Unless there's something more to this it just seems really shady by Spence imo. You made $25m (on top of all the millions you've already made), how much money do you need? Do the right thing and pay the man his $2.5m. He was right there with you putting in the work day-in, day-out, grinding in the gym for a measly $250 when you turned pro, now you finally reach the culmination of it all and get the big payoff and you want to take his big payoff away from him? I doubt the Spence family would even notice that $2.5m, but I'm pretty sure the James family would.
Al Haymon saying $350k is "generous" actually pisses me off. Is that how much Al made from the whole event? Because that would be generous, but something tells me his slice of the pie was a little bit larger. All these managers, promoters and "advisers" make sure they get their cut, but the guy who's been putting in the work with Errol for fifteen years since he was a nobody gets stiffed on his big payoff? Even if Spence feels like James didn't do enough in the Crawford fight, you pay him that money unquestioningly out of sheer loyalty if nothing else.
Al Haymon saying $350k is "generous" actually pisses me off. Is that how much Al made from the whole event? Because that would be generous, but something tells me his slice of the pie was a little bit larger. All these managers, promoters and "advisers" make sure they get their cut, but the guy who's been putting in the work with Errol for fifteen years since he was a nobody gets stiffed on his big payoff? Even if Spence feels like James didn't do enough in the Crawford fight, you pay him that money unquestioningly out of sheer loyalty if nothing else.
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