[dftaylor]

Originally Posted by macho_grande

Depends whether we are talking gross or net I guess. And I imagine their are 2 types of "net" here. (I know that sounds stupid)

Obviously we are speculating on the £400k to begin with.

Is Ricky asking for £400k net of tax? Or £400k net of tax, management, trainer, cutman fees etc? (pure take home money)

I'd be surprised if Ricky banked £200k after all deductions for Mitchell....

Regarding the Billy Nelson stuff, i don't think you can interpret it any other way. They didn't want the fight plain and simple. A quick Google search brings up lots of articles where they are saying Ricky wants a tune up fight first. Why does a world champion need a tune up?

I think his team could have handled this a lot better.