How many fighters have turned down 5x their highest payday for a fight?

[kafkod]

Duva petitioned and was granted #1 contendership for Stevenson's title and a purse bid.

She got both and still ran.

Wrong. Why keep telling that LIE?

Because he's a liar with a racist agenda.

[Outwest Exp 355]

I have no idea what the licencing fee for Kovalev/Stevenson would have been. If you think you do, then please tell me about it. As far as I know, HBO licencing fees are never made public.

The actual offer Duva made to Yvon Michel was for a 50/50 split of the income from the fight. The total estimated income was between $12million and $14million.

It was a little over 2 million which is why Stevonson left HBO in the first place.

[kafkod]

Whatever words you use to describe it, I think its hard to blame people for throwing it back into the faces of those that brought it to NSB.

But enough is enough, and more than enough is too much!

GGG and his team have never said anything racist or disrespectful about black Americans and he is a popular fighter with plenty of fans, like me, who are neither racist nor ex pactards.

[OnePunch]

Yes, and they are all ex Manny/GGG fans. You've been here a long time so its disingenuous when posters act like GGG's treatment is new or obscene.

In every one of these threads the same ******ed, inbred, idiotic, racist and bigoted theories, arguments and logic employed by fans against Floyd, Roy and others is now being used against GGG. if you didn't do anything to stop it then, it rings hollow when posters no suddenly get offended or ask for it to stop.

Serious question: give me one good reason why the posters going at GGG should treat him any differently hen his worst fans treated others?

Sorry, but I just dont buy into the notion that most BOXING FANS are motivated by race. Sure, theres a few, like the TS, and Kilgali, SugarKaine, a few others, but the truth is that great fighters come in ALL colors. Who can be a true boxing fan and hate Hagler, Robinson, or Holyfield, or 1000 others? The concept is absurd. And sorry to break it to you, but Floyd is VERY easy to hate, not because he's black, but because he's a douche. When he changed from "Pretty Boy" to "Money", he became one of the biggest douchebags in the world. And it made him alot of money, so I suspect he couldnt less what I think.

Personally I dont "hate" Floyd, because truthfully I wouldnt put in the effort required to actually "hate" someone. He's really not even worth my contempt. But I do think he's a jackass. A very rich, very talented jackass, but a jackass nonetheless.

[kafkod]

It was a little over 2 million which is why Stevonson left HBO in the first place.

Stevenson left HBO because he said he could get more money fighting BHop on Show Time than Kovalev. Who won that one, btw?

[Robbie Barrett]

So the Golovkin fans have resorted to calling people racist now, i wondered how long it would take. Pathetic.


Still not one fighter named who turned down 5x their highest payday.

[OnePunch]

So the Golovkin fans have resorted to calling people racist now, i wondered how long it would take. Pathetic.


Still not one fighter named who turned down 5x their highest payday.

hey math whiz, GGG made around $5 million for Brook. Did Golden Boy now raise their offer to $25 million?

[Dean_Razorback]

It's a terrible thread, Isaac Clarke is actually a very intelligent poster in my opinion but his thoughts/opinion on anything GGG should be null and void, this argument is just fanboy propaganda. It's to antagonise Golovkin fans.

Real talk there is more of a case for this fight to be 50-50 than Golovkin getting a flat fee, he has all the belts, he is almost universally regarded as the better fighter, is a consensus top 5 p4p rated fighter and Canelo will also be making by far his highest purse, Canelo has not yet cleared the $15 million mark in a single fight as of yet if I'm not mistaken. Canelo actually has so much to gain from beating him, he stamps his name in the hall of fame and instantly becomes a mexican legend overnight. His legacy and resume becomes so much stronger, the problem is GBP and maybe even Canelo don't think they can win. Other than Trout, the bulk of Canelo's resume is filled with over the hill and/or undersized opponents. You could argue he doesn't need GGG financially but he definitely needs him for his legacy.

the thing is GGG has a lot of trolls in this site, in his favour and against him. his die hard fans don't make him no favours and that's what fuels threads like this.

[Robbie Barrett]

hey math whiz, GGG made around $5 million for Brook. Did Golden Boy now raise their offer to $25 million?

He made the same as Brook. Brook was paid £2.6 mil. That's not $5 mil and certainly wasn't last September when the £ to $ exchange rate was near an all time low.

[kafkod]

So the Golovkin fans have resorted to calling people racist now, i wondered how long it would take. Pathetic.


Still not one fighter named who turned down 5x their highest payday.

Canelo Alvarez is the only one that comes to my mind.

Canelo vs GGG for the unified WBC, IBF, and WBA MW titles would have been a monster fight.

GGG would have jumped at 160 and 20%, which would easily have gotten Canelo 5x more than he made for handing over his belt and fighting Liam Smith instead.