Tevin Farmer Turns Down 2 Million Dollar Offer to Face Gervonta Davis

[Gentblue]

Offer for @TevinFarmer22 to fight Gervonta Davis on Showtime came in at around $2 million, per sources, which was a non-starter for Farmer. @EddieHearn has had a standing $5 million offer for Davis to fight Farmer on @DAZN_USA that Davis has shown no interest in.

— Chris Mannix (@SIChrisMannix) August 14, 2019

What a f'd up world we live in where 5.5M is considered a low ball offer to fight Canelo from little known Derevyanchenko and 2M is a low ball offer for little known Farmer lol.

Davis just needs to take that 5M offer and KO Farmer on DAZN. I mean sure only 25k people will watch, but that's a very nice pay day for a fight he should win.

killakali what were you saying about DAZN not offering Davis more money than what Ramirez got for Hooker since he fights in a lighter weight class? Yeah, so much for that.

The only question I have for the DAZN offer is it a 1 fight deal?? As in if he wins does he have to fight more on DAZN.

[Motorcity Cobra]

The only question I have for the DAZN offer is it a 1 fight deal?? As in if he wins does he have to fight more on DAZN.

Nope. It was for options. Hearn has been trying to get his hands on Davis for a while

[deanrw]

Please everyone calm down! I have assigned myself as Tevins advisor on here so please direct all questions to me personally. All questions must be in in the form of an answer.

[BigStomps]

Farmer's while 4 fight deal with DAZN was $2 mil total. He's being offered a one fight unification for that price.

I agree that Farmer should take it. That's alot of money for a fighter of his caliber!
But at the same time Davis been making $1 million dollars per fight so he should also take the 5 million.
But I blame Floyd and Al Haymon for not allowing Davis to accept that money to fight on DAZN.
But in the long run I think Davis will recoup those 5 million and ALOT more.
I'm not too sure about Farmer though...

[andocom]

Nope. It was for options. Hearn has been trying to get his hands on Davis for a while

Provide some evidence of this, I thought I heard it was $5M for a one fight deal?

[sicko]

I mean they must be wanting him since he isn't getting that type of money from any other network.

We shall see how much he gets vs Jojo Diaz I guess

[Motorcity Cobra]

I agree that Farmer should take it. That's alot of money for a fighter of his caliber!
But at the same time Davis been making $1 million dollars per fight so he should also take the 5 million.
But I blame Floyd and Al Haymon for not allowing Davis to accept that money to fight on DAZN.
But in the long run I think Davis will recoup those 5 million and ALOT more.
I'm not too sure about Farmer though...

If Hearn came with an offer like he did with Ramirez I'd tell Farmer to take it to. But Hearn wants options on Tank. That's not happening. And Farmer wants $5 mil to.

[BigStomps]

If Hearn came with an offer like he did with Ramirez I'd tell Farmer to take it to. But Hearn wants options on Tank. That's not happening. And Farmer wants $5 mil to.

Yeah it'll be hard for farmer to get 5 million anywhere. And there's no way Hearn is getting options on Davis. If he's offering Davis 5 million plus options then he's crazy! That ain't happening!

[andocom]

This isn't May/Pac. This ain't even Crawford/Spence. Farmer is fighting on the undercard and getting boo'd out the arena. Farmer is no where near Davis level in or out the ring

This comment is completely irrelevant to my point.

You have two belt holders wanting to fight each other (apparently). They are both being offered career high pay days it seems. Tank's a bigger name, fair enough, never said he wasn't.

But if the fighters agree to a split, I suggested 65/35% but whatever it is, I also acknowledged this might not be easy, but assuming they can then the split is set and which ever platform wants the fight the most offers the most money and everyone wins, the fight gets made.

How is this not the best case for everyone we should care about, i.e. the fighters and the public? Your response is Farmer isn't as popular as Tank which is both true and completely irrelevant, besides Tank needs decent competition.

[Motorcity Cobra]

This comment is completely irrelevant to my point.

You have two belt holders wanting to fight each other (apparently). They are both being offered career high pay days it seems. Tank's a bigger name, fair enough, never said he wasn't.

But if the fighters agree to a split, I suggested 65/35% but whatever it is, I also acknowledged this might not be easy, but assuming they can then the split is set and which ever platform wants the fight the most offers the most money and everyone wins, the fight gets made.

How is this not the best case for everyone we should care about, i.e. the fighters and the public? Your response is Farmer isn't as popular as Tank which is both true and completely irrelevant, besides Tank needs decent competition.

Farmer is an undercard fighter getting boo'd out of a half empty arena with 25k people watching. Farmer 4 fight contract with DAZN was a total of $2 mil. Davis is a star with everybody in the division calling him out. Farmer doesn't get a percentage. He can go back to DAZN and keep fighting in front of half empty stadiums with 25k people watching.