FULL Eddie Hearn Interview on Gennady Golovkin vs Carl Froch

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Well there are a few things here.

Firstly there is the public statements of the fighters promoters and managers, their statements might be made in order to help them in their negotiations for potential fights. That might also be the case with Hearn in regards to Froch and Golovkin.

Secondly does the Golovkin team prefer fighting Froch, the lesser opponent, than Ward at 168? Yes they do. Sky PPV against Froch probably pays greater than regular HBO money against Ward. Is Golovkin ducking Ward? Maybe, although the fact that Ward is not fighting makes it easy for Golovkin to not appear like he is ducking Ward. He probably wants Ward, but just not yet. Does Froch ever want Golovkin? Probably not.

Both Froch and Golovkin want Chavez because of the $$$.

"Probably"

So based entirely on the fact that you're riding Golovkin's **** and not Froch's, GGG "probably" wants to fight Ward and Froch "probably" doesn't want to fight GGG.

Comical!

[LacedUp]

Froch didnt have much respect for Bute at all, he'd been taunting him for years. AA was considered dangerous, but he was also coming off a demoralizing loss.

1/4th? Gtfo

Degale does? Chavez does? On the strength of the Rubio UD, or the Vera rematch? Alright "massive GGG fan" lol

Yes he did. Stop talking out of yer arse. He hadn't been "taunting" him, he just said he felt he should have joined the super six.

Not really true. Abraham was more or less undefeated when Froch fought him.

I absolutely mean that. Listen, he'd be guaranteed a £4 million to begin with from Sky fighting Degale. Now, then you can add on everything in terms of selling 80k tickets for Wembley (and it would), PPV money, American money, international revenue etc and he's looking at a cool £6 million at least.

Fighting Golovkin wouldn't be near as big in the UK and definitely wouldn't be a Wembley fight. Less PPV money, HBO wouldn't put it up for PPV and they'd have to pay GGG so that leaves little budget left for Froch and he'd probably be looking at £1-2 million. maybe a little more.

Chavez is in a completely different stratosphere as it would be a dual PPV and a Vegas fight. Would easily rival Degale and probably exceed it.

[LacedUp]

Dumb. Of course he'd want a fair purse.

Yes, and how do you determine a fair purse? I'm trying to get to the root of this.

Froch is big enough at this point that a fight with GGG would do very well in the UK, and bring an additional HBO license fee and exposure.

No. Froch would take him the UK PPV money and would want something from HBO who probably wouldn't put up more than 1.5 m at best for a GGG-Froch fight.

Not enough money for both guys. Simple.

[HeroBando]

Yes he did. Stop talking out of yer arse. He hadn't been "taunting" him, he just said he felt he should have joined the super six.

Not really true. Abraham was more or less undefeated when Froch fought him.

I absolutely mean that. Listen, he'd be guaranteed a £4 million to begin with from Sky fighting Degale. Now, then you can add on everything in terms of selling 80k tickets for Wembley (and it would), PPV money, American money, international revenue etc and he's looking at a cool £6 million at least.

Fighting Golovkin wouldn't be near as big in the UK and definitely wouldn't be a Wembley fight. Less PPV money, HBO wouldn't put it up for PPV and they'd have to pay GGG so that leaves little budget left for Froch and he'd probably be looking at £1-2 million. maybe a little more.

Chavez is in a completely different stratosphere as it would be a dual PPV and a Vegas fight. Would easily rival Degale and probably exceed it.

lolllll at the bolded

no, he was taunting Bute for years, calling him chinny, fragile, and protected

You talked about being deserving of the fight because "Never beaten a good opponent yet, and certainly not beaten anyone in the SMW divison." Tell me about the good opponents the other guys have beaten. lol man, stop wating my time

[Divine Hammer]

i think froch can KO cold GGG.

call me crazy but when you ride your bike around the corner sometimes you are going to see a stop sign.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Froch is big enough at this point that a fight with GGG would do very well in the UK, and bring an additional HBO license fee and exposure.

You're just waffling hot air now and trying to make it seem like you're saying something substantial. HBO license fee? LOL...the only way the money is there to match what Froch has been offered elsewhere is if Golovkin takes a minuscule cut of the overall purse.

But in the words of GGG's manager, "For Gennady to move up, he's going to want a big chunk of the money"

[HeroBando]

Yes, and how do you determine a fair purse? I'm trying to get to the root of this.



No. Froch would take him the UK PPV money and would want something from HBO who probably wouldn't put up more than 1.5 m at best for a GGG-Froch fight.

Not enough money for both guys. Simple.

yeah i'll take it from you, the "massive ggg fan" that believes froch would be betting 1-2m for ggg lol

[LacedUp]

lolllll at the bolded

no, he was taunting Bute for years, calling him chinny, fragile, and protected

You talked about being deserving of the fight because "Never beaten a good opponent yet, and certainly not beaten anyone in the SMW divison." Tell me about the good opponents the other guys have beaten. lol man, stop wating my time

Why is it funny? He made £2.5 million fighting Kessler who's far better known in the UK than GGG and that was also a Dual PPV, which Golovkin wouldn't be. So once again, stop talking out of yer arse.

Which other guys? Chavez and Degale?

Well for those guys it doesn't matter who they beat. Degale has fought on PPV in the UK against Groves and is a Olympic Gold medalist and therefore infinitely more known than Golovkin is.

Chavez was in one of the biggest fights of the year in WORLD boxing not too long ago, so his profile and following is also infinitely bigger than GGGs.

[LacedUp]

yeah i'll take it from you, the "massive ggg fan" that believes froch would be betting 1-2m for ggg lol

Because I am a massive GGG fan I need to sink to your ridiculously low level of poor lobbyism?

Please, I know we're a rare bread of boxing fans on this board. But some of us actually have common sense.

It's something you probably won't understand though.

[HeroBando]

You're just waffling hot air now and trying to make it seem like you're saying something substantial. HBO license fee? LOL...the only way the money is there to match what Froch has been offered elsewhere is if Golovkin takes a miniscule cut of the overall purse. Perhaps give Froch all the PPV money.

But in the words of GGG's manager, "For Gennady to move up, he's going to want a big chunk of the money"

"Big chunk" is dependent on the size of the overall pot. If the pot is 4m, he'll want 50/50 say. If it's 10m, he might be ok with 75/25 or whatever. What was the split for the proposed Chavez fight, that GGG signed on for pronto?