HBO to blame for Khan-Bradley falling apart. Greenburg needs to go!

[Rome-By-Ko]

Here you go buddy!!
http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...t=Bradley+Khan

I read nothing in there that said Bradley would make 1.30 mill

[AllEyesOpen]

I agree, but i don't know how long either Khan or Bradley can go about fighting bums and still have a strong buzz behind a possible unification bout. I honestly don't want to and will not watch these guys fight unless it's against each other.

The worse part, is that I thought Bradley was a throwback fighter, ready and willling to fight the best, Alexander was considered one of the top guys at jww, and so is Khan.

Take the fight, earn your name, and get the big $$$ once your the last man standing.

[Rome-By-Ko]

I more than agree... its a bigger fight in bigger demand, but if everyone else is happy with everything but Bradley then hes the one holding up the fight, from what ive gathered now that seems to be the case, I like Bradley and think he would beat Khan.

Obviously though lots of different sides to a story, so might as well wait and see what happens before we make too harsh judgements.

Of course Khan is happy he is getting 1.25 mill,of course Shaw is happy he is a leach and happy to still be around Bradley to take some of his money before Bradley get's rid of his azz..Bradley is un-happy because he is the one being short change here..

[Hitman932]

Sugar Ray Leonard brought more ratings and was more popular than Thomas Hearns and Marvin Hagler, but did he demand 60/40 splits or a 100% share of a foreign TV revenue?

Khan couldn't even get 4500 people to watch him in Vegas against Maidana in a fight that everyone was supposedly looking forward to, not sure how people come to the conclusion that he is some awesome draw.

[Rome-By-Ko]

I agree, but i don't know how long either Khan or Bradley can go about fighting bums and still have a strong buzz behind a possible unification bout. I honestly don't want to and will not watch these guys fight unless it's against each other.

The worse part, is that I thought Bradley was a throwback fighter, ready and willling to fight the best, Alexander was considered one of the top guys at jww, and so is Khan.

Take the fight, earn your name, and get the big $$$ once your the last man standing.

You know you me ace dude,but be real Bradley has already taken a lot of risky fights at lil to no big reward..It's time to start making some money too..It is even more crazy when ya challenger(who is less accomplished)is making more money..Bradley is using his business mind,Bradley is a throwback fighter imo..But this is a brutal sport time to get paid..

[AllEyesOpen]

You know you me ace dude,but be real Bradley has already taken a lot of risky fights at lil to no big reward..It's time to start making some money too..It is even more crazy when ya challenger(who is less accomplished)is making more money..Bradley is using his business mind,Bradley is a throwback fighter imo..But this is a brutal sport time to get paid..

I was under the impression they were getting an even split, it's really not khan or HBO's fault Bradley is getting ****d by Shaw, but honestly I think he should take the fight simply cause he's making a lot of money, maybe not all going to him, but it's still alot.

I feel you rome, and you do make a lot of sense, but if he were to take this fight now and win, he'd be calling the shot from this point on and would be considered, without a doubt, the best jww in the world & the money would just start rolling in.

it sucks Khan is being hyped more then he is by HBO, but all he has to do is take him out which he is very capable of doing.

[jrosales13]

You know you me ace dude,but be real Bradley has already taken a lot of risky fights at lil to no big reward..It's time to start making some money too..It is even more crazy when ya challenger(who is less accomplished)is making more money..Bradley is using his business mind,Bradley is a throwback fighter imo..But this is a brutal sport time to get paid..

He's making 1.3mil to fight Khan. That's making some money bro.

And, you should know is not about accomplishment but being the bigger draw. I mean Oscar got more money that JCC cuz' he was the bigger draw at the time. Oscar got more money than Chicanito bigger draw but Oscar hadn't accomplished what they have at the time

That being said I don't blame Bradley not do I blame Khan. I blame HBO, why would Bradley fight Khan for just 200k more than what he made against Alexander? Especially when Khan is not only the bigger threat cuz' he's the better fighter but the much bigger draw than what Alexander was.

[el malo]

Really getting tired of this. Ocne again, HBO overpays their fighter, and because of it a huge fight is not made.

Remember why Cotto-Berto fell apart? HBO had been paying Andre over a million dollars to fight bums, so the 2.whatever million dollar offer to fight Cotto wasn't high enough. Why take the risk for just a little more cash?

Now, here were are with the same situation. HBO pays Bradley, who is not a draw or moneymaker, over a million dollars to fight another unknown (outside of St Louis), and also guarantees him another payday and HBO date in his next fight. Naturally, a unification with Khan is what everyone wants to see.

But Bradley, he thinks that 1.3 million dollars just isn't fair! He just made that much to fight Devon Alexander, and will get a million or so to fight any old fighter on HBO in his next fight. So why take the same money to get into a risky unification fight, when he can fight someone easier and still get paid?

After all, the fans can wait, right? If the fight happens, cool, if not; he still gets paid the big bucks by HBO, even if he can't fill a casino.

So, you have megafights not happening because guys are getting paid too much, and you have guys that have accomplished absolutely NOTHING in their careers except high profile losses turning down title shots/paydays (Peterson), because they know HBO will still take care of them.

This is not how the game is supposed to be played. HBO needs to hurry up and replace Ross Greenburg, because he has seriously fucked with the natural order of the boxing game.

yeah hbo loves overpaying for ***** fights and hypejobs, thats why we don't get fights like khan vs bradley and juanma vs gamboa. but the fans get rewarded with canelo vs rhodes and jcc jr. vs whatever his name is

[jijthejungleboy]

I read nothing in there that said Bradley would make 1.30 mill

"Shaw told me that Bradley and his managers rejected an offer of more than $1.3 million"

http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/blog/_/name/rafael_dan/id/6443074/tim-bradley-amir-khan-fight-falling-apart

[jrosales13]

Honestly Bradley made just as much in the Alexander fight as Pacquiao and JMM made together in their first fight.

HBO just ridiculous overpaid to have Bradley-Alexander.

They should have paid what Bradley and Alexander were worth. Bradley anywhere from 500-750k while Alexander around the 500k mark.

And, that would have made this Khan 1.3mil offer look like a great deal. But, they paid Bradley 1.1mil-1.2mil for Alexander. Which now makes this Khan offer look like bad deal.