Chris Byrds on negotiating with the Klitscko brothers

[Ray*]

LOL Ibragimov was a title unification = no rematch clause. You have zero clue about boxing.

Yea YOU really know about boxing, Unification fight isnt a mandatory its still voluntary so the bigger name (Which happens to be Wlad) would still be able to dictate the contract the way he want, Which means he would still have Vitali getting a shot at Ibra if Ibra won....Learn about the sport first.

[GatecrasherUA]

Lol, AFAIR Byrd earned $3.5 mln in Wlad rematch. How much did he earn vs Williamson, I wonder?

[GatecrasherUA]

Yea YOU really know about boxing, Unification fight isnt a mandatory its still voluntary so the bigger name (Which happens to be Wlad) would still be able to dictate the contract the way he want, Which means he would still have Vitali getting a shot at Ibra if Ibra won....Learn about the sport first.

Ibra made $5 mln, and who said he would have to fight Vitali? He was retired by the time of Wlad vs Ibra negotiations.

[Silencers]

20 percent of the purse if he beat both brothers. That's really not fair.

[GatecrasherUA]

20 percent of the purse if he beat both brothers. That's really not fair.

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[Silencers]

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Why would he bull**** about it? There's no reason for him to, he's never been a guy who went out of his way to make other fighters look bad outside of the ring.

[maverock]

Yea YOU really know about boxing, Unification fight isnt a mandatory its still voluntary so the bigger name (Which happens to be Wlad) would still be able to dictate the contract the way he want, Which means he would still have Vitali getting a shot at Ibra if Ibra won....Learn about the sport first.

There was no rematch clause vs. Ibragimov and Iggy made more money vs. Wlad than in all his previous fights combined and then retired on the money.

You have 12,000 posts on this board but apparently know neither spelling nor boxing very well.

[GatecrasherUA]

Why would he bull**** about it? There's no reason for him to, he's never been a guy who went out of his way to make other fighters look bad outside of the ring.

I know for sure:
1) he made good money in rematch vs Wlad and was pretty happy. He sued Don King because he turn down Klitschko $3.5 mln offer. No "fight the other brother" thing obviously, because Vitali was retired.
2) Wlad rematch was first and only time he made deal with Klitschko's K2 Promotions and not Universum, who promoted Wlad 1 and Vitali fight.
3) He took Vitali on short notice to replace Razor Ruddock, so strict contract was expected.

[Silencers]

I know for sure:
1) he made good money in rematch vs Wlad and was pretty happy. He sued Don King because he turn down Klitschko $3.5 mln offer. No "fight the other brother" thing obviously, because Vitali was retired.
2) Wlad rematch was first and only time he made deal with Klitschko's K2 Promotions and not Universum, who promoted Wlad 1 and Vitali fight.
3) He took Vitali on short notice to replace Razor Ruddock, so strict contract was expected.

What he said was that if he beat both brothers he would have had to fight the first brother he fought and get 20 percent of the purse. If that is the same deal they made to Haye then it's really unreasonable.

Haye has said there is a rematch clause in the contract where he would have had to fight the other brother and then the original brother. If they also offered Haye a 20% purse split in a third fight then I can see why Haye balked at the deal the second time.

And because the Klitschkos were represented by Universum doesn't mean the clause wasn't in the contract, the Klitschkos might have had the same terms under Universum.

[GatecrasherUA]

First of all, I don't buy that "20% if he will beat both of them" crap. Second, even if this existed, that wasn't Klitschko decision but Klaus Peter Kohl's. Third, who said that was the case in Haye's contract? And fourth, he was offered TWO options contract according to Boente. Haye prefered THREE options contract to Sauerland Event and Valuev fight, and was pretty happy about it.