Luis Ortiz Is Guaranteed At Least $7 Million For Wilder's Rematch

[rickJen]

It does inflate your value in the negotiating table when you inflate your past earnings.

Yep. It did wonders to Donald Trump.

[champion4ever]

Steven Espinosa disagrees with your assertion.

Al hasn't forgotten about Stephen Espinoza. Al Haymon and the PBC are partners with Showtime.

Espinoza understands that Haymon has contractual network obligations to two platforms; Fox and Showtime. In addition, he knows that Al owes Luis Ortiz for his loyalty for not signing with DAZN. So the PBC can't afford take discounts at this time just to put the fight on Showtime.

Besides, Showtime is looking at the bigger picture. They would rather lose this bid for Wilder/Ortiz in favor of either Wilder/Fury or Wilder/Ruiz anyway. By this time next year, they would have more money in their budget and war chest anyhow.