Quillin pocketed 500k from Haymon to sidestep Korobov

[wiz1030]

I was one of the few who favored Korobov, so this is how I saw it for him:

Option A:
-$500k to drop belt,
-a 'promise' to get over $1 million for the next fight

Option B:
-$1.4m (minus paying his team and manager and promoter's cut, which probably leaves him with a guesstimate of $850k) to take the Korobov fight.
-defend the title, with risk of losing it in the ring(highly likely in my opinion)


If it was a choice between the two options, the decision hinges on the uncertainty of option A which is the 'promise' for a purse north of a million for the next fight versus the uncertainty of option B, Roc Nation Sports' ability to effectively promote the fight. If Haymon's the one whispering in his ear, then you know which way the advice is slanted

[thiefery]

^^^^option a, even with the promise of a million for a future fight, isn't his take home pay, he still has to pay his team with that.

Quillen can do what he likes but he can't be mad when fans call his ass out. He looks like a shook champion that gave up his strap rather than fight for it in the ring.

[wiz1030]

^^^^option a, even with the promise of a million for a future fight, isn't his take home pay, he still has to pay his team with that.

Quillen can do what he likes but he can't be mad when fans call his ass out. He looks like a shook champion that gave up his strap rather than fight for it in the ring.

I agree. I just outlined the choice set. He should definitely be subject to criticism for dropping the belt.

[Gods We Faked]

Quillin had his first real test and dropped his belt to avoid it. I do have a hard time bashing a guy for accepting half a million to not show up for work though.

[Eastcoast]

Quillin had his first real test and dropped his belt to avoid it. I do have a hard time bashing a guy for accepting half a million to not show up for work though.

He accepted a $500k to turn down about $1mill and his title. He took the safest option.

[Infamous]

Ya lets encourage fighters to drop their belt instead of fighting their mandatory. Some of you guys on here make me embarrassed to be a boxing fan. What a joke the fan base has become.

I don't usually agree with your dumb a.ss, but your spot on... I blame Floyd and pacquiao for the current state of boxing... It's obvious they used each other's name to milk the fans... And yet these stans still defend their every move... Not so much the Pac stans anymore, but they were up there before he got knocked out... I guess it's okay to fight bums to these stans as long as you're calling out top contenders, LSC, Broner, Stevenson, etc...

[Jewish-Reptile]

Even after paying his team he still would've made about $1mill for the Korobov fight and had the chance to keep his title. Then the Jacobs fight for the inflated Haymon amount still would've been there afterwards.

By choosing the safe route - Quillin lost $500k, his title, and tarnished his brand. All that said, I favored Korobov over Quillin, and it looks like Peter & Al did too.

This right here.

No matter what anyone says Quillen ducked Korobov and lost out on at least up to 500k,judging by his previous performances rightly so too.clearly the man has as much faith in himself as Al has,not a great deal.

All the while ROC are proving to be great news for the boxing world.they will shake things up and bring a sense of urgency to all negotiations as opposed to letting them go to purses as Haymon fighters have been doing in ordered fights against guys not in the Haymon camps.the man is a leach and has prevented many exciting match ups the boxing world not only wants to see but needs to see for the sport to thrive.these cards like Salka Garcia,Floyd Chino 2are damaging to the greater good.

It'll be interesting to see how negotiations with Beyonce and Stiverne play out,King and Haymon will be rather reluctant to let this one go to purses I feel,though Stiverne may do very well himself out of this with his lions share of the purse.

[BendOver]

Quillin had his first real test and dropped his belt to avoid it. I do have a hard time bashing a guy for accepting half a million to not show up for work though.

It happens all the time, "step aside money" in this case is "drop the alphabet soup so JZ doesn't debut with one of my fighters and I will get you some more for another worthless belt"

[Vasyl’s dad]

Its like the so called "real boxing" fans that hope a fight doesn't have any viewers, chooses one network over another or those that brag about illegally streaming fights instead of paying for them.

Streaming is a business decision though. Smart business actually because the viewer is paying less, cconsiderably.