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"Klitschko, as the reigning champion, would be entitled to 80 percent of the winning purse offer, with Fury getting the remaining 20 percent."
Klitschko was also successful in having the split modified to 80% for the Pulev fight as well.
"the International Boxing Federation has approved the request by Team Klitschko to modify the purse bid split to 80-20"Comment
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Whyte is desperate, trying to milk this for all it's worth.
A man who gets dropped by Oscar Rivas is not a threat to Tyson Fury.Comment
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Whyte has no chance against a well prepared Fury. The only person on the planet that can defeat Fury is Fury and I'm not even sure an ill prepared Fury can be defeated right now. I bet a million dollars on Wilder because Fury was partying, ****ing **********s, drinking, etc the week before the fight and I was convinced he was distracted and setting himself up to be knocked out.
He won anyway. The dude is just a freak.
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Just making sure.
"Klitschko, as the reigning champion, would be entitled to 80 percent of the winning purse offer, with Fury getting the remaining 20 percent."
Klitschko was also successful in having the split modified to 80% for the Pulev fight as well.
"the International Boxing Federation has approved the request by Team Klitschko to modify the purse bid split to 80-20"
So there is plenty of historical precedent for Fury's team to ask for 80-20.
Shyte asking for 45%, on the other hand, is ridiculous and pricing himself out. He's at the level where he should be willing to take short money for a shot at greatness. Not trying to break the bank as the obvious B-side.Comment
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Correct. There is decades and decades of precedence of the top stars successfully lobbying to have the standard split modified. Otherwise you could never have a big star as world champion as every mandatory would automatically force a purse bid and the champion would vacate. There must be some sort of mechanism in place for guys like Fury or Canelo who are making tens of millions of dollars per fight to be treated fairly in a purse bid.
Even worse, his promoter is lying to the public and saying interim champions are entitled to 45%, even though the current WBC rules clearly state interim champions have no special rights compared to a normal mandatory when it comes to the purse split. There is an old version of the WBC rules from 2009 that entitled an interim champion to 45%, but the current rules, which have been around for over a decade, very clearly state interim champions don't get a special split.Shyte asking for 45%, on the other hand, is ridiculous and pricing himself out.
So what Hearn is hoping is that the average fan won't know he's lying about the rules and then he can claim that the WBC screwed Whyte. He's done this over and over with Whyte. Lying about him being mandatory. Lying about him fighting final eliminators. It's been going on for four years. Hearn wants Whyte to become world champion without ever having to fight someone mandated by the WBC.
Because what happens if he fights someone mandated by the WBC? It can go to purse bid and Hearn risks not having British judges and a British ref to protect Whyte.
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So the WBA and IBF. What about the WBC? Given that's who we're talking about.
"Klitschko, as the reigning champion, would be entitled to 80 percent of the winning purse offer, with Fury getting the remaining 20 percent."
Klitschko was also successful in having the split modified to 80% for the Pulev fight as well.
"the International Boxing Federation has approved the request by Team Klitschko to modify the purse bid split to 80-20"Comment
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Let's be clear. 70/30 is both the usual and the minimum split in their rules. They can of course make an exceptional decision - but they'd need good reason to do that and I just don't see it. It's a highly regarded champion against a highly regarded challenger. It's not exceptional at all.
I couldn't care less whether you think Whyte is worth 45% or not. It's not a binary decision between 20% or 45%
But I can see that anything below 30% is a deliberate decision. And I question why. It looks to me like a collusive lowball to get rid of Whyte.
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