Comments Thread For: Abel Sanchez: Greedy Golovkin Offered Me a 'Fifth' of Normal Pay

[bronx7]

So if you work at amazon gave 10 years of hard work stock went through the roof you should give bonuses back take a pay cut right

[SchoolTheseCats]

Nothing more triple g going learn, next few days he going name his brother as head trainer was all about keeping more of that dazn deal money

[theaside]

Lmao Sanchez not taking the firing too well, maybe he should of shut his mouth about the Canelo fight and quit telling everyone that Canelo won the second fight fighting mexican style when his own fighter is saying he won.

There is more to this story than money for sure

[bronx7]

So you think out of the amateurs ggg had same style and skill set? No watch and see they worked together on effective aggression and all was fine until a close dec loss

[bronx7]

If it was that ggg wanted to learn new skills fine but then why offer the no talent Abel a paycut to stay if it was to learn new stuff Abel not good at any price right? He added nothing right?

[anonymous2.0]

I don't think Sanchez contributed much to GGG skill wise. He just seems like an ole go through the motions type trainer. Similar to Virgil Hunter, Nothing special. With or without Abel's training I think GGG's record would be the same.

In the past few years outside of GGG I can't recall any of his other fighter's getting a significant win, but I can remember many of them taking L's..

GGG probably could've handled the situation better as far as communication with someone you've been training with for so long, but at the same time for Sanchez to run str8 to the media babbling on like a spoiled brat say's something about his character as well..

Seem's to me like Abel was depending on GGG's 10% checks a little too much..

Abel didn't have a good 2018 that's for sure. His big 3 fighters, GGG, Sullivan Barrera, and Gassiev all lost their big fights. I wonder if that's had any impact on GGG's business decision.

[TheCell8]

Are we actually going to believe that Golovkin only offered Abel 2%?

The reports i read was that Golovkin offered 5% take it or leave.

Keep in mind, Golovkin is making $16M/fight, 5% of that is 800K before tax, and it's still a lot after tax.

at 10%, Abel would've been making over $1M per fight.

I don't blame Golovkin for being greedy. He was probably getting fleeced his whole career. That's why he cleaned house and got rid of Abel and the Hermann Brothers. He probably only brought Tom back at a reduced percentage as well.

[IllmasterPriest]

Really?

Explain how an Eastern European fighter have a Mexican style?

[Boxing_1013]

Good points, however don't forget that Sanchez was not only GGG's trainer, he was also his spokesman and promoter before he came on the scene and he started this whole mexican style thing. I don't like Sanchez but I think he helped GGG a lot more than people think outside of the ring.

Bottomline is yes the fighter is the one taking the risk, but you can't lowball the people that helped you get to where you got once you start making money. GGG should've stuck with the "I wanna better my style" story and just told Sanchez like a man hey I need a change up and I also wanna save some money and leave without making such a ridiculous offer. You're right though about the way Sanchez reacted, it's unprofessional and it will overshadow a lot of the good things he did for GGG.

I definitely think Abel was a good fit for GGG overall while they were together; every trainer has pros and cons but I think Abel both boxing wise and also style wise outside the ring was a good fit for GGG (with GGG's dad passing away he was probably a type of surrogate father for him like a lot of trainers are for their fighters).

But I disagree that GGG's offer to Abel was ridiculous or a low-ball offer. In real estate for example if you sell a 10 million dollar house, the agents involved take a much reduced commission because they are still making big money with a smaller split. It would be the same way here.

Just on principle I disagree with people feeling entitled to other people's money. I think 500k per fight, or whatever it would have been, is a great deal for any trainer! Especially if you are getting 5-6 fights at that amount.

These boxers risk too much in the ring, and we see these guys who make big money go broke all the time. And the main reason is they let the hangers-on around them fleece them and take way more than they should.

It may be unfair to Abel to call him a hanger-on but that is the type of attitude he is showing imo. If GGG or any other fighter let everyone in their circle take what that person felt they were owed, every fighter would go broke.

Reminds me of what Deion Sanders says that he tells young athletes about their money - he tells them the most important word they can learn is 'no.' If you don't learn that word that $50 million or so he could make will be nothing in just a few years.

[Thuglife Nelo]

Are we actually going to believe that Golovkin only offered Abel 2%?

The reports i read was that Golovkin offered 5% take it or leave.

Keep in mind, Golovkin is making $16M/fight, 5% of that is 800K before tax, and it's still a lot after tax.

at 10%, Abel would've been making over $1M per fight.

I don't blame Golovkin for being greedy. He was probably getting fleeced his whole career. That's why he cleaned house and got rid of Abel and the Hermann Brothers. He probably only brought Tom back at a reduced percentage as well.

$100 million was a blessing to the Golovkin family. Max and Gennady thought for themselves, same way PAC trusted Buboy there after. What more can GGG learn from Abel?

I think GGG was being nice to still even have Abel on the team. The Golovkin Bros., or Max, would benefit more from Abel’s share.

Max will train Gennady.