why did they take 90% of boxers purse?

[Malik]

and do they still do it?

['Sugar' Freddi]

Who said that?

[Malik]

Who said that?

ali said it in a howard cossel interview.

[Leakbeak]

ali said it in a howard cossel interview.

Is it in youtube or in your memory? That must have been what happened to journeymen back then, nobody took 90% off Ali that's for sure. The average cut off a fighters purse is probably around 20% nowadays.

[Malik]

Is it in youtube or in your memory? That must have been what happened to journeymen back then, nobody took 90% off Ali that's for sure. The average cut off a fighters purse is probably around 20% nowadays.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXbY-CrxO9M

right here.

[mrboxer]

whos purse did they take, 90%,who is involved here,have these purses been returned,i would like to know who took 90% of the purses,and whom purses did these belong to

[Too Much 4U]

Don't know where you got that from

[Bobby Shaw]

Boxing is a business as much as it's a sport.If you dont protect yourself you'l be abused.It might have happened then because many boxers probably came from poor backgrounds and with little education they were taken advantage of.There used to be many cases where boxers would try to go to court to terminate their contracts because they had signed themselves to slavery.Boxing was so dirty there would be intimidation and violence against boxers.It used to happen but not as a rule but as exploitation.

[Malik]

Don't know where you got that from

I just put a link up of Ali saying it himself.

[mrboxer]

have the people who took the purses been notified to return the purses to the people who lost the purses