Comments Thread For: Saunders: I Was Offered 1.5 Million For Golovkin, Not 4 Million

[Jewish-Reptile]

And they'll eat it up. I'm like you and think these Buster Douglas type underdog, tomato cans are a WASTE of time. Wade is RANKED #3 by the IBF.

GGG upcoming fights....

Dominic Wade
Jorge Heiland
Alfonso Blanca
Arif Magomedov
GranvTuereno

I for one do not want to see ANY of those opponents but those are his Mandatories.

It is frustrating that his own fans do not want to see him challenged, instead just collecting belts like a road sweeper hoarding all that shyt up which ultimately will be insignificant for his legacy. Lets get shyt straight, Canelo ain't elite GGG for me has entered that bracket for the manner in which he has won in the fights he has on his current rip. Here we are talking about a guy whom Kovalev has stated on record he can hang with the top 175ers yet he continues to dwell at 160 !

I know this is prize fighting but would a competitive match up be too much to ask for ? Canelo nor Cotto were ever provide that and neither was the geriatric Martinez and Felix Sturn he was chasing before them. These GGG fans are so gullible and naive, it is as though they are scared he will lose therefore they do not want him to step up.

[bojangles1987]

He wants a completely unreasonable amount of money to get slaughtered by Golovkin. Just like the rest of the middleweight division.

[BodiesInFlight]

It isn't, British fans get behind their fighters. If BJS fought Eubank Jr. again, he could make £1 Million+ with a world title on the line, and it's a much more winnable fight and another fight that gets his name out there. After that his purses would all be around £1 million mark from Sky.

Fights against Quillin, Jacobs with the US and UK money for Saunders would give him that sort of pocket. Hell a rematch with Andy Lee would be easy and a decent purse after a Eubank Jr. rematch. I think people underestimate the marketing machine that Sky Sports is in the UK when they get behind fighters.

BJS would get smashed by Golovkin, let's be honest. He isn't going to get smashed for the same amount of money that he could get elsewhere.

Saunders doesn't fight on sky though, he's boxnation. And didn't the Lee fight struggle to sell? But you're right that the Eubank Jr rematch is very lucrative.

[Jewish-Reptile]

Still probably, 1 million more than any other big fight he would earn. I can't see him earning a couple of hundred thousands against anyone else. How much did he make against a well known Lee? No one in the UK could make him more money not even Eubank JR rematch.

The Eubank fight for me would easily make him 1.5m US dollars in the UK, I expect Sky to rekindle their deal with Eubank now he has the Blackwell fight is out of the way a fight in which Sky/Hearn/Matchroom was outbid. I can see the rematch making him more, it could very well end up on ppv, Eubank has built up a solid fan base fighting on free to air tv as Tyson Fury did before making his Sky debut on PPV Sky Box Office.

[Jewish-Reptile]

He wants a completely unreasonable amount of money to get slaughtered by Golovkin. Just like the rest of the middleweight division.

Why is it unreasonable when he would get the same possibly more to face Eubanks or Jacobs, facing GGG for the said amount makes ZERO sense for your career if as expected he would be stopped, stop being a dumb ass.

[Jewish-Reptile]

Saunders doesn't fight on sky though, he's boxnation. And didn't the Lee fight struggle to sell? But you're right that the Eubank Jr rematch is very lucrative.

If Sky promoted Eubank versus Saunders it'd be ppv surely ?

[Jewish-Reptile]

Saunders had 2 offers on the tale, and both offered more than K2.

At least that's what I heard.

He mentioned 4 offers..... the 2 that paid more than GGG were Eubank Jnr, and Canelo. Not sure if true, but it was an interview with BJS/Frank a couple of weeks back.

When was the Canelo offer made ? I like that fight but not at 155, Canelo ain't fighting above 155 period he has made that blatantly clear maybe he intents to ditch the WBC belt thus acquiring the WBO, the WBC may very well come to regret putting that interim strap around GGG's waist in their greed and lust to take on their multiple sanctioning fees.

At 160 I could see that being a competitive fight, Saunders is under rated with his boxing skill itself and has proven to be durable. I expect an offer at 155 would be significantly higher than anything else on the table and he could comeback to the Eubanks fight down the line, they'll always have history the pair of them.

[robbyheartbaby]

Look I don't like Saunders, but he would want to cash in as much as possible on his title win, a soft defence against Bursak could make him a million and he then can fight GGG and hold that belt to ransom. This is a business and these fighters need to make as much money as they can before they get out.

[Jewish-Reptile]

Look I don't like Saunders, but he would want to cash in as much as possible on his title win, a soft defence against Bursak could make him a million and he then can fight GGG and hold that belt to ransom. This is a business and these fighters need to make as much money as they can before they get out.

What is Saunders forecast to make against Bursak ?

[BodiesInFlight]

If Sky promoted Eubank versus Saunders it'd be ppv surely ?

Absolutely. Fast Eddie would be licking his lips with that one.

Frank Warren was talking about putting on his own PPV at some point, wheather or not that's him talking nonsense i don't know. Boxnation sucks at selling a fight.