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If they're looking for a money fight Ward was the money fight at 50-50 The only B-side fighters who've made money fighting Floyd have been fighters who brought something to the table. Such as PPV buys in their own country or a big following a la Hatton. Is there a huge PPV market in Kazakhstan I don't know anything about?
Why does K2 and Sanchez think GGG can make $10-$15 mil fighting Froch and put 80,000 butts in the seats at Wembley Stadium? Froch-Groves II was a once in a lifetime event. It was a perfect storm of events that led to that fight. They'd sell out the O2 but Hearn is gonna **** K2 in negotiations because he knows how desperate they are to make the fight. Groves got a guaranteed purse of 2 million lbs. Where are they getting the $10-$15 million figure? American's are getting up at 5am to buy a PPV fight. They didn't even buy his 9pm PPV fight. Is Kazakhstan the new hotbed for $100 PPV's? The only fight in the UK that could sell out Wembley is Joshua-Fury. Maybe some posters from the UK can better explain how rare Froch-Groves II was.
Oscar is talking a 90-10 split. The best they can do with a purse bid is 75-25. We can speculate on purse bid price. I'll say $15 is being very generous and $10 mil is probably more realistic. So that's between $3.75 and $2.5 mil. And that's with Canelo getting the lions share of the PPV cut in the U.S. and Mexico. This fight isn't happening. I think the main reason the fight isn't happening is because GBP is about to pay a lot of money to All-Star boxing for their tortious interference case. The case starts May 21st and they're seeking damages for profits from all of Canelo's fights since he's been with GBP. They can't risk a Canelo loss and risk his future earnings. I also think this will be the reason Canelo turns down the fight. The case has been delayed due to Canelo claiming interference with his fights and training. This will be a good cover for Canelo to reject the fight and not lose credibility.
People like to say Ward isn't a draw but he's consistently sold out his home town. He's consistently gotten good ratings on HBO. Even his 350k on BET was a good rating taking into account BET doesn't usually show boxing and most non-black people can't even find BET or their provider doesn't carry it. Ward is more known than Lemieux was/is. If GGG-Lemieux did 150k then Ward-GGG would've doubled that. The proposal Ward sent was for them to fight late 2016. That would've been the only PPV worth buying so far this year. Delvin Rodriguez got $1 mil for fighting Ward on HBO Championship Boxing. GGG could triple that and get a nice cut of the PPV.
K2 took a risk with that Lemieux PPV and it backfired. They're in a weaker position now than before the fight. Come November 2016 Ward-Kovalev does 400k PPV and GGG will be stuck fighting Heiland because Canelo vacated and Jacobs and Saunders fought in August. They'll be even more desperate to get GGG a top name and get even more ****d in negotiations.
Why does K2 and Sanchez think GGG can make $10-$15 mil fighting Froch and put 80,000 butts in the seats at Wembley Stadium? Froch-Groves II was a once in a lifetime event. It was a perfect storm of events that led to that fight. They'd sell out the O2 but Hearn is gonna **** K2 in negotiations because he knows how desperate they are to make the fight. Groves got a guaranteed purse of 2 million lbs. Where are they getting the $10-$15 million figure? American's are getting up at 5am to buy a PPV fight. They didn't even buy his 9pm PPV fight. Is Kazakhstan the new hotbed for $100 PPV's? The only fight in the UK that could sell out Wembley is Joshua-Fury. Maybe some posters from the UK can better explain how rare Froch-Groves II was.
Oscar is talking a 90-10 split. The best they can do with a purse bid is 75-25. We can speculate on purse bid price. I'll say $15 is being very generous and $10 mil is probably more realistic. So that's between $3.75 and $2.5 mil. And that's with Canelo getting the lions share of the PPV cut in the U.S. and Mexico. This fight isn't happening. I think the main reason the fight isn't happening is because GBP is about to pay a lot of money to All-Star boxing for their tortious interference case. The case starts May 21st and they're seeking damages for profits from all of Canelo's fights since he's been with GBP. They can't risk a Canelo loss and risk his future earnings. I also think this will be the reason Canelo turns down the fight. The case has been delayed due to Canelo claiming interference with his fights and training. This will be a good cover for Canelo to reject the fight and not lose credibility.
People like to say Ward isn't a draw but he's consistently sold out his home town. He's consistently gotten good ratings on HBO. Even his 350k on BET was a good rating taking into account BET doesn't usually show boxing and most non-black people can't even find BET or their provider doesn't carry it. Ward is more known than Lemieux was/is. If GGG-Lemieux did 150k then Ward-GGG would've doubled that. The proposal Ward sent was for them to fight late 2016. That would've been the only PPV worth buying so far this year. Delvin Rodriguez got $1 mil for fighting Ward on HBO Championship Boxing. GGG could triple that and get a nice cut of the PPV.
K2 took a risk with that Lemieux PPV and it backfired. They're in a weaker position now than before the fight. Come November 2016 Ward-Kovalev does 400k PPV and GGG will be stuck fighting Heiland because Canelo vacated and Jacobs and Saunders fought in August. They'll be even more desperate to get GGG a top name and get even more ****d in negotiations.
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