Comments Thread For: Ortiz, Trainer Angered Over Promoter's Handling of Joshua Talks

[OnePunch]

So this means that the $5M being brought up was minus the $2M(?) or whatever Eddie is claiming his offer was if I'm breaking down this correctly & that Dade was gonna get? $2M for not fighting seems a solid deal.

Boxing is so effed up with the excessive power promoters have over their contracted boxer(s).

technically the fighter would not know the total amount offered to their promoter at the time of negotiations. They would find out later, assuming the proper Ali Act disclosures were provided after the fight. In an ideal world the Act would require those disclosures being made at the time of negotiations, but it doesn't. So different promoters handle it differently. In all of MY dealings, I let the fighter see all the emails or listen in on the phone calls, because they would ultimately find out anyways, so why BS about it?

[Smash]

Tuesday - Luis Ortiz announces the fight with Anthony Joshua won't happen & accuses Eddie Hearn of "low-balling him".

Wednesday - Eddie Hearn threatens to "expose" Luis Ortiz's team on the offer.

Friday - Ortiz's team announce it's their fault the AJ fight isn't happening.

lol.........

[Boksfan]

Hearn ain't no fool, some freaking nobody from Dade Promotions not gonna insult big promoter like that, that nobody called Eddie a cheat and a joke, right? Ortiz is a moron.

[Loque-san]

It's an obvious and clear duck by Ortiz.

No more to be said.

Yeah Ortiz really dodged a bullet ducking these millions.

[nixxter]

They never wanted the fight. This is just damage control. He was asked at least five times why he doesn't just pick up the phone and save the fight. He kept deflecting and beating around the bush. A couple of months ago, Ortiz was the boss and the one making the decisions. Now it's all up to the promoter.

[Boksfan]

That pic is awesome lol

[Fabes88]

🤯🤦*♂️ Luis Ortiz's manager Jay Jimenez has now admitted it's THEIR FAULT the Anthony Joshua fight isn't happening. He and Ortiz wanted to take the $5m offer, but negotiations are being led by their promoter who "dropped the ball" and thought he could get more. [@ThaBoxingVoice]

— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) April 26, 2019

So it wasn’t a lowball offer then

[Tyistall]

Tuesday - Luis Ortiz announces the fight with Anthony Joshua won't happen & accuses Eddie Hearn of "low-balling him".

Wednesday - Eddie Hearn threatens to "expose" Luis Ortiz's team on the offer.

Friday - Ortiz's team announce it's their fault the AJ fight isn't happening.

[KTFOKING]

Tuesday - Luis Ortiz announces the fight with Anthony Joshua won't happen & accuses Eddie Hearn of "low-balling him".

Wednesday - Eddie Hearn threatens to "expose" Luis Ortiz's team on the offer.

Friday - Ortiz's team announce it's their fault the AJ fight isn't happening.

Now it's being leaked Ruiz and Bryan are the front runners. I think they go back and make this fight happen. If they are talking about front runners, all that means is a fight hasn't been signed yet.

Team Ortiz needs to now beg Hearn to bring the offer back to the table.

[kafkod]

Tuesday - Luis Ortiz announces the fight with Anthony Joshua won't happen & accuses Eddie Hearn of "low-balling him".

Wednesday - Eddie Hearn threatens to "expose" Luis Ortiz's team on the offer.

Friday - Ortiz's team announce it's their fault the AJ fight isn't happening.

Hearn was reacting there to a statement from Ortiz's team accusing him of low balling and calling him a cheat, etc.

He was pissed off because he said the offer was higher than $5million and he'd been speaking with Ortiz's manager about it and thought they were on the same page.

I've been reading about this in another thread. It turns out the statement came from Ortiz's promoter, not his manager, and $5million is what would have been left for Ortiz after the promoter took his cut.