Comments Thread For: Maidana Requests Purse Bid, Expects Khan To Vacate Title

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How much is he going to donate?

I heard it on here. Theres no official amount in the post that I saw it in.

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh....php?p=9154458

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Here's some further clarification for those interested. This will help explain where these reporting numbers are coming from.

Khan's deal with GBP gaurantees him a minimum of 1.25million dollars for each of the 3 fight deal. Also as he actually is in co-promotion with GBP. On top of this sum he also takes all UK PPV revenue himself, and deals with the British broadcasters independently of GBP.

Now...

1.25million is 55% of 2.27 million. This is the total purse that would be required to stage the event. 45% of 2.27million is 1 million. This is where the "Maidana is demanding 1 million dollars" story comes from. This is in fact his entitlement assuming Khan gets his gaurantee under WBA rules.

The problem is that HBO have offered around 2 million for the event. So in which case the purse needs to be reduced significantly. However Team Khan are insisting they get their guarantee, it's not possible to give Khan his gaurantee on the 55-45 ratio stated in the WBA rules, so they are putting stories into the press that Maidana demands are too high, when in fact it's Khans guarantee that is putting Maidana entitlement so high.

It could be argued that the fault for this is with GBP in offering Khan this ridiculous contract, especially when you consider that Khan's UK PPV revenue is seperate to the 1.25million

Hopefully the WBA will speak soon on the matter.

Great, informative post. Khan is going to look bad if he doesn't do the right thing here. GBP as well

[Dave Rado]

Hopefully the WBA will speak soon on the matter.

And the WBA have now spoken, calling for a purse bid. So Khan's bluff has well and truly been called. Now we'll see whether he genuinely wants the fight or if it was a calculated bluff that is backfiring on him.

He's already been shown up as a liar because he claimed that Maidana isn't his mandatory yet, that he's entitled to another voluntary first, and the WBA have just ruled otherwise.

By the way, I've just noticed that you've only posted here twice, and yet both your posts have been world class! Keep up the good work.