would you pay $1 million to duck a fighter???

[Ray*]

boy are YOU wrong!

he made 10 MILLION all together with the PPV revs..

he wouldve got PPV revs from the Margo FIGHT AS WELL..

not only that HE HAD TO GREASE GOOSEN PALM from the earnings of the Dela fight..
Goosen gave Floyd 8 plus revs from the Baldo fight,,if he got some rights to his next fight that happend to be DELA HOYA..

SO, YOU ARE WRONG...

No way Jose..arum was offering a straight forward $8 million no string attach...No PPV %..just 8million.

[Ray*]

REGARDLESS..WHEN FLOYD BOUGHT OUT HIS CONTRACT OSCAR WAS TELLING HIM NO..

so he started looking for Baldo and Spinks..

So? He still made more money fighting the Undisputed champ at his weight.

[C'MONMANG']

No way Jose..arum was offering a straight forward $8 million no string attach...No PPV %..just 8million.

um yes way jose..

who the hell doesnt get PPVB rev????????

[C'MONMANG']

So? He still made more money fighting the Undisputed champ at his weight.

NO HE DIDNT IT WAS THE SAME. plus he gave up 750,000

[JakeNDaBox]

The $750,000 buyout is correct, it wasn't $1 million. And it was a wise investment as at the time, Arum and Golden Boy had no intentions of doing business together, even with the amount of $$$ involved in an Floyd-GLH fight. Golden Boy wanted control over any promotion involving Top Rank. Arum wasn't willing to concede, but even if he did allow the fight to happen while Floyd was still his fighter, that would've meant Floyd giving up 30% of his guaranteed purse (which was somewhere between $10-12 million, before PPV upside) for the Oscar fight.

So anyway you slice it, by spending $750,000, he saved well over $3 million. And is now in a position to earn a payday that even exceeds what he made against Oscar. And again, without a promoter dipping into his pockets.

Had Floyd fought and beaten Margarito, he'd have received about as much respect as Williams is presently getting - none. Much like nobody gave Floyd credit for beating Baldomir, after previously bitching he was just a paper titlist and wanted to fight Spinks at 154 for another paper title rather than face the "real" welterweight champ.

I don't know what he made off of the Baldy fight in PPV revenues (if there was any upside as the event didn't exactly fare well for the amounts Goossen had to pay out).

[beauty]

The $750,000 buyout is correct, it wasn't $1 million. And it was a wise investment as at the time, Arum and Golden Boy had no intentions of doing business together, even with the amount of $$$ involved in an Floyd-GLH fight. Golden Boy wanted control over any promotion involving Top Rank. Arum wasn't willing to concede, but even if he did allow the fight to happen while Floyd was still his fighter, that would've meant Floyd giving up 30% of his guaranteed purse (which was somewhere between $10-12 million, before PPV upside) for the Oscar fight.

So anyway you slice it, by spending $750,000, he saved well over $3 million. And is now in a position to earn a payday that even exceeds what he made against Oscar. And again, without a promoter dipping into his pockets.

Had Floyd fought and beaten Margarito, he'd have received about as much respect as Williams is presently getting - none. Much like nobody gave Floyd credit for beating Baldomir, after previously bitching he was just a paper titlist and wanted to fight Spinks at 154 for another paper title rather than face the "real" welterweight champ.

I don't know what he made off of the Baldy fight in PPV revenues (if there was any upside as the event didn't exactly fare well for the amounts Goossen had to pay out).

Very well stated.

[Ray Ray]

Very well stated.

Where the hell have you been???

[VIVA MEXICO!!!]

how can people say it was a smart move to pay all this money to duck a man. that is the most cowardly move in the history of boxing. and mayweather could still have fought margarito and then fought dlh later but he only chose to get out of his contract to duck the baddest man on the planet antonio margarito!!

[beauty]

Where the hell have you been???

Hey Ray!!!! I've been here. Where have YOU been? Sometimes, I just lurk, especially when there's nothing new for me to learn. (ie. When Mayweather threads are too many etc. Too much repetitive and uninformitive posting.) The fight is next week though, so I am active!!!!!!!!

[Ray Ray]

how can people say it was a smart move to pay all this money to duck a man. that is the most cowardly move in the history of boxing. and mayweather could still have fought margarito and then fought dlh later but he only chose to get out of his contract to duck the baddest man on the planet antonio margarito!!

Please just let this topic die already. Nobody ducked Magorito period.