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The Australian press is going berserk over comments made by Main Events with respect to a possible meeting between Arturo Gatti and Kostya Tszyu in a recent interview conducted by Los Angeles press writer Peter Mitchell. Main Events are the promoters of Arturo Gatti.
When posed the question regarding the chances of Tszyu-Gatti coming off, Main Events' Chief Executive Officer Kathy Duva stated;
"Not in my lifetime"
When she was asked about Gatti accepting the recent challenge by Tszyu, she simply replied;
"No"
Main Events claims that the key issue in making this fight happen is the same key issue I told everyone about two days ago, exclusive network contracts.
"Gatti has a contract with HBO and Kostya has a contract with Showtime, seeing how Gatti is the poster boy for HBO I can't see how that fight could ever happen." said Duva
Carl Moretti, who is the matchmaker for Main Events, basically had the same view point as Kathy Duva.
"How could he fight Kostya if he has a deal with HBO and Kostya has a deal with Showtime?" said Moretti
Main Events was involved the last time Showtime and HBO had their contracted fighters face each other, back in 2002 when Lennox Lewis (under contract with HBO) fought Mike Tyson (under contract with Showtime). Main Events were the American promoters of Lennox Lewis and said that the experience was so "painful", that they will never involve themselves in a network collaboration again. Keep in mind that Tyson-Lewis is the highest grossing pay per view event of all time. [details]
When posed the question regarding the chances of Tszyu-Gatti coming off, Main Events' Chief Executive Officer Kathy Duva stated;
"Not in my lifetime"
When she was asked about Gatti accepting the recent challenge by Tszyu, she simply replied;
"No"
Main Events claims that the key issue in making this fight happen is the same key issue I told everyone about two days ago, exclusive network contracts.
"Gatti has a contract with HBO and Kostya has a contract with Showtime, seeing how Gatti is the poster boy for HBO I can't see how that fight could ever happen." said Duva
Carl Moretti, who is the matchmaker for Main Events, basically had the same view point as Kathy Duva.
"How could he fight Kostya if he has a deal with HBO and Kostya has a deal with Showtime?" said Moretti
Main Events was involved the last time Showtime and HBO had their contracted fighters face each other, back in 2002 when Lennox Lewis (under contract with HBO) fought Mike Tyson (under contract with Showtime). Main Events were the American promoters of Lennox Lewis and said that the experience was so "painful", that they will never involve themselves in a network collaboration again. Keep in mind that Tyson-Lewis is the highest grossing pay per view event of all time. [details]
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