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Ivan Baranchyk withdraws from World Boxing Super Series tourney
Dan Rafael
"We are definitely pulling out. Ivan was supposed to fight [Josh] Taylor in Glasgow [Scotland] in late May. That was what I was hearing, but they haven't spoken to any of us, not me, not [co-promoter] Lou [DiBella]..."
"We got the purse for the quarterfinals but we had to wait about two months for the win bonus that Ivan was owed, and we didn't get it until after we had to threaten them," McWater said. "They paid us late and now they are refusing to put the money in escrow for the semifinals until the fight. They won't even put part of the money in escrow."
Several fighter camps complained about late payments or not being paid at all funds that were owed to them during the WBSS second season as Comosa AG, the company that owns the tournament, struggled to meet its obligations when one or more of its investors failed to deliver their share.
"We feel like they are not going to be able to pay us," McWater said. "They're not willing to negotiate putting money in escrow in a timely fashion. We don't believe the fight will happen anyway and we're burning daylight. Ivan is missing fights. We're incredibly disappointed because we wanted this tournament to work so badly. We are not pulling out because we have some other plan, but I feel confident somebody will make us an offer.
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Dan Rafael
"We are definitely pulling out. Ivan was supposed to fight [Josh] Taylor in Glasgow [Scotland] in late May. That was what I was hearing, but they haven't spoken to any of us, not me, not [co-promoter] Lou [DiBella]..."
"We got the purse for the quarterfinals but we had to wait about two months for the win bonus that Ivan was owed, and we didn't get it until after we had to threaten them," McWater said. "They paid us late and now they are refusing to put the money in escrow for the semifinals until the fight. They won't even put part of the money in escrow."
Several fighter camps complained about late payments or not being paid at all funds that were owed to them during the WBSS second season as Comosa AG, the company that owns the tournament, struggled to meet its obligations when one or more of its investors failed to deliver their share.
"We feel like they are not going to be able to pay us," McWater said. "They're not willing to negotiate putting money in escrow in a timely fashion. We don't believe the fight will happen anyway and we're burning daylight. Ivan is missing fights. We're incredibly disappointed because we wanted this tournament to work so badly. We are not pulling out because we have some other plan, but I feel confident somebody will make us an offer.
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