Do fight contracts ever incentivize KO's?

[nveleven]

...or wins in general? For example, if you have a purse dispute over whether it's going to be 50/50, 60/40, 40/60, etc...do negotiations ever end up in a compromise where the winner gets the lion's share of the money? I understand that corrupt judges don't make this easy if the fight goes to the scorecards, by why not specify that the win must take place by KO/TKO? Wouldn't this create more competitive fights? Does this ever happen in contracts?

[shenmue]

...or wins in general? For example, if you have a purse dispute over whether it's going to be 50/50, 60/40, 40/60, etc...do negotiations ever end up in a compromise where the winner gets the lion's share of the money? I understand that corrupt judges don't make this easy if the fight goes to the scorecards, by why not specify that the win must take place by KO/TKO? Wouldn't this create more competitive fights? Does this ever happen in contracts?

Probably, i know some fighters get win bonuses for sure so maybe they get KO bonuses as well.

[Pez]

Never heard of a contract like that actually being signed, but I'm sure it's been done before.

[TheSituation]

I remember something like this being said for Hopkins vs Joppy years back. I don't know if there was absolute truth to it though.

[DoktorSleepless]

Getting signed to a promoter sometimes depends on knocking out a guy.

[nveleven]

Getting signed to a promoter sometimes depends on knocking out a guy.

That's helpful, dip****. Since I'm clearly referring to unsigned, unheard-of fighters bc that's where all of the contract disputes take place.

[boliodogs]

This has been done before but not very often. Almost anything can be written into the contract if both sides agree on it.