Comments Thread For: Lomachenko: Walters Isn't Scared; Just Wants A Lot More Money

[Raonic]

Level headed mindset in boxing? Wow.

[TheCell8]

Walters is gonna ask for another $2 million just to cover his medical bills.

[vaborikua2014]

Those TV ratings don't pay the bills, HBO doesn't sell advertising. I'm talking selling seats. Walters has been able to sell three shows. We don't even know if Lomachenko can sell a show himself. The show this weekend is two Puerto Ricans on Puerto Rican weekend in New York. And if they are the same draw then the money should've been at least close to the same. That Rios-Bradley show, which he was on the undercard, sold horribly. He's not bringing in any extra ticket sales. That $850k to $550k was an insult. Money was also the reason the Rigo fight couldn't get made. I wonder if that Salido fight can get made because Salido just had the fight of the year and sold out stub hub. All I'm saying is he's gonna have to sacrifice some of his purse to get the fights made that we want to see.

Stop it. It was said on todays telecast lomachenko told walters hed give him 300k from his purse and walters still declined.

[Motorcity Cobra]

Stop it. It was said on todays telecast lomachenko told walters hed give him 300k from his purse and walters still declined.

He said he would give Walters 300k from his purse if he won. No state commission will allow you to wager your purse on a fight. Find me one that does.

[SouthPawHitman]

Lol at you dorks arguing about the money fighters make. "My favorite fighter should make more!!!" You're getting any of it you nerds.

[j0zef]

You mean boxers aren't afraid of each other like most of NSB likes to believe? No way.

And Walters is gonna regret passing on that fight. It would be his biggest purse and a way to resurrect his career. He's been inactive and his last fight was a draw, a bull**** draw but still. Rigo screwed up his career and Walters is gonna do the same. It's not like he's got a ton of other options.

[richardt]

He said he would give Walters 300k from his purse if he won. No state commission will allow you to wager your purse on a fight. Find me one that does.

He already has 300K he could give him and use the idea of 300K of his purse as a mathematical suggestion. He wouldn't have to actually give up 300K directly out of his purse money.

[daggum]

i think loma has one of those terrible ward like contracts where he gets a ton of money even thoguh he can't draw at all so finding him good opponents that will fight for short money is going to be hard.

[Pain~Lucy]

Forget the walters fight, it aint happening if he's demandung a million, loma vs siri 2 is the fight

[deanrw]

this is odd:

Purses for #LomachenkoWalters per Nevada commission: V-Lom $1 million, Walters $300,000. #boxing

— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) November 25, 2016

So Walters turned down $550,000 thousand saying it was not enough money, and then turns around and accepts $300,000?