At that time and despite Canelo's popularity, GB, Canelo, and everyone else understood that Cotto was the A side. It was a smart move on Canelo's part to accept that reality, because that fight established his PPV bonafides in future fights.
As popular as Canelo was he took 45%. GGG isn't even CLOSE to that. 35% is BYONED fair. When it's all said and done that's worth at LEAST $25 million. And if team GGG can sale some god damn tickets the MORE he gets.
How naive is GGG and his promoter. They want "fairness", what the hell does that have to do with the business side of boxing? The only time GGG headlined a pay per view card it was a total failure and now he wants a 50/50 split.
There is no reason why Canelo should give it to him. Not even Manny Paq got a 50/50 split with Floyd and he was much more deserving than GGG.
Whomever is advising GGG is going to cost him millions. 35% from a Canelo rematch is much more than he could make fighting anyone else. Using Cotto as some sort of measuring stick is nuts because Cotto was a much bigger name than GGG and he did not just bring a title to the table. He brought Puerto Rico which is a very large boxing fanbase. What fanbase does GGG bring from Kazakhstan. Cotto vs Canelo brought the traditional MX vs Puerto Rico aspect to the fight. Cotto is a 4 division champ and had been in the ring with Mayweather, Paquiao, Martinez, Molsey.
GGG is delusional. Once again he ko's a bum and it seems to inflate his ego and his actual worth in terms of dollar amounts.
It's pretty simple here. GGG agreed to 65/35 for the rematch. Canelo got popped for cheating and damaged his reputation a bit and could have cheated the first fight. GGG should get a little raise. 60/40 is the perfect compromise. GGG literally cannot get a US PPV fight without Canelo. GGG v Charlo/Jacobs/Saunders. Hell, the Saunders fight would probably land in the UK.
Canelo in any of those fights stages the fight in Vegas and on PPV.
Not to mention, GGG is old and is declining.
Both sides are just waiting for the other to budge. I think Oscar should offer 60/40 as a take it or leave it, and then just stage Canelo v Charlo/Saunders/Jacobs and build and promote the hell out of the fight.
Clown GGG pricing himself out. Can't even sell out the stubhub but wants 50%? Same idiot that sold 97k-150k PPV flops? Meanwhile canelo sold 1M PPVs just last year without GGG. Has sold over 4.5M PPVs WITHOUT GGG. His worst PPV ever still did double GGGs beat PPV. This is just plain ****** to think he can get the same split when he obviously isn't the star here and has never drawn anywhere near canelo. If the fight doesn't happen it's because GGG ducked asking for a unreasonable amount. He just made 1M and is offered 10x to fight canelo money nobody else can pay him. Let this idiot fight his mandatory in a 1/3 empty stubhub. LMAO
Are you r*tarded? GGG did 1.5 his last PPV. Canelo did like 200k vs Liam Smith. So I guess it's 1,500,000 vs 200,000 in favor of GGG if you're using your math!
In reality, you have to compare apples and apples, not apples and oranges. But apparently that is too complicated for you.
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