Rahman seeks normal split!

[TheFairPole]

Rahman seeks normal split!
Steve Nelson, manager of WBC heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman has written WBC President Sulaiman and the WBC Board of Governors, objecting to a petition by promoter Dan Goossen on behalf of James Toney to change the mandated purse bid split from 75/25 in favor of the champion to 50/50 due to the 'high marketability' of Toney. "We call for the WBC Board of Governors to uphold your existing rule which provides for a 75/25 split in favor of your champion," wrote Nelson. "We firmly believe that there is no reason to financially reward James Toney while penalizing your champion, Hasim Rahman.....The WBC has been more than generous in rewarding James Toney by designating him as Hasim Rahman’s mandatory challenger. The elevation of James Toney to madatory challenger is more than enough reward for James Toney who you elevated in the rankings from number five to number two without the benefit of beating a ranked boxer. In fact, there is no precedent to award a percentage change under these circumstances. There is no need to reward him further especially in light of his steroid abuse..."
Tuesday, December 6 2005

[TyrantT316]

Rahman may seem to have a bit of a point...

but Rahman isn't the bigger name either...nor has Rahman really done anything since Lewis I

50-50 is where it should be at...or 60-40 with the winner taking the bigger split

[The Wire]

Who cares about the money? Once Toney whups Rahman's ass he's gonna be able to make all sorts of money from the belt

[Leo Pradun]

it should be 60-40 to be fair to all, toney doesnt deserve 50-50 say whatever u want but he was found using roids and he was banned from fighting the wba hes getting a wbc title shot that is good enough for him, however he is marketable and 60-40 would be good, on the other hand rahman was handed the title but he still is champ 75-25 is to much for rahman, 60-40 will be fair for both guys....

[badblood]

Let me get this straight, Toney leaps ahead of Maskaev by doing nothing and he demands half.

[DiegoFuego]

Let me get this straight, Toney leaps ahead of Maskaev by doing nothing and he demands half.

Do you not understand that Toney is the biggest name in the heavyweight division? Wait...THE ONLY NAME. Toney gets at least half no matter who he fights, no question about it. This isn't a Mayweather-Judah situation where nobody outside of boxing knows who they are. People know James Toney and people will pay to see him fight. You need to get with the program and stop hating on Toney.

But hey, maybe Rahman will wait on the Toney fight and get revenge against Maskaev first. I'd be cool with that. KO Maskaev and fight Toney.

[badblood]

Do you not understand that Toney is the biggest name in the heavyweight division? Wait...THE ONLY NAME. Toney gets at least half no matter who he fights, no question about it. This isn't a Mayweather-Judah situation where nobody outside of boxing knows who they are. People know James Toney and people will pay to see him fight. You need to get with the program and stop hating on Toney.

But hey, maybe Rahman will wait on the Toney fight and get revenge against Maskaev first. I'd be cool with that. KO Maskaev and fight Toney.

If he is the only name in the division, then you must not get out much.

[Dirt E Gomez]

Let me get this straight, Toney leaps ahead of Maskaev by doing nothing and he demands half.

Granted Toney hasn't done a lot in the Heavyweight division, but he's still better known than most boxers at HW these days. I also don't get what the big deal about Maskaev is. Every good piece of competition he's faced he's lost to with the exception of Rahman.

[badblood]

Granted Toney hasn't done a lot in the Heavyweight division, but he's still better known than most boxers at HW these days. I also don't get what the big deal about Maskaev is. Every good piece of competition he's faced he's lost to with the exception of Rahman.

Because Maskaev fought in a sactioned WBC eliminator and won, then was passed over by Toney who has done nothing. But it's not that big of a deal.

[RAESAAD]

Rahman may seem to have a bit of a point...

but Rahman isn't the bigger name either...nor has Rahman really done anything since Lewis I

50-50 is where it should be at...or 60-40 with the winner taking the bigger split

Good idea I agree.