Comments Thread For: Tim Bradley Explains Reasons For Staying at Top Rank

[-PBP-]

Made more because HBO & TR thought it would get the masses raild up, and bring top PPV sales...now that we've seen the numbers Pacman is the laughing stock of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and I doubt Rios will get top$$$ vs Bradley....I Know HBO, TR know that...see Bradley vs Marquez....How much longer till HBO realizes they are loosing money, and not bringing the the right PPV#s? while his bitter rival Floyd Money May raking up millions of viewers. almost vs any other oponent. you do the math.

How is HBO losing money? They get money from subscribers. Boxing is a pimple on an elephants ass cheek to them. If they can get ratings that hit 1-1.5 million per fight they are happy.

And Bradley Marquez was a successful PPV:

375,000 buys X $60 = $22.5 million
Gate - $ 3 million

Total Revenue $25.5 million (doesn't include sponsors, Mexican TV rights, international PPV, etc.)

Bradley's purse - $4.1 million
Marquez purse - $4 million (the other $2 mil was from Mexican TV rights)

Profit after purses: $14.4 million

Then you subtract promotion, undercard purses and other expenses out of that.

Top Rank is definitely NOT losing money on these PPVs. If anyone is losing money it is ShowTime.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

What market value? him and JMM could not sell 350K PPVs for **** sake

Lol....well whatever market value he currently has will vanish with a loss.

[BoxingSmarts24]

one thing that i agreed with tim is that if he does leave TR there is NO guarantee that he'll get a fight with floyd. and the flomos was on here saying if pac doesnt leave arum so he can get a fight with floyd then that means pac is ducking lol. i guess tim is ducking floyd also lol.. remember u guys said floyd can make any fight happen IF he wanted too, floyd picks his own opponents and floyd calls all the shot. so if he wanted pac or tim it can be done! he just doesnt want it, plain and simple.

He can fight those fighters when they are not signed to Top Rank. When did the: Marquez, Canelo, and Cotto fights take place? And did those fights have a lot of trouble making?

Why is that? Who was the ONE person that had ZERO say in the negotiations that Floyd has a track record of not working with since he left that organization?

[AgainstTheRopes]

Pacquiao vs Bradley 2 might very well be the last PPV of Bradleys career. He loses and he'll go back to fighting in front of a few hundred fans.

[Nay_Sayer]

I'm calling it right now, Bradley will sue TR for breach of contract before it's all said and done. Other than Pacquiao and maybe Marquez, who in the hell is @ Top Rank that Tim can fight to make 6 million dollars? WHO?

[whoseyourdaddy]

Lol....well whatever market value he currently has will vanish with a loss.

Am going to the UK (London to be exact) next year around April, and no offence to you but I don't want to leave without whatching a ManU game vs anybody. how far do I have to travel to see one of this games?

[hitking]

mayweather calls the shots. If he wanted to he could have crossed the line a long time ago. He is the linchpin to this Cold War

Everything's Floyd's fault.

[mourinho1]

MORAL OF THE STORY BOXING=BUSINESS!!!

Like many have tried to say all along it isn't a simple game of name calling chicken or making simple memmes about boxers.

If there was someone who i felt was smart about his future carreer ambition than it was Bradley. He also comes across the most sincere.

What i can stand from these kind of interviews(maybe i missed something tho), is the lack of two crucial questions:

1= how long does this TR+HBO contract last and how can he get out of the contract.

2=Maybe even 10 times as important, did the brother even listened to A COUNTER OFFER from goldenboy/showtime!!!!!

[MC Hammer]

Neither would I,but the fact remains..He makes more money at TR,he get's promoter better at TR..TR has his name being talked about with HOF implications..TR has been good to Timmy..No need to leave..The landscape will be changing soon enough anyway..Guerrero will be one of the first to jump ship..Expect to see fighters like Lopez Maidana and a few others want to leave GBP as well..

Lopez and Maidana are both advised by Haymon so TR is not an option. Actually most of the WW talent is Haymon advised so I don't see TR making any moves in that division.

[WilkinsOlajuwon]

Its simple for Tim. HBO will pay more for his fights than Showtime.