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According to Fat Boy Dan's article this morning Hearn offered 1 fight big money on DAZN with no 3 fight contract and they still turned it down.
http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...nta-davis-bout
Hearn said he has made Mayweather Promotions an offer to co-promote Davis for three fights, which he claims would pay Davis by far his biggest purses. Hearn said that when Mayweather Promotions declined, he offered a one-fight deal for Davis for career-best money to fight on one of his DAZN-streamed cards against Farmer or any other opponent they could agree on. He was rebuffed.
"I went back [to Mayweather Promotions] and said, 'Look, if you don't want to do a three-fight deal with me, do a one-fight deal.' The money is three times more than he's making at the moment," said Hearn, the No. 1 promoter in the United Kingdom. "America is a strange market. If that happened in the U.K. and the kid turned around and went, 'I want to take it,' you have no choice. In the U.S., the promoters seem to have much more power to be able to say, 'No, I'm not letting you' or 'You're not allowed to.' That's crazy. It might not suit Mayweather Promotions to upset their [broadcast] partner that will affect their other business by taking this deal. But how is that acting in the best interest of the fighter?
"The fighter is on social media all day going, 'I can't get a date, I'm so unhappy. I boxed once this year.' He's probably the best young talent in the sport. He's boxed once this year. He's f---ing brilliant. They came straight back and said we're not interested."
Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe could not be reached for comment.
http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...nta-davis-bout
Hearn said he has made Mayweather Promotions an offer to co-promote Davis for three fights, which he claims would pay Davis by far his biggest purses. Hearn said that when Mayweather Promotions declined, he offered a one-fight deal for Davis for career-best money to fight on one of his DAZN-streamed cards against Farmer or any other opponent they could agree on. He was rebuffed.
"I went back [to Mayweather Promotions] and said, 'Look, if you don't want to do a three-fight deal with me, do a one-fight deal.' The money is three times more than he's making at the moment," said Hearn, the No. 1 promoter in the United Kingdom. "America is a strange market. If that happened in the U.K. and the kid turned around and went, 'I want to take it,' you have no choice. In the U.S., the promoters seem to have much more power to be able to say, 'No, I'm not letting you' or 'You're not allowed to.' That's crazy. It might not suit Mayweather Promotions to upset their [broadcast] partner that will affect their other business by taking this deal. But how is that acting in the best interest of the fighter?
"The fighter is on social media all day going, 'I can't get a date, I'm so unhappy. I boxed once this year.' He's probably the best young talent in the sport. He's boxed once this year. He's f---ing brilliant. They came straight back and said we're not interested."
Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe could not be reached for comment.
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