Comments Thread For: Pulev-Miller Eliminator - Epic Wins Another IBF Purse Bid

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Epic Sports & Entertainment has won another purse bid for the right to promote an IBF heavyweight title elimination match involving Kubrat Pulev. The New York-based company out-bid Team Sauerland, Pulev's promoter, to earn the right to promote Pulev's fight against Jarrell Miller. Epic Sports & Entertainment's winning bid was $2,111,111, more than twice the amount Team Sauerland bid ($1,000,010).
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[Deus]

No way Miller takes the fight.

[Pandur]

If DAZN and Eddie Hearn are smart, they pick up this fight and stage it in the USA.

If it lands in Bulgaria, no way Miller takes the fight.

[Gentblue]

Why isn’t it a 50/50 split??? Pulev ain’t champ. The IBF is doing themselves no favors with this.

[Boksfan]

Miller won't fight Pulev.

[Bobby Tony]

If this Epic company is NY-based, why would they stage the fight in Bulgaria? Doesn't make sense.

[emhoffk]

Why isn’t it a 50/50 split??? Pulev ain’t champ. The IBF is doing themselves no favors with this.

Pulev is #2 and Miller is #3. According to the IBF rules, if #1 or #2 fight someone #3 or lower, #1 or #2 get 75% and the lower ranked fighter gets 25%.

"9.D. Purse Bid
The two highest ranked available contenders in an eliminator and those contenders
ordered to participate in a box off have the obligation to proceed to a purse bid if so ordered
by the President. All of the procedures set forth in Rule 10 will govern the purse bid with
the exception of §10B, “Minimum bids” and ¶10E, “Disbursement of Proceeds”.
Proceeds of the purse bid for elimination bouts or box offs will be distributed as
follows:

a. Boxer ranked #1 v. Boxer ranked #2
50% to each contestant
b. Boxer ranked #1 or #2 v. any other boxer
75% to boxer #1 or #2 and 25% to other contestant
c. Boxers ranked #3 or below v. boxer ranked #3 or below
60% to higher ranked boxer and 40% to lower ranked boxer"

[Pandur]

If this Epic company is NY-based, why would they stage the fight in Bulgaria? Doesn't make sense.

Ivaylo Gotzev is the promoter for Epic Sports.
He is Bulgarian and so is Pulev.

[Kezzer]

I wonder why they bid so high? Pointless giving that sort of money away

[Pandur]

I wonder why they bid so high? Pointless giving that sort of money away

Agree. The bid is even higher than for the Whyte fight.

Maybe they want to "sell" the fight.