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Original article: https://www.myjoyonline.com/my-loss-...oshua-clottey/
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“The manager [Vinny Scolpino] had already accepted $1 million as payment. I came in and negotiated $1.35 million,” Clottey said on the TV show. “It was a fight I was supposed to get $2 million as the pay. The pay-per-view was $100 for each viewer but he negotiated [only] $3 on my behalf out of the $100. Even with the $3, I could only earn my share after 300,000 buys. So if 300,001 people buy, I will earn only $3.”
“So you would basically fight for free?” Clottey’s interviewer, Muftawa Nabila Abdulai, asked him at this point.
“Yeah,” Clottey said. “I tried negotiating but they claimed if I can’t fight I should leave so I had to take the fight. Meanwhile, my manager was making 33 percent profit from each pay-per-view income including the fight money. I regret signing with that manager. I was supposed to make more money. I was not happy about the Pacquiao fight because I had three years on my contract with my manager so I decided to blow it up. I even went to his office to negotiate for him to take 25 percent so I take 8 percent but he said no.”
“The manager [Vinny Scolpino] had already accepted $1 million as payment. I came in and negotiated $1.35 million,” Clottey said on the TV show. “It was a fight I was supposed to get $2 million as the pay. The pay-per-view was $100 for each viewer but he negotiated [only] $3 on my behalf out of the $100. Even with the $3, I could only earn my share after 300,000 buys. So if 300,001 people buy, I will earn only $3.”
“So you would basically fight for free?” Clottey’s interviewer, Muftawa Nabila Abdulai, asked him at this point.
“Yeah,” Clottey said. “I tried negotiating but they claimed if I can’t fight I should leave so I had to take the fight. Meanwhile, my manager was making 33 percent profit from each pay-per-view income including the fight money. I regret signing with that manager. I was supposed to make more money. I was not happy about the Pacquiao fight because I had three years on my contract with my manager so I decided to blow it up. I even went to his office to negotiate for him to take 25 percent so I take 8 percent but he said no.”
Manny just can't catch a break. First, the Ariza Shakes stuff, then a shady ref that verbally admits he helped Manny, now this (which was obvious).
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