Comments Thread For: Lomachenko To Linares: Let's Do This at 135, Do You Want It?

[jjsmyth87]

The fight everyone wanted is Mikey-Linares??? If it wasn't for Mikey no one would even have heard of Linares name. Yes, Mikey had a chance to fight in a lower weight, for less money, in a division he already has a belt in, or he could a champ in a higher division, where he has never had a title, and pays him more money.

Yes, Mikey had the chance to fight on hbo for less money. He chose to fight for a title in a 3rd or 4th division for more money. Mikey is getting $3.5 million for his next fight. Loma just got $1.2 for his last fight.

I don't care how much any fighter makes, but I'm not going to bash someone for moving up in weight, winning a title in another division, and making three times as much as his closest "rival" per fight.

Yes, Mikey had his chance. I bet he feels like an idiot now. Making $3.5 million instead of one million. Dang, Mikey is an idiot! And Linares is the winner! He still gets to lose in a blowout, but probably for less money and now he will have questions regarding why he was afraid to fight Mikey off hbo, but not others. Yep, in a year, the boards on here will be full of threads on Linares and he will be making $3.5 million a fight.

This post proves just how ****** you really are. He is not making 3.5 million to fight this cab driver that is a rumor. They said the same thing about Errol Spence and he only made 1.2 only ****** half ******ed inbreds believe they would give Mikey 3.5 mill to fight some cab driver with no contract

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loma is more popular than mikey so now they want loma-linares.

It does appear Linares is looking to cash out and yes Loma is more popular than Mikey. But it still doesn't change that Golden Boy didn't negotiate in good faith with Mikey. If they're willing to negotiate in good faith with Loma, more power to them. Loma vs. Linares is an interesting fight. I think Loma wins handily, but it's still a good fight.

if haymon is willing to lose that much money to make mikey happy then he is a fool.

Haymon is a millionaire many many times over. He is, by far, the most powerful man in the entire sport of boxing. Is it possible that if he does something you don't understand or if you read lies about him, maybe you are the fool and not him? Isn't that possible? That somebody as rich and successful as he is in business, especially as a black man in America, is probably not a fool?

[daggum]

yeah the 3.5 million is probably bull but lets look at it...

there was this in october: IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. (22-0, 19 KOs) is promised a purse of $3.5 million for his next fight in December or January, according to Dan Rafael.

but then...

Spence's purse was a reported $1.2 million for the fight and Peterson took home $600,000 in a losing effort.

so that tells us either the 3.5 million is a lie or that haymon is paying them behind the scenes on top of their official purse. if haymon is paying them behind the scenes that means: the opponent doesnt matter at all since haymon is paying them outside of the contract, or two: haymon will only pay them that much if they fight certain opponents he wants aka protecting them. if hes willing to pay mikey 3.5 for lipinets but not linares that is grade a protection. bribing your fighters to fight bums? wow that would be low.

[Dr.Cool]

Easy because Loma has a much larger fanbase and gets many more views for his fight than Mikey and therefore will be a bigger payday. Also Loma is considered P4p #1 or 2 by most of the credible outlets that rank fighters so beating him would gain Linares much more respect in addition to more money. Also much more recognition fighting on Espn which will get double the views of a Showtime fight against Mikey. Sorry that your boy Mikey has avoided the challenges and is fighting bums on Pbc

Zlaticanin was paid $320,000 for facing Mikey. AB and Mikey each made a million for their fight.

Rigo made $400,000 for his fight with Loma. To Loma's $1.2 million. Loma-Rigo had a combined purse of $1.6 million. AB-Mikey had $2 million. If a two-time Olympic champion and undefeated world champion as a pro only gets $80,000 more than Zlaticanin, you mean to say, you think that means Arum will pay Linares more than Garcia would??? Really???

Going by history, it seems there is quite a bit more money available for fighting Mikey.

And say what you want, but if a p4p fighter, two-time Olympic champion is making a third of what Mikey Garcia is making, than that seems pretty clear Loma has made considerably worse financial decisions than Mikey. Twice the views, and a smaller purse? And that $1.2 million for Loma is BEFORE taking Arum's cut out, which was in six figures. Why the hell do boxers let Arum **** them like this???

[daggum]

It does appear Linares is looking to cash out and yes Loma is more popular than Mikey. But it still doesn't change that Golden Boy didn't negotiate in good faith with Mikey. If they're willing to negotiate in good faith with Loma, more power to them. Loma vs. Linares is an interesting fight. I think Loma wins handily, but it's still a good fight.




Haymon is a millionaire many many times over. He is, by far, the most powerful man in the entire sport of boxing. Is it possible that if he does something you don't understand or if you read lies about him, maybe you are the fool and not him? Isn't that possible? That somebody as rich and successful as he is in business, especially as a black man in America, is probably not a fool?

yes i'm the fool cause he lost hundreds of millions of dollars for his shareholders. growing your business is usually what is deemed as a success. not losing all the money. oh some of their money went to him so i guess he was a success after all! if he was really trying in boxing wow thats pathetic. if he was just funneling the money into his own pockets ok i guess thats vulture capitalism but not really something to be respected.

[mexicanstyle]

easter has so many tools but doesnt know how to use them the compare him to hearns maybe in size but when hes fighting these little guys like shafikov,fortuna he shrinks down to their size doesnt use his freakish height like a paul williams did if anything the man is a phisical specimen who could win titles all the way to welter iff and i say big if he learns how to use his size nobody ducking him he went life and death with shaficov a soon to be gatekeeper who had to go down in weight to not be at such disadvantage and easter went life and death with him winning a split dec.now linares is a different animal has tasted devestating defeats by ko and still came back to be the man at 135 the only guy who can get near loma in phisical ability his only issue is he used to get pulled into brawls when he needs to box but pure talent wise him and loma are prob. top 10 in phisical tools department and linares is a natural 135 whos soon to go to 140 so i think this would be his first real challenge talentwise a guy whom i doubt will say nomaschenko with the exception of his daddy salido who taught him the pro game lol.

[jjsmyth87]

Zlaticanin was paid $320,000 for facing Mikey. AB and Mikey each made a million for their fight.

Rigo made $400,000 for his fight with Loma. To Loma's $1.2 million. Loma-Rigo had a combined purse of $1.6 million. AB-Mikey had $2 million. If a two-time Olympic champion and undefeated world champion as a pro only gets $80,000 more than Zlaticanin, you mean to say, you think that means Arum will pay Linares more than Garcia would??? Really???

Going by history, it seems there is quite a bit more money available for fighting Mikey.

And say what you want, but if a p4p fighter, two-time Olympic champion is making a third of what Mikey Garcia is making, than that seems pretty clear Loma has made considerably worse financial decisions than Mikey. Twice the views, and a smaller purse? And that $1.2 million for Loma is BEFORE taking Arum's cut out, which was in six figures. Why the hell do boxers let Arum **** them like this???

Not even going to respond to you anymore you dont know much at all about boxing. Cheerlead for Mikey all you want while the real champions fight each other

[daggum]

Zlaticanin was paid $320,000 for facing Mikey. AB and Mikey each made a million for their fight.

Rigo made $400,000 for his fight with Loma. To Loma's $1.2 million. Loma-Rigo had a combined purse of $1.6 million. AB-Mikey had $2 million. If a two-time Olympic champion and undefeated world champion as a pro only gets $80,000 more than Zlaticanin, you mean to say, you think that means Arum will pay Linares more than Garcia would??? Really???

Going by history, it seems there is quite a bit more money available for fighting Mikey.

And say what you want, but if a p4p fighter, two-time Olympic champion is making a third of what Mikey Garcia is making, than that seems pretty clear Loma has made considerably worse financial decisions than Mikey. Twice the views, and a smaller purse? And that $1.2 million for Loma is BEFORE taking Arum's cut out, which was in six figures. Why the hell do boxers let Arum **** them like this???

mikey was the b-side in that fight against showtimes biggest star...and how much did mikey make against zlatican. i noticed you didnt post that...forgot? oh dont worry it was 375k! but now hes making 3.5 million according to you even though if thats true its all behind the scenes money which could be given to him no matter who he fights. do you think haymon is bribing him to fight bums?

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yes i'm the fool cause he lost hundreds of millions of dollars for his shareholders.

You have no idea how much he lost, or will continue to lose, but the goal was clearly to gain more control of US boxing and that goal was accomplished. Every year that goes by, his power grows.

growing your business is usually what is deemed as a success. not losing all the money.

His business has grown. It takes money to make money. We don't know what has been spent so far, but we do know that Haymon has a growing army of American world champions, and a virtual monopoly of a growing Showtime budget.

Nobody has more power in boxing than Haymon does. So isn't it possible he isn't a fool? And that perhaps you've either read false information about him or misunderstand his actions?

[jjsmyth87]

yeah the 3.5 million is probably bull but lets look at it...

there was this in october: IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. (22-0, 19 KOs) is promised a purse of $3.5 million for his next fight in December or January, according to Dan Rafael.

but then...

Spence's purse was a reported $1.2 million for the fight and Peterson took home $600,000 in a losing effort.

so that tells us either the 3.5 million is a lie or that haymon is paying them behind the scenes on top of their official purse. if haymon is paying them behind the scenes that means: the opponent doesnt matter at all since haymon is paying them outside of the contract, or two: haymon will only pay them that much if they fight certain opponents he wants aka protecting them. if hes willing to pay mikey 3.5 for lipinets but not linares that is grade a protection. bribing your fighters to fight bums? wow that would be low.

The 3.5 million was obviously a lie. They were never confirmed and Showtime reported it being 1.2 mill spence and 600k peterson. If it was really 3.5 mill they would want everyone to know but its obviously fabricated. Money like that doesnt fall from the sky when its only going to sell 7000 tickets