Saudi Arabia events bad for big-time boxing

[LarryMerchant'sBottle]

I like fights in Saudi

I watch boxing to see athletes scientifically strike each other

Afterthoughts are hearing grown men in the crowd chant like cheerleaders and seeing ring girls

I enjoy watching a great fight live or on my living room TV, but I'd rather be a part of the energy that a great big fight creates...

Same for a musical performance. I'd much rather see a concert along side 20 thousand screaming fans than alongside 200 quiet fans.

Difference in energy, but having options is great, in my opinion....

[Smash]

Indeed! For some folks, it will be difficult to understand the bolded part....

u would be top of that list

[LarryMerchant'sBottle]

u would be top of that list

You talking to the mirror again??

[Smash]

I know two fighters who’ve fought in Saudi two and the times respectively. I know exactly what one was paid for his two fights and it was far more than he got a for a World title fight in the UK. However, no idea how it was broken down in regards to purse, upside, incentives, bonuses etc.

would u think for example that bud crawford getting paid 2.5 mil for his madrimov fight & lets say bivol and beterbiev getting 2.7 mil for their undisputed fight is what u would expect from this saudi bag? this is final pay figure with no extra from anything by the way

[Smash]

You talking to the mirror again??

mirror mirror on the wall whos the cleverest of them all?

LMB

[chicken-]

I enjoy watching a great fight live or on my living room TV, but I'd rather be a part of the energy that a great big fight creates...

Same for a musical performance. I'd much rather see a concert along side 20 thousand screaming fans than alongside 200 quiet fans.

Difference in energy, but having options is great, in my opinion....

Yes I love paying to see my favorite band only to hear tonedeaf people singing and screaming all around me.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

would u think for example that bud crawford getting paid 2.5 mil for his madrimov fight & lets say bivol and beterbiev getting 2.7 mil for their undisputed fight is what u would expect from this saudi bag? this is final pay figure with no extra from anything by the way

In total they would have earned far more. No idea how the Saudi’s distribute the cash but it’s clearly far beyond what fighters generally earn in Europe/North America.

[LarryMerchant'sBottle]

would u think for example that bud crawford getting paid 2.5 mil for his madrimov fight & lets say bivol and beterbiev getting 2.7 mil for their undisputed fight is what u would expect from this saudi bag? this is final pay figure with no extra from anything by the way

The $2.5 million that Bud received was his guaranteed amount, that figure can be proven because it was a declared amount to the State of California. Could Bud have received another $20 or $30 million plus a Yacht and some land in SA?? Maybe, maybe not, but let's stick to facts and what can be proven, not what one can imagine...

[Smash]

The $2.5 million that Bud received was his guaranteed amount, that figure can be proven because it was a declared amount to the State of California. Could Bud have received another $20 or $30 million plus a Yacht and some land in SA?? Maybe, maybe not, but let's stick to facts and what can be proven, not what one can imagine...

yawn.....

now wheres that mirror gone

[LarryMerchant'sBottle]

Yes I love paying to see my favorite band only to hear tonedeaf people singing and screaming all around me.

That's cool, everyone is different. When I attended concerts, the bands that I followed played too loud to be drowned out by the fans that were singing off key.

When I was singing professionally, I always enjoyed the energy of the the crowd as opposed to the folks just sitting on their butts clapping. Different strokes for different folks, that is why options are great!