Comments Thread For: Beterbiev Hunts For New Opponent, Barrera Bails From Fight

[Kigali]

gotta wait for Barrera to respond. everybody just assuming it's the $62K to blame but he knew that for weeks now.

Maybe that's why he never signed the contract.

[argentinabox22]

next in line is gvozd.ik according to the ibf ratings. I feel bad for beterbiev he just wants to fight for a title

[DeLorean]

gotta wait for Barrera to respond. everybody just assuming it's the $62K to blame but he knew that for weeks now.

[GMAN SUPREME]

there goes the best fight for the month of april. *** you sullivan barrera.

[GMAN SUPREME]

You can't keep selling your career down the line hoping for a bigger payday somewhere.

What if he wins. Exactly how soon is he going to be fighting either Ward or Kovalev as a mandatory? End of this year? 2018.

What happens if ward wins a rematch and then retires? Barrara (or Beterbiev) will probably need to fight for the title against some relative unknown for another $65K payday.

What a great career plan that would turn out to be for 2017/18.

the ibf is very strict about enforcing mandatories they don't mess around.they stripped tyson fury of the ibf belt a week after he won it.barrera could have fought for the title later this year if he defeated beterbiev of course.if andrea retired the belt would be vacated and barrera would face kovalev most likely that's worth way more than 62k.now barrera has no fight. he will drop in the ibf rankings and has pissed off everybody by backing out like this, including his promoter. what a great plan lol.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

But where is the money going to come from to pay Barrera at this stage? I agree it's a terrible payday but even at $62K the promoter probably takes a loss on the event.

It's not even 62k though. If you consider expenses like some have mentioned here. That's why I said I don't even think this qualifies for 'peanuts'.

[-PBP-]

Ive made this argument in the past but when a fighter is getting paid 'decently'. I don't think 62k even falls under the 'peanuts' category. And Stevenson? I would not bank on that guy facing me if I was Beterbiev OR Barrera. The dude ducks everyone and their mother. Kovalev? Maybe, sure. Stevenson though? Not so much.

But where is the money going to come from to pay Barrera at this stage? I agree it's a terrible payday but even at $62K the promoter probably takes a loss on the event.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

It's not so much the $62k but that purse would triple with a win and a shot at Stevenson or Kovalev. That's how boxing works.

Ive made this argument in the past but when a fighter is getting paid 'decently'. I don't think 62k even falls under the 'peanuts' category. And Stevenson? I would not bank on that guy facing me if I was Beterbiev OR Barrera. The dude ducks everyone and their mother. Kovalev? Maybe, sure. Stevenson though? Not so much.

[yngwie]

Exactly, but I think the winning purse bid got 75% according to IBF rule's, but I don't think beterbiev or his team were that confident, barrera had the style and boxing skills to outpoint and make artur look foolish in there

I thought you were a disease only in the 24 forum.

[SteveM]

salido got 50k for vargas he took it with no complaints. barrera knew all along he was getting 62k and was ok with it now all of a sudden his balls shrivel up.

Did he ever sign the contract? I think if he was ok with the fight and pay he would have signed the contract. He never did.