Here is the deal. There are two clear reason's for Gamboa's actions, and they are both in the end connected as well.
1. Top Rank takes at least 30% of Gamboa's purse, Ahmet Oner who is not only Gamboa's co promoter, he also happens to be with Gamboa before top rank and in fact was the guy who paid and got Gamboa out of Cuba takes about another 30%. I'll just focus on the big boys and skip over the managers like Luis DeCubas and Gonzales who are also taking a percentage of his purse.
So just there you are leaving Gamboa, the fighter, taking home only 40%.
But it dosen't end there.
2. Gamboa is used to his cuban trainer 'Ismael Salas' and became champion with him, said he would never want to fight for anyone else. Top Rank forces him to switch trainer and go with Emmanuel Stewart right before the biggest and most dangerous fight of his career, even though gamboa was completely against it. Oh and dosen't speak a word of english by the way.
Not only that, but add to that that Emmanuel Stewart for being who he is would most likely take no less than 10% of gamboa's cut.
At this point Gamboa's purse is left at 30% to fight his biggest fight without his head trainer.
Is he really to blame for not fighting Rios ? Or is the corruption in boxing we should be once again blaming.
Its a good one to think about.
1. Top Rank takes at least 30% of Gamboa's purse, Ahmet Oner who is not only Gamboa's co promoter, he also happens to be with Gamboa before top rank and in fact was the guy who paid and got Gamboa out of Cuba takes about another 30%. I'll just focus on the big boys and skip over the managers like Luis DeCubas and Gonzales who are also taking a percentage of his purse.
So just there you are leaving Gamboa, the fighter, taking home only 40%.
But it dosen't end there.
2. Gamboa is used to his cuban trainer 'Ismael Salas' and became champion with him, said he would never want to fight for anyone else. Top Rank forces him to switch trainer and go with Emmanuel Stewart right before the biggest and most dangerous fight of his career, even though gamboa was completely against it. Oh and dosen't speak a word of english by the way.
Not only that, but add to that that Emmanuel Stewart for being who he is would most likely take no less than 10% of gamboa's cut.
At this point Gamboa's purse is left at 30% to fight his biggest fight without his head trainer.
Is he really to blame for not fighting Rios ? Or is the corruption in boxing we should be once again blaming.
Its a good one to think about.
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