Would Bradley Accept A 60/40 Or 70/30 Split With Khan?

[Sweet Jesus]

You think you put Van Gogh as your avatar it gives your statement credence?

This is the single dumbest comment I have ever read. And that includes the asian posters.

[Check]

Should be 50/50. Khan can have the bigger slice when it comes to PPV buys in the UK.

[MartinC]

If Bradley wants to remain champ he should avoid Khan at all costs.

[DET. IRONSIDE]

This is the single dumbest comment I have ever read. And that includes the asian posters.

lol you're butthurt huh?

[El Fenomeno]

So if this fight takes place in the UK where Khan can sell out a stadium let alone an arena with 25,0000 and Khan is already PPV in the UK not only that against Malignaggi more people tuned into watch the replay of Khan fight than did for the FA Cup final highlights, Thats like more people tuning to watch Khan than the Superbowl.

A paragraph that's absolutely filled to the brim with bullshit.

Proof of Khan being able to sell out any stadium please?

He isn't PPV in the UK. That's why he had to share the PPV for the Maidana fight with 2 other cards on the same night. Added to the fact that the Malignaggi fight wasn't even on PPV. The reason more people tuned in for the Khan replay iss because that fight aired live at about 4am our time, not a lot of people want to say up till that time to watch Khan fight Paulie. Also, everyone watches the FA cup final live anyway, there's no need for them to watch the highlights. The FA cup is no-where near the magnitude of the superbowl either so don't even try and compare the two.

[breezy53]

A paragraph that's absolutely filled to the brim with bullshit.

Proof of Khan being able to sell out any stadium please?

He isn't PPV in the UK. That's why he had to share the PPV for the Maidana fight with 2 other cards on the same night. Added to the fact that the Malignaggi fight wasn't even on PPV. The reason more people tuned in for the Khan replay iss because that fight aired live at about 4am our time, not a lot of people want to say up till that time to watch Khan fight Paulie. Also, everyone watches the FA cup final live anyway, there's no need for them to watch the highlights. The FA cup is no-where near the magnitude of the superbowl either so don't even try and compare the two.

I agree with you on the fa cup. Its more likely than not if the unification fight was in the UK he would be able to fill 25k+. For example he sold out the MEN for the barrera fight coming off the Prescott loss, thats around 20k+ if im not mistaken. Then sold out the MEN against Kotelnik. Add to that selling out the Nottingham arena 10k twice, Metro arena - 11k, Bolton arena several times -7k just to name a few . . . . . . .

Bradley on the otherhand can only manage to sell out tiny auditoriums (circa 2500) in his home state. In his 3 previous fights as champ he fought at a 2500 capacity building. That is pathetic for a world champion especially in his home state/country. Brittish fans support their fighters, not something which can be said for the american counterparts, but then again who can blame them with the boring **** they have to watch.

[Clegg]

Brittish fans support their fighters, not something which can be said for the american counterparts, but then again who can blame them with the boring **** they have to watch.

There are plenty of British fighters who have gone underappreciated.

[breezy53]

There are plenty of British fighters who have gone underappreciated.

I shouldve slightly rephrased that, world champion british boxers were never supported as poorly as Bradley is. Benn/Eubank/Calzaghe/Hatton/Haye/Lennox/Prince/Cobra/Collins/Bruno to name a few. Even Audley harrison was supported fairly well for a long time

[mikemurni]

If Bradley couldnt get a deal that he wants with Khan, he is goin to jump ship to Top Rank. Arum is already offering him a fight with Pac. And if this happens, Khan will have no viable opponent in the fall that could place him one step closer to a fight with Floyd next year.

They better be fair to Bradley because he does have options... In fact, I wouldn't be suprise if he wait 'till May (Pac-Mosley) to make his decision.

[Lorily]

I will be the first to admit that Khan is the cash cow in the division and Bradley can't draw flies. But he is #1 in the division and he commands respect. The division is too deep to take short money from Khan's people. Bradley wouldn't take less than 50 percent to fight in the UK, even though it would be easily be his biggest payday. His people didn't want to fight in St. Louis because they were afraid Timmah would get a raw deal. Ok, since HBO will pay all the promotional and sanctioning fees and purses and the promoters don't have to do squat let's fight this in a town where the economy is depressed and hardly no one cares or heard of these fighters. Ok, I will get off my soapbox. My point is Timmah's people will not take short money to fight Khan. I will say Khan would deserve 55/45 split of the ppv sales in the UK.

A lot of good points in this post I agree with. I believe Bradley had also agreed at one point to fight Alexander in St. Louis, but wisely changed his mind because he didn't want to risk a "hometown" decision to Devon. Given the outcome of the Alexander-Kotelnik fight I think it was a smart move. Bradley cares about the money but I also think he values his record too much to risk a loss to a possible B.S. hometown decision, which is the reason I also believe he will not end up agreeing to fight in the UK either. I think he will change his mind once negotiations start - just like he did with Alexander. I don't think Schaeffer will have a problem having Khan fight in the States, he was actually the one pushing Khan to fight Maidana in the U.S., while I believe Khan originally wanted it to be in the UK. Although, that might have been for the purpose of getting Khan more well known in the States.

I'm with you, I don't believe Bradley is going to allow Team Khan to low-ball him. I really can't see him being o.k with them determining what his "highest payday" should be. Fine, Schaeffer (and others on here) say that people shouldn't worry about Khans money - that may be true, but isn't Khan also doing the same thing by trying to determine what another fighters highest payday should/would be? Either way you look at it, whether in the U.S. or in the UK, Bradley should have an even split of money. Bradley is the man that Khan needs to beat in order to continue on his cruisade of being AND beating the best. Bradley is already at the top and can easily move up NOW to fight either Mayweather or Pacquiao. By Khans own admission, he has a bit further to go to step up to the likes of Mayweather at this time.

I still think negotiations between Bradley and Khan are going to be difficult and ongoing, and it may be in to next year before we see a date set - if at all.