getting more than Khan. I seen that "Superfight" if you were there you would know what kind of a dead enviroment the fight was held in, There was nothing "Super" about that fight, It was dead. Gary Shaw cant promote a bucket of water in a house fire and Bradley forgive me for saying is just another "slick African American" fighter with a padded record and there are plenty of them. Khan is the draw, Khan is the earner, Khan has the better resume. Maidana > Alexander Malignaggi > Nate Campbell Kotelnik > Holt Barrera > Edner Cherry Salita + McCloskey = Petterson Khan is not just a bigger draw than Bradley, Or bigger earner, or bigger resume, He has a better trainer and promoter than Bradley, Ie Roach and Goldenboy De La Hoya. Not just that Khan is a cross-over star. Bradley is none of them, So I have said before 70-30 in favour of Khan, Bradley can go fight another Abregu if he dont like it.

Bradley has been champ longer, won more titles and faced the better opposition but I do agree Khan still would sell more tickets.

I like how we negotiate for the fighters on BoxingScene. Guilty. The thread wasn't suppose to be about whether or not a 50-50 purse split was fair. It was suppose to be about whether or not Khan (who would ultimately be the one to have to make this decision) should just take the 50-50 just to make the fight happen, or should Khan just walk away from it... Lmao, by the time I came here to check on it, there were already 68 replies, everyone was didn't get my point, Khan became a bum, while Bradley became a overhyped... nations got involved... Hmm... maybe I should re-do this one?

higher ratings where exactly? in the uk nobody cares or hardly knows about bradley and alexander mate khan is known to casual fans and non boxing fans as well he deserves nearly all of the uk Bradley's fight recieved higher ratings in the organization that's going to pay for this fight (HBO). But I'm sure you'll say that doesn't matter.

50-50 is fair, but I think 55-45 for Khan is the way to go.

It depends on where the money is coming from. In terms of the American money, Bradley should receive the lion's share. Same can be said for the British money. However, I think 60/40 in terms of American money, 70/30 for British money. Bradley isn't big enough to demand any more from America and he's not big enough to expect any more in terms of European money.

70/30 nobody pays money to watch Bradley fight

Bradley-Alexander drew over 6000 fans to Detroit. Khan-Maidana drew over 4000 fans to Vegas. Bradley-Alexander TV rating was 1.345M, Khan-Maidana TV rating was 1.17M. Those numbers tell me Bradley deserves 60/40. I know you're joking. The "SUPERFIGHT" sold a whimpering 339 tickets 2 weeks before the date, they had to let thousands of people in for free on the night to make it look respectable. Let me remind you, these are the two american 140lb kings no less. . . . And two foreigners fighting on US shores drew a TV rating 15% less than the AMERICAN 140lb Kings? And how many ppv subscriptions did the "SUPERFIGHT" sell? Oh, yeah, they didnt have enough confidence to put it on ppv. On the otherhand 100,000 brits stayed awake at 4am to pay and watch the KHan fight. Not to mention over 1000 people flying out from britain at a cost of well over $1000 each to fly 5,000 miles. Now ill ask again how many americans would be willing to pay that amount to see Bradley fight? As evident from the "SUPERFIGHT" people werent even willing to travel 5miles for FREE tickets to see him. Speak on it.

50-50. both bring belts,both need each other to unify and become no1 without any doubt. if they dont want 50 50,60 to the winner,40 to the loser.

Bradley-Khan in the UK with the gate alone would probably bring in a minimum of £3-5 million to the pot, that is WITHOUT any tv money. Bradley has to realise that this fight even with a 65-35 would probably double his previous best pay day.

I'd like to see a rebuttal with actual numbers. People always say Khan makes this crazy amount of money from UK PPV and the gate if the fight is England, but I'd like to see actual numbers. How much have his live gate taken in? How many PPVs does he sell? How much do the PPVs cost? If I didn't know any better, I'd assume Khan is making $5-7M per fight. That's Pacquiao money. His fight with maidana I think he received $975,000 from goldenboy and the fight was reported to have done around 100k on sky ppv, that is approx £1.5 million in revenue, to which khan probably took home around £800,000, (sky normally take about 40-45% of the revenue going by past numbers). so his total pay day for maidana would have been roughly $2-2.5 million as an approximation. I would say since prescott (his first ppv fight) he has probably been earning between £750k-1.5 million per fight ($1.25-$2.25), mostly because none of the fighters he faces earn anything out of the sky ppv numbers. I think his best selling ppv fight so far was 150k which was kotelnik. For the record I don't think a Bradley fight would sell much better than this. His first professional fight deal with frank warren was for 3 years and was reportedly worth over £1 million. His reebok deal is also worth millions, he was given £500,000 for the rights to his first autobiography. If Bradley was to get a cut of the sky ppv he should agree to 65-35 or 60-40. It would cetainly be the biggest pay day of his career so far even with that split.

its 50/50. Bradley is the more accomplished fighter, while Khan brings the folks from oversees.... its a wash

Unless Khan beats Bradley he will never be number 1 at JWW. Bradley is already sitting in the top position and doesn't need Khan. It should b e 50/50, IMO almost all fights should be to avoid these stupid duck outlets.

60-40 Bradley in the US 80-20 Khan in the UK. Make it happen. 50/50 across the board. Bradley has options since he is a free agent. Better make that deal otherwise we might see Bradley move up to 147.

60-40 Bradley in the US 80-20 Khan in the UK. Make it happen.

KHan is the money maker in the division. Even if it is not a even split Bradley is going to make the most money till this point of his career and the most money against any other jrww

Bradley-Alexander drew over 6000 fans to Detroit. Khan-Maidana drew over 4000 fans to Vegas. Bradley-Alexander TV rating was 1.345M, Khan-Maidana TV rating was 1.17M. Those numbers tell me Bradley deserves 60/40. haha this post is a joke right?

dont understand why people on boxing forums are so into who gets what shar etc. its not like anyone on these forums will get a cut.. anyway 60-40 khan

Also the original arguement was about whether khan deserves the larger share. Well, Khan consistently selling out 20k+ arenas compared to : -Bradley struggling to fill 2k casino auditoriums in his home state of cali in his previous 3 fights before the "SUPERFIGHT" (selling <3k tickets for the 2 biggest names in american boxing at 140lb) Food for thought.