Dibella: We're Looking Looking at a Cotto Fight, Then a Canelo Fight, Then Maybe GGG

[US Dirk Killer]

I've seen the light now man....it's not fair for Martinez to do that.
And you're taking what they said out of context and or putting words in their mouth.
GGG is nothing but a 8 loss amateur loss coward liar.

you're a fucking ****** retard

[daggum]

oh, okay,,, if i was a boxing manager i would want to be respected,,,,

and your a ****ing idiot that cant understand the business of it,,,

canelo and cotto both going to be the A-side,,, they are going to take most of the money,,,, serg will be left with a few million

with GGG,, serg would actually be the A-side and would get a few million

either way you cut it, serg makes the same because canelo and cotto taking 5-10 mil,, and ggg would cost 1 maybe 2 mil tops,,,,,,,,

No where do you think serg would make the most money at,,, being the B-side or being the A-side,,,,,

either way he makes about the same amount, and if anything he could over ggg a flat fee, and no ppv money,, with canelo and cotto they taking everything,,
but i dont expect you to realize that,,,,, or understand pay scales,, this isnt food stamps and link cards we are talking about

yeah but he would be fighting a bloated cotto instead of a destroyer named golovking so they use the "we want money fights" excuse to duck. it's really not about the money. it's about staying relevant as long as you can and making that easy money.

[-Kev-]

With your logic, because Bernard Hopkins, a former MW, has a millennium at 175, means we should expect to see him go up and challenge Hernandez and Huck at CW right? I mean, for how long has Hopkins been a LHW doe?

Personally I think it's a terrible idea, but i'm just using NSB.

[-PBP-]

Lol @ people saying a boxing promoter's main focus is money. Don King robbed his fighters blind, which is way everyone supports him and he's the best promoter ever. Dibella's main focus is to duck Golovkin

OK. Let's go by your theory. If Don King promoted Sergio he would do the same thing because it would be more money for him to steal by fighting Cotto or Canelo.

[Holywarrior]

Word. Dibella's job as a promoter is to make his client the most money with the least amount of risk. Not feed him to a prime savage and leave several millions of dollars on the table.

I don't like it. But I understand it. It's the nature of the new era of boxing.

Exactly. It's why Don King kept Joppy away from Hopkins for so long but somehow got him fights with Duran lol

How is Martinez vs Cotto not a good fight anyways? Both love HBO

[Hougigo]

Exactly. It's why Don King kept Joppy away from Hopkins for so long but somehow got him fights with Duran lol

How is Martinez vs Cotto not a good fight anyways? Both love HBO

It's a good money fight that also became somewhat interesting competitive wise due to their last fights

[thebowtod]

OK. Let's go by your theory. If Don King promoted Sergio he would do the same thing because it would be more money for him to steal by fighting Cotto or Canelo.

i find it funny how you are trying to act like ggg isn't a draw yet he just drew 1.5 million viewers against someone like stevens

[-Kev-]

[QUOTE=PBP;13932940]Its a different sport today. Not nearly as popular. If Hagler and Hearns were in today's landscape they would probably avoid each other and look for a PPV fight with Canelo or Cotto as well. When's the last time two black american fighters other than Floyd Mayweather even headlined a successful PPV?

Floyd even told you fighters are way more protected then they used to be when he was discussing the differences between him and Broner.




All fights are risky. Especially the big money fights because popular fighters are established veterans who have likely had a track record of success. You have to balance the risk versus the reward. You can take a risk vs. Golovkin, but make $1 mil. Or you can take the risk vs. Cotto and make $4 mil. Easy decision.

It happens. It sucks when the big money fights are lower risk. But this is not new at all. It's not new era at all, ask in the history section about SRR and his money.[/quote[

I know about SRR. But he had one belt and for the most part defended that belt against the fighters he was supposed to.



Its not about who's more risky. I still think GGG is the riskiest of the 3 but it doesn't chance the fact that its about who has the best balance of risk and reward. GGG is risky but brings not nearly as much money as the other two options.

Nothing has changed man. Boxing has always been a business first. These "golden days" of boxing, full off flowers and unicorns don't exist. The "Hurt business" has a double meaning, and it is an old phrase for boxing. People try to say "Oh the good ol' days...ahhh" but they actually don't know what that even means. Luckily my pops is 60 and has watched boxing since the 50s, with his word and what I have read from the History Section regulars, I put two and two together and see boxing is still the same. There was a thread here once showing a 1960s article about how Boxing is dead. I bet you think 1960s was full of golden fights and fighters itching to face the low pay, low reward fighters.

[-PBP-]

i find it funny how you are trying to act like ggg isn't a draw yet he just drew 1.5 million viewers against someone like stevens

Putting words into my mouth. My turn.

I find it funny that you think GGG has the same drawing power as Cotto and Canelo.

[daggum]

sergio vs murray did 700k viewers
golovking did 1.5 agaisnt stevens

when did sergio became super popular? because he did 475k views against chavez? thats like saying baldomir is a draw because he did 350k views against floyd.

if we look at the numbers and cotto wants a bigger money fight he should fight golovking. don't think he will be doing that though.