Vargas turned down $1.61 Mil to fight Brook

[SterlingStained]

what's with the 1.61???

very insluting i dont care if its just jesse vargas.

you dont .61 anybody.

you better round that **** up.

[Chrismart]

They're overpaying him. I'm surprised he's turned that down.

[Chrismart]

When guys are getting paid 1M+ to fight guys their suppose to beat they expect a huge payday when the fight isn't a guaranteed win.

Yep, some of the big recent purses for miss-matches have certainly had a knock-on effect.

[TheCell8]

That's pretty **** money, especially for having to travel across the Atlantic. I get the whole "3x more" but they offered a 140 lber without a belt, Adrien Broner, 7M reportedly. I'm sure Vargas looked at that and said no way.

If Kell Brook wants a fight he needs to go to America to get one.

[UNBIASED BOXING]

Wow. First Billy Hoe Saunders turns down $3.1 million, now Vargas turns down $1.61 million?


For ****s sake. I'm all for paying boxers really well, but when you don't attract much attention and sell a lot of tickets, you can't expect to be making Pacquiao/Floyd level money.

[285Kid]

Lies Top Rank setting up something? Vargas/Bradley 2 or Vargas/Crawford

[Motorcity Cobra]

Yeah you're right.

Offering a guy 3 times his best payday (which was also his best payday by a country mile) is not showing signs of wanting to pay for a good fight.

His own damn manager is criticizing him PUBLICLY for rejecting the offer, yet NSB idiots are mentioning Eddie Hearn as if its his fault Jessie Vargas is a straight up pussay.

It's Jessie Vargas ffs. It's not like he has a lot of options. His last, which was a title fight, was on the undercard of Ortiz-Thompson, in front of 3,000 people. His fight against Bradley was in front of a sparse crowd.


Can't believe these people are acting like Vargas has a lot of options over here. Even his own manager knows he's crazy to pass this offer up. Nobody over here is checking for the next Vargas fight.

[i'm a fun haver]

WTH? Why would he turn down 1.6? Surely would be his biggest pay day.

Probably doesn't want to go all the way to England to lose.

[TRTboy]

Brook would ****ing batter him and he knows it. I don't see how vargas beats brook.

[TRTboy]

I cant believe people are actually defending vargas ***** ass. WTF? This is a clear duck.