Let's have a discussion about this A side B side.

[CodeBreaker]

Oh my god. This is just ****ing priceless and the absolute best proof you started watching boxing yesterday.

First of all, how can there be an obvious B-side when it was a 50/50 purse split, with both fighters guaranteed $17.5 million a piece?

Second of all, how can Lewis be the obvious B-side when his PPVs were selling better than Tyson's at the time, Lewis got first billing on the fight, Lewis got to walk last, etc.

As for your question about whether Lewis had even been on PPV before that, he had already headlined some of the most successful PPVs in history and had been a PPV fighters for many years. Honestly, what you just posted is so embarrassing, you should be so humiliated by your ignorance, that I'm not going to be able to respond to you anymore.

But for you, the biggest ****ing idiot in the history of this site, who doesn't think Lennox Lewis had ever been on PPV before fighting Tyson, please allow me to list some of his PPV fights that took place before the Tyson fight, you absolutely ******ed piece of ****:


LENNOX LEWIS vs ANDREW GOLOTA (HBO PPV)

EVANDER HOLYFIELD vs LENNOX LEWIS (HBO PPV)

EVANDER HOLYFIELD vs LENNOX LEWIS II (HBO PPV)

LENNOX LEWIS vs MICHAEL GRANT (HBO PPV)

LENNOX LEWIS vs DAVID TUA (HBO PPV)

HASIM RAHMAN vs LENNOX LEWIS II (HBO PPV)

Hahahaha gold!

[REDEEMER]

So maybe you should start reading the threads you're replying to?

I wasn't replying to a thread I was replying to you in which you became a spaz.....Tyson generated more then Lewis did his arena sold out double..his pp v is much higher seats alone were going for thousands .

The split was 50% of a 13 reported million.you were wrong on the Joshua fight.

I'm quite sure I responded to the thread with the correct answer that you got wrong which is anyone not a side of either.

[Citizen Koba]

There should be a rule that nobody can cry duck unless they duck a mandatory by vacating. Anything else isn't really a duck.

These are the only circumstances under which I ever use the term (and not even then if there's a clear and unambiguous reason - particularly financial - to make a different fight). A ridiculously overused term in a sport where ultimately no one is obliged to fight anyone except in defense of the titles which may raise their market value.

[Zn1]

I didn't say anything about B sides, however Lewis can't sell without Tyson. You seem to lack any common sense on here and are fighting with yourself when anyone who knows boxing understands Tyson was the A side that's why the fight didn't happen in 1996 because Lewis was begging for more money and Tyson went with the other draw Holyfield.

haha revisionist history

Lewis was paid $4mil by Don King basically as lost earnings after King decided to jump the queue with Tyson, and Mike wasn't a champion again until he beat Bruno in 1996 which is why Lewis felt the situation was unfair, he was the one supposed to be unifying.

[Laligalaliga]

A and B side debate to me now is being used as an excuse for your favorite fighter to DUCK a Potentially Dangerous Opponent. It is a DUCK without admitting you want your favorite fighter to DUCK certain opponents so more and more you're seeing fans with this "Who Has He Fought" "Nobody Knows Him" "He Is Not A Draw" "He Should Fight This Other Guy First" SOUNDS FAMILIAR? These are nothing more than Deterrents Tactics

When the other guy that is relatively unknown innhis home town is making exuberant demands.
What else do you expect?

[Boksfan]

Mayweather ruined this sport, simple as that.

[Marchegiano]

Whatever happened to , ya know, prizefighting?


I don't understand why fans would give a **** about draw and not support a winner's take over this fighter gets X while this one gets Y.

50-50 would be for those who are not confident. 75/25 for those who are. Why does either side need protected from their L?

[Lopez_Boxing]

No they just keep up with the news being revealed by the fighters teams.

I have yet to see ONE fighter disclose any real number crunching details. It’s all a generic percentage or flat fee. These guys on this website just spew out percentages without knowing how much the fight will actually generate. Believe it or not, it’s larger and more complicated than just pulling a number out of your ass and saying that’s what a guy gets...:and if guys want to speculate and guess that’s fine, or course. Have your fun, but when guys start arguing over imaginary numbers it gets obsurd and counter productive

[N/A]

I wasn't replying to a thread I was replying to you

But because you didn't read the thread, you didn't understand what was being discussed. It's ridiculous to claim Lewis was the B-side in LEWIS-TYSON when his name was literally listed first, he walked last, it was a 50/50 purse split, and his most recent PPV had out sold Tyson's most recent PPV. You're not making any sense.

The split was 50% of a 13 reported million.you were wrong on the Joshua fight.

No, you're wrong. I know for a fact it was 55/45 and if you're willing to put your money where your mouth is, I'll be happy to prove it.

[kafkod]

https://www.totalsportek.com/boxing/...purse-payouts/

Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko Purse Payouts (Confirmed)

Joshua and Klitschko will share the £30 million slice with 55% going to Joshua and Klitschko taking home the rest 45%.

That was a speculative article.months prior to the fight. The actual purse was split down the middle anyone can check that at Bloody Elbow Klitchko vs Joshua purse salary which was revealed the day before the fight. Again nice try!

Bloody Elbow admitted they simply took the info from The Mirror. The Mirror was wrong though. It wasn't 50/50, it was 55/45, which not only was widely reported, but I was also told that directly by Finkel.

Klitschko was a challenger coming off a loss, AJ was a defending champion and already a bigger draw than Klitschko. Klitschko was given 45% a) out of respect and b) for agreeing to come to England, but not it wasn't 50/50 nor should it have been.

Total Sporteck is a notoriously unreliable source for info about boxing income and purse splits. They literally invent their own numbers and report them before the actual figures are announced just to attract gullible people to their site.

I'm surprised that somebody who claims to be "an insider" would resort to using Sporteck as a source.

The 50/50 split for AJ/Wlad was reported by multiple UK sources with more credibility than Sportek.