Gary russell jr. Pushes for higher purses

[Dean_Razorback]

Gary Russell Jr. provided a little context as to why he has only fought once in the last 18 months, saying he’s still waiting on the proper financial package to lure him back into the ring.

“We’re businessman, no matter what the situation is,” Russell told ******.com of why he hasn’t fought since April. “The objective is you want to have financial stability no matter what it is that your occupation is. So I think it’s the smart thing to do on our end,” he said of making sure he’s appropriately compensated.

The talented Russell, who holds a featherweight title, framed his career as nearing its end, with just three years left before he moves onto the next phase of his life, making the income he receives for any future fights that much more important. Russell declined to specify the types of financial numbers he’s looking for. But a source said he made in excess of $800,000 for his second-round knockout of Patrick Hyland on April 16.

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this guy made almost a million for fighting that hyland dude and won't get back until he gets another big paycheck? lol

how can you justify that kind of money for that crappy fight??

[Canelo and GGG]

Another fighter with big ego

[GMAN SUPREME]

its the ****ty pbc model and that's why pbc is in trouble.

[soul_survivor]

Championship level fighters are making, what 50 times as much as the average income and still complaining? **** him, strip him, send his ass back to fighting TBAs.

[Pigeons]

If you look at boxing as a comedic act instead of a sport, it is quite amusing. The U.S. population is ~320M. What are the chances there are 800K Americans that would recognize Gary Russell Jr. on the street?

[GMAN SUPREME]

If you look at boxing as a comedic act instead of a sport, it is quite amusing. The U.S. population is ~320M. What are the chances there are 800K Americans that would recognize Gary Russell Jr. on the street?

they'd say hey its that dude from the hobbit.

[Heru]

If Haymon were to implement a merit based system of purses, he can avoid the sense of entitlement of some of his fighters.

Because he's paying out of pocket and not able to blame HBO or Sho's for the size of purses, most of these fighters are going to ask for the figure that they want earn (or that they heard Fighter X earns) instead of what they actually bring to the table.

A system based on ratings, attendance, opponent, etc.

Either that or just let these fighters buy their contracts out and start their own promotional company. He pays these fighters too well to have them causing issues over pay.

[Redd Foxx]

Everytime I hear Russell talk, I get the impression that he is extremely entitled and tries to act the part without having ever earned the role.

[anonymous2.0]

Everytime I hear Russell talk, I get the impression that he is extremely entitled and tries to act the part without having ever earned the role.

How can you say that. GRJ is entitled to those paydays, I mean he faced a murderer's row of TBAs

[HanzGruber]

hes delusional if he thinks hes worth a million dollars