Kevin Iole: "Roy Jones Jr fought for FREE this past Saturday"

[ИATAS]

somehow I find that hard to believe.

We all knew beforehand hopkins had that 3 million guaranteed and everything after that was 50/50 so if it's true it's a case of jones/gbp seriously underestimating the PPV results (though we don't know the numbers yet, but 100k is probably pretty accurate).

[SoldierWarrior]

Meh.. I wouldnt listen to this. They got at least 200k PPV buys. Roy will get a few bucks.

I doubt he gets even the ppvs, I'm sure that alot of the ppv money goes to the ****-hole promoters.

[THE REED]

Damn..........

[SuckaPunch]

Dan Rafael actually commented on this issue even BEFORE the fight.

Here's a quote from him in an article dated April 1, 2010 (fight was April 3rd)

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"To add insult to possible injury, Jones might not make any money from the fight. Despite the camps saying they have a 50-50 deal -- and 60-40 to the winner if it's a knockout -- do the math. Hopkins' side is supposed to get the first $3.5 million after the expenses are paid. Jones' side would get the next $3.5 million with the rest being split evenly. The problem? The fight might not generate even a first $3.5 million."

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...dan&id=5046549

[BIGBOXINGFAN]

Wow this is sad news. They should have never done this fight.

[BattlingNelson]

"The sad thing about the fight is that Jones won’t make anything. Let’s assume for a second that the 6,792 in the building actually paid for their seats (we know that’s not true) and that the seats averaged $300 a ticket (a figure higher than reality). That would mean the gate was $2 million. If the expenses to rent the building and promote the fight were $1 million, that means $1 million is left. Now, let’s figure it sold 100,000 pay-per-views at $49.95 apiece. That’s about $5 million. They have to split 50 percent of that with the cable and satellite operators, so that leaves $2.498 million for themselves. Add the $1 million from the gate and the $2.498 million from the pay-per-view and you have $3.498 million in profit. Given that the contract called for the first $3.5 million in profit to go to Hopkins and Golden Boy, it’s almost certain Jones fought for nothing. Actual revenue will likely be far less than I’ve described above."

- Kevin Iole

http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slu...xmailbag040510

If this holds water, Jones will be losing a sixfigure sum on this fight as he's had expenses for trainers, sparringpartners, nutritionists, gymfacilities etc.

It really saddnes me. Nobody should fight for free let alone pay to be able to get in the ring.

The numbercrunchers who calculated this fight should be ashamed of themselves.

[RockyB]

neither should get much money for that performance..

[rskumm21]

Well since he didn't come to fight anyway...

[BritishBoxing92]

"The sad thing about the fight is that Jones won’t make anything. Let’s assume for a second that the 6,792 in the building actually paid for their seats (we know that’s not true) and that the seats averaged $300 a ticket (a figure higher than reality). That would mean the gate was $2 million. If the expenses to rent the building and promote the fight were $1 million, that means $1 million is left. Now, let’s figure it sold 100,000 pay-per-views at $49.95 apiece. That’s about $5 million. They have to split 50 percent of that with the cable and satellite operators, so that leaves $2.498 million for themselves. Add the $1 million from the gate and the $2.498 million from the pay-per-view and you have $3.498 million in profit. Given that the contract called for the first $3.5 million in profit to go to Hopkins and Golden Boy, it’s almost certain Jones fought for nothing. Actual revenue will likely be far less than I’ve described above."

- Kevin Iole

http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slu...xmailbag040510

im sure roy probably got summit like £500,000 or maybe £1 Mill

[Dsanchez]

On top of all risk their health for no $$$ tsk tsk tsk