Just spoke with Mogens Palle (Kessler promoter)

[.Mik.]

They did, or at least team kessler did (Taylors people may still be laughing - they need time to recover from that one). 50:50 for a fight in the UK, and they are trying to come up with an offer to let the fight happen in the US as far as I know.

In July?

I dont imagine that Calzaghe would accept a 50:50 purse when he is the top guy. He's always said that he wants big money fights, they need to be offering big money. Its Kessler who has always said that money wasnt important. Calzaghe has never made such a claim.

Them being willing to fight in the UK is a good starting point though. I'd rather see Calzaghe wait a couple of months and fight Kessler than fight someone lower in July. Depends what kind of money the Kessler camp is offering though (if they have made the offer they claim).

[Peder]

In July?

I dont imagine that Calzaghe would accept a 50:50 purse when he is the top guy. He's always said that he wants big money fights, they need to be offering big money. Its Kessler who has always said that money wasnt important. Calzaghe has never made such a claim.

Them being willing to fight in the UK is a good starting point though. I'd rather see Calzaghe wait a couple of months and fight Kessler than fight someone lower in July. Depends what kind of money the Kessler camp is offering though (if they have made the offer they claim).

Off cause it will have to be negotiated, but they would have to find another date, if either Kessler or Tayler is to be his next fight. I'd like to see what JC would reply to something like 60:40 to fight in the US from team Kessler.
The offer Kessler got was something like 25:75 (+ Danish/German tv.)to fight in the UK on an unattractive date. Even if team Kessler said money wasn't that important, this is still an unacceptable offer.
I hope this was a beginning of negotiations between Taylor/JC, Kessler/JC, but I fear Warren already want to put him in yet another fight to set him up for Hopkins - It would be third in a row. I really hope it doesn't end up with him fighting Inkin.

I'd be surprised if Calzaghe fights anybody in July.

[SHB]

Isn't 75:25 the usual champion-challenger purse split?

[Peder]

Isn't 75:25 the usual champion-challenger purse split?

Yes, if that is all Warren wants to pay, you will end up with yet another worthless challenger.
Warren has to come up with more money if he wants a unification or even more if he wants Taylor to move up.

[Red_Menace]

I can't believe you guys are still arguing over all of this bs that the promoters feed into the media? When a promoter says fighter Y turned down X number of dollars, I wouldn't believe it unless I had written or recorded verbal evidence. Fighting over this he said she said stuff is a waste of time, because the promoters are all lying. I know everyone likes to use this talk to justify why a certain fighter is ducking another, but its actually unsubstantiated crap.

[Liaison]

If Kessler is so desperate to fight Calzaghe, things such as date, venue, purse shouldn’t be an issue, the offers been made to Kessler, time to put up or shut up.