Clottey Responds To Refusing $650K For Paul Williams

[Sin City]

Where does Clottey expect the money to fall from? And why the **** does he deserve it?????

because he already sent his trainer home and haas little time to prepare..
he has a valid point.

you think people would learn to read... sheesh.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Dirk,

What makes this a 'lowball' offer? Because Josh says so?

How much has Josh been making?

Its low when you consider Williams will be making double. Neither of these guys are huge draws, so why are they so far apart in money? Remember Williams turned down 1.5m initially from Pavlik (who is a MUCH bigger draw) and stalled out for a close to 50/50 split. Clottey clearly wants the fight but they are ****ing him about.

[street bully]

Clottey has a very very slight chance of winning.

[handler000]

yea, but since the fight got canceled, im sure he stop training.
that was just one reason he should have a full 8 weeks to train.


pwilliams is a hard fighter to fight, so imo anyone would want a full 8 weeks to train

Read this and then repost. I believe Clottey said he NEVER stop training after the Quintana fight was cancelled. http://www.boxingscene.com/index.php?m=show&id=23101

[FLY TY]

Since when is 650k **** money? Ask Clottey how much he was getting paid to fight Quintana.

exactly.....

yea, but since the fight got canceled, im sure he stop training.

that was just one reason he should have a full 8 weeks to train.


pwilliams is a hard fighter to fight, so imo anyone would want a full 8 weeks to train

clottey said he stays in the gym....he was already preparing for a fight on the same day as PW, on the same card, as PW, so why does he need extra time now? if williams is able to go ahead with the same date, why not clottey?

Some of PWill fans are blinded by constant nut hugging. It's simple give Clottey 8 weeks to prepare for the fight and it is sealed/done. All Joshua said was for 5 weeks the money was low and he is right. If they can not pay him more move the fight 8 weeks away and lets get this fight

first of all.....its not as easy as just "moving a fight back." you're dealing with a HBO date, and HBO doesn't do PPV's so clost to christmas.....if the fight were to get pushed back, it'd undoubtedly get pushed to january sometime, and if that's the case, and PW has to sit out the rest of the year, he might as well wait to january and move ahead with the pavlik fight......

This may sound xenophobic, but that is a problem with these African fighters. Guys like Quartey and Clottey. They go in, fight their own style, never think/believe they've lost, and then have inflated sense of self based on "losing close."

Clottey is coming off a loss and has zero fanbase. Does he understand how much money $650K is?

Paulie Malignaggi made $200K to fight Diaz. Zab fought Spinks in St.Louis for $100K.

good post.

I knew there was more to this. Williams team seem to be more intent on claiming that fighters are "ducking" them rather than actually fighting them.

Just last week, after the Pavlik pull out, Williams claimed he had no interest in fighting Clottey because he brought nothing to the table. Now suddenly he lowballs him after Clottey has stopped training just so he can say Clottey is ducking him. Gimmie a break.

lowball? exactly WHO is joshua clottey??? like he said, he made less to fight cotto, and was probably gonna get 400 or less for quintana....how the hell is 650 a "lowball" offer? clottey's not a main attraction fighter at this point.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Read this and then repost. I believe Clottey said he NEVER stop training after the Quintana fight was cancelled. http://www.boxingscene.com/index.php?m=show&id=23101

He sent his trainer back to Africa.

[larry x]

but seriuosly this is what team williams does..make a ****ed up offer and claim fighters are ducking him..when in reality williams has no fanbase and isnt a draw and the fight will generate no money

[PensionKiller]

650k is a lot but extend it a few weeks for extra training and he will take it. What's the problem? Williams is not an easy guy to face so he wants to prepare as much as prossible. Training is different for fighter to fighter. He needs to spar with taller guys who throw a lot.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

lowball? exactly WHO is joshua clottey??? like he said, he made less to fight cotto, and was probably gonna get 400 or less for quintana....how the hell is 650 a "lowball" offer? clottey's not a main attraction fighter at this point.

Who is Paul Williams? Certainly not a main attraction either. Come on now.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

but seriuosly this is what team williams does..make a ****ed up offer and claim fighters are ducking him..when in reality williams has no fanbase and isnt a draw and the fight will generate no money

Spot on Larry!