Usyk being lowballed with offers from Rematch Eddie / Team AJ - do they want USYK smoke?

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  1. timeout

    timeout Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    WBO mandatories are slated to get 25%, if, IF the fight is in UK.
    If the fight is in Saudi, which is probably what Eddie wants, Usuk will only stand to get 20%.

    On top of that you got rematch Eddie clause to deal with. Which is probably well guarded secret. I wouldn't be surprised if Usyk is being offered 25-30% in the rematch clause.

    This is considering Ruiz only made £10m from the rematch in saudi, and Joshua £66M, from the same event. Thats ONLY a 15% purse split for Champ Ruiz. Which is nuts. Just shows how tight these contracts are in favour of AJ.

    Time for Rematch Eddie to cough up a bit more cash and make this fight happen. But it looks like to me Eddie and AJ don't want that smoke.
     
  2. UmarIFLUmar

    UmarIFLUmar Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Here we go again. Why are Joshua fight negotiations always so tedious?
     
  3. Furious

    Furious Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's nothing to do with people "not wanting smoke" or whatever - it's just how negotiations work. They'll start at a low figure, Usyk will state his ideal figure in response, they'll probably settle somewhere in the middle. It's very unexciting.
     
  4. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Usyk is entitled to get 25% of the purse as mandatory challenger. It doesn't matter where the fight is held. The Saudi's can't change the percentage.
    Where did this deluded theory come from?
     
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  5. timeout

    timeout Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    its the Eddie new way of promoting, rematch clause for every Matchroom fighter.
     
  6. timeout

    timeout Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    From the WBO read, and educate yourself......

    http://www.wboboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Purse-Bid-Rule.pdf

    "SECTION 13. DIVISION OF PURSE FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD PURSUANT TO PURSE BID (a) The purse for Championship Contests held and completed pursuant to Purse Bids (except those Championship Contests involving situations described in Section 14(e)(1) hereof, the Purse Bid division for which shall be distributed as per Section 14(e)(2)) shall be distributed as follows: (1) CHAMPIONSHIPS with an EXISTING CHAMPION (A) In fights for the Title between the Champion and the Mandatory Challenger held in the country of origin, residence or nationality of the Champion, the Champion shall receive 75% of the purse and the Challenger shall receive the remaining 25%. (B) In fights for the title held in any other country, the Champion shall receive 80% of the purse and the Challenger shall receive the remaining 20%."
     
  7. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Well blame the WBO for that. It has nothing to do with Eddie Hearn. Usyk can object to the fight being held in Saudi
     
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  8. Vegan Beast

    Vegan Beast Grandpappy Ortiz Full Member

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    The fact of the matter is Joshua is a much more popular attraction than most fighters around these days.

    Only Canelo is as big as Joshua these days. Joshua gets more money because he bring in the views.

    Joshua has filled 90k seater stadiums, compared than to Fury and Wilder who could barely fill 20k stadiums.

    You can't expect to make as much as a person who's bringing in way more attention and therefore more business than you.

    Joshua is the most marketable fighter in the world right now.
     
  9. _Scott_

    _Scott_ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ruiz never made that much money before. Joshua brings the cash with him.

    I wouldnt mind fighting Joshua for 10 million, even if his purse was a billion.
     
  10. Furious

    Furious Boxing Addict Full Member

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    In the UK and Nigeria yes. I don’t think he’s cracked America really which Canelo has.

    I think they have done a really good job of marketing him in the UK though. He obviously looks the part but he’s genuinely quite a boring man so credit to them for that.
     
  11. Surrix

    Surrix Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I actually do not care, will they get 1 m or 1000m for this fight.

    Different thing are these clauses, for example, they might be one sided or dual side clauses for rematches and also clauses might be not only about rematches.

    For example they told that Whyte vs Povetkin is eliminator fight.
    In eliminator usually rematch is done if: A. Fight was No Contest B. Fight was a DRAW.

    When Whyte get KOed, Eddie told that they does have rematch clause.:D:p

    I don't care, they might sign what clauses they wish until this is called as eliminator fight. :nonono
     
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  12. Trafford

    Trafford Boxing Addict Full Member

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    So you literally have zero facts and have just wasted 10 minutes in writing this crap
     
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  13. FrankinDallas

    FrankinDallas Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    That doesn't say anything about splitting the PPV take, nor a site fee, nor parking, food, merchandise.
    It's up to Usyks team to grab as much of those items as possible.
     
  14. lordlosh

    lordlosh Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Can you ****** make a difference between mandatory and voluntary ? Is it that hard to read?
     
  15. Dance84

    Dance84 Unicorn and seastar land Full Member

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    Usyk isn't known...

    Aj has 3 belts...


    He's a drawing it is what it is
     
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