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Gary Russell Jr. provided a little context as to why he has only fought once in the last 18 months, saying he’s still waiting on the proper financial package to lure him back into the ring.
“We’re businessman, no matter what the situation is,” Russell told ******.com of why he hasn’t fought since April. “The objective is you want to have financial stability no matter what it is that your occupation is. So I think it’s the smart thing to do on our end,” he said of making sure he’s appropriately compensated.
The talented Russell, who holds a featherweight title, framed his career as nearing its end, with just three years left before he moves onto the next phase of his life, making the income he receives for any future fights that much more important. Russell declined to specify the types of financial numbers he’s looking for. But a source said he made in excess of $800,000 for his second-round knockout of Patrick Hyland on April 16.
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this guy made almost a million for fighting that hyland dude and won't get back until he gets another big paycheck? lol
how can you justify that kind of money for that crappy fight??
you idiot pay attention those paydays are a thing of the past.gaymon is going broke and the fighters are inactive.
Don't tell me that! It don't matter to me if Haymon goes broke!
Russell and other Haymon fighters have signed with haymon because he has a new payment structure that other promoters can't match. People have been saying that russell was dreaming about the pay they were mentioning, well he's getting it and smart enough to hold out until he gets a good offer from Haymon.
Gary Russell is a smart dude for signing with Haymon. He will get his top dollar fight because he is signed with Haymon. No other manager promoter can get the money for russell except Haymon.you idiot pay attention those paydays are a thing of the past.gaymon is going broke and the fighters are inactive.
Give it some time. These fighters looking for multi mullions will just realize why they are on the sidelines. Once their bank account starts shrinking, they will take lower purses.
Gary Russell is a smart dude for signing with Haymon. He will get his top dollar fight because he is signed with Haymon. No other manager promoter can get the money for russell except Haymon.
Boxing really needs a low blow, these fighters are all going crazy wanting millions without facing the best, when the purses starts to go down, these guys will become tougher.
Good they are real FIGHTERS like Salido or Farmer that keep themselves sharp.
take a look at salido's last 5 fights, crazy. and this guys complain lol
Championship level fighters are making, what 50 times as much as the average income and still complaining? **** him, strip him, send his ass back to fighting TBAs.
Boxers aren't degree holders nor do they ever have any other profession other than boxing, boxing is a fulltime job and u only have 1/3 of your life to make enough money to make sure that u have enough money in the other 2/3s. u need these big paydays and you have to make investments.
Question here is : Does Gary Russel generate enough money/viewership to justify him getting that kind of money? He himself said that boxing is business, well if it is a business then u have to give ur employer reasons to pay u wat u wanna get paid, nobody is in the business to take a loss. these fighters today absolutely suck at promoting themselves and bring nothing to the table outside of the ring, very few self promoters in the game today and that's what's really hurting the sport, even so more than mismatches.
They're all sickening hypocrites. They say they shouldn't have to face a dangerous opponent for anything less than lottery money because it's their health at stake. Fighters have to be taken care of etc. Then they're happy to beat up some hopelessly overmatched guy getting paid peanuts. It is fucking disgusting.
But at the end of the day the system is a disaster and this sort of bullshit Russell is spouting is merely enabled by it. It is far from the root cause. Russell will stop sitting on his ass, waiting for ridiculous money once that strategy stops working. As a fan you just have to pray that someday the sport corrects itself and a guy on Russell's level looking to take one semi-serious fight every two years will starve. That, and only that, will fix the sport.
Pretty sure we agreed on this before. Boxing needs to face a harsh reality if it has any chance of rebounding. It would be very tough for the sport and it's possible that no one is willing to face that reality, but no one will be able to afford this crap eventually.
The sport will either revert to the old days of a lot more fights for a lot less money or it will fail entirely.
They're all sickening hypocrites. They say they shouldn't have to face a dangerous opponent for anything less than lottery money because it's their health at stake. Fighters have to be taken care of etc. Then they're happy to beat up some hopelessly overmatched guy getting paid peanuts. It is fucking disgusting.
But at the end of the day the system is a disaster and this sort of bullshit Russell is spouting is merely enabled by it. It is far from the root cause. Russell will stop sitting on his ass, waiting for ridiculous money once that strategy stops working. As a fan you just have to pray that someday the sport corrects itself and a guy on Russell's level looking to take one semi-serious fight every two years will starve. That, and only that, will fix the sport.
So sick of hearing this garbage. Morons won't fight anyone and wonder why they aren't stars. So much great talent sitting around doing nothing.
No one knows who the f*ck you are, Gary, why do you expect millions?
this. i didn't start the thread because i care about russell jr to be honest lol but because is the mentality of this guys in a nutshell.
they should know their value, i get it. you don't fight for free. but again, how can this guy make a million dollars fighting that irish dude in a crappy fight that no one saw? how can you justify that money? where does it come from? why can't the PBC suporters admit that this fighters aren't worthy that amount of money and that they are being over paid?
Gary Russell Jr. Aka Super needs to stop bsing and get his fists on Lee Selby who I think he'd do a job on and take his belt and unify WBC/IBF!
Would love to see Russell Jr. vs Valdez and Santa Cruz!
So sick of hearing this garbage. Morons won't fight anyone and wonder why they aren't stars. So much great talent sitting around doing nothing.
No one knows who the f*ck you are, Gary, why do you expect millions?
the US population is not 320 million lmfaaoooooooo come on man....
its closer to 500 million.
only if you include uncencused illeegals and other immigrants. But the working total is about 320mil current citizens.
They're all sickening hypocrites. They say they shouldn't have to face a dangerous opponent for anything less than lottery money because it's their health at stake. Fighters have to be taken care of etc. Then they're happy to beat up some hopelessly overmatched guy getting paid peanuts. It is fucking disgusting.
But at the end of the day the system is a disaster and this sort of bullshit Russell is spouting is merely enabled by it. It is far from the root cause. Russell will stop sitting on his ass, waiting for ridiculous money once that strategy stops working. As a fan you just have to pray that someday the sport corrects itself and a guy on Russell's level looking to take one semi-serious fight every two years will starve. That, and only that, will fix the sport.
I could care less when or if Gary Russell Jr. returns to the ring. He has fought one quality fighter in his entire career and Russell lost to him. If I had my way, I would put Russell, Adrien Broner and Peter Quillen's careers on the DNR (do not resuscitate) list.
Great post. Couldn't have put it any better.
I just want to see these Featherweights fight each other. I think Russell can beat most of them. I'm sure he'll make good money fighting them. I don't know what he wants.
Just by asking for a higher purse could potentially make him sit out and earn $0. Great freaking idea.
That pep talk that Haymon has given to all his fighters that he said he would make them stars and rich worked to well
Now you have a legion of fighters that think that they are worth more than the are actually valued.
If he wants to get paid more he has to take riskier fighters and top guys.
He has skills but is also the king to the TBA fighters
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