Bradley-Khan in the UK with the gate alone would probably bring in a minimum of £3-5 million to the pot, that is WITHOUT any tv money. Bradley has to realise that this fight even with a 65-35 would probably double his previous best pay day.
Bradley-Alexander drew over 6000 fans to Detroit.
Khan-Maidana drew over 4000 fans to Vegas.
Bradley-Alexander TV rating was 1.345M, Khan-Maidana TV rating was 1.17M.
Those numbers tell me Bradley deserves 60/40.
I know you're joking. The "SUPERFIGHT" sold a whimpering 339 tickets 2 weeks before the date, they had to let thousands of people in for free on the night to make it look respectable. Let me remind you, these are the two american 140lb kings no less. . . .
And two foreigners fighting on US shores drew a TV rating 15% less than the AMERICAN 140lb Kings? And how many ppv subscriptions did the "SUPERFIGHT" sell? Oh, yeah, they didnt have enough confidence to put it on ppv. On the otherhand 100,000 brits stayed awake at 4am to pay and watch the KHan fight. Not to mention over 1000 people flying out from britain at a cost of well over $1000 each to fly 5,000 miles. Now ill ask again how many americans would be willing to pay that amount to see Bradley fight? As evident from the "SUPERFIGHT" people werent even willing to travel 5miles for FREE tickets to see him. Speak on it.
In terms of the American money, Bradley should receive the lion's share. Same can be said for the British money. However, I think 60/40 in terms of American money, 70/30 for British money.
Bradley isn't big enough to demand any more from America and he's not big enough to expect any more in terms of European money.
I like how we negotiate for the fighters on BoxingScene.
Guilty.
The thread wasn't suppose to be about whether or not a 50-50 purse split was fair. It was suppose to be about whether or not Khan (who would ultimately be the one to have to make this decision) should just take the 50-50 just to make the fight happen, or should Khan just walk away from it...
Lmao, by the time I came here to check on it, there were already 68 replies, everyone was didn't get my point, Khan became a bum, while Bradley became a overhyped... nations got involved...
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