Full Details Into Khan/McCloskey

not for me to even guess at , both would be likely over doubling there best ever purse for a world title fight that theyve done nothing of note to warrant

 

Why can't you guess?
C'mon throw a number out there!

 

i dont know what the purse is , it might be representative of the fight a filler , a stay busy , a homecoming fight and might not be great .

 

I'm not too clued up on matters such as these, but I just want to understand something. Would the above involve McCloskey being shared by two promotional entities - GBP and his current one? If so, then GBP, along with his current promoters, will also demand a percentage from his future earnings, right? Which effectively means....less money for Paul.

Is this correct?

 

Sounds to me like GBP would take full control of promotional rights. Not sure though.

 

If that's the case, then Paul, as a fighter, should snap the chance up. I can't see how becoming a Golden Boy fighter after you've just upset one of the hottest young names in boxing, would be a bad thing. Maybe there's more to it, I don't know.

There's not enough for us to go on. Khan's lot are saying they're asking for too much, and Paul's lot are saying they're not being given enough. None of them are giving us anything measurable to go on.

 

Obviously his current promoter isn't go to agree to that though are they!

 

Does anyone find it interesting that the camps can't agree on the re-match clause?

If McCloskey was just a tomato can and was just looking for a pay day then he wouldn't give two shits about the re-match clause. The fact h'e not prepared to accept their re-match conditions would indicate he's very confident of victory.

I think the Khan camp should get realistic and pay McCloskey what he's due and drop some of the re-match clauses from their current proposed contract. I don't think the Khan side are running scared but they'll leave themselves open to the charge if they don't get real.

 

Look at rematch claused pal. Haye signed himsellf to sauearland after agreeing to fight. Which champ has beaten. He is a nobody mccloskey. If he is that confident of winning, sign the claused and defeat him agaim. SEEMS LIKE HE IS AFTER A PAY DAY

 

If he beats Khan then doors will open up everywhere and he will have the opporunity to get some really big fights for really big money so why would he tie himself now to a contract with Goldenboy? If he's tied with Goldenboy he'll have to take the fights they demand, on the money they demand in the venues they demand. If he wins the fight then he can sign for them after on more favourable terms if that's what he wants to do.

If McCloskey wins he'll likely look to have his first defence in the O2 Arena in Dublin. Barry Hearn and Brian Peters would be in a much better position to deliver that fights for McCloskey then Golden Boy.

I can't speak for McCloskey and my assesment might be wrong but if I was him I would like to leave my options open. The best position to be in is to be a world champion and a free agent.

On the issue of his purse for night - he deserves a good pay day, no one can deny this. He's proven at European level and this fight will attract a lot of interest in Europe.

There's a big difference between lying down and "looking for a pay day" and ensuring you get well paid for a world title fight you can win. It's disrespectful to McCloskey to suggest he's only after a pay day.

 

If he wants to win a world title and be a free agent then he needs to be a mandatory challenger. Simple as. If its a voluntary defence then Khan's going to demand a rematch and Golden Boy are going to demand options. Obviously we don't know about the purse but the idea that rematch clauses and options are unusual is absurd.

 

I never suggested re match clauses are unusual but the current re match clauses being presented appear to be unreasonable. I could understand if he was forced to fight Khan if he won, that's very reasonable and I think everyone would accept it. However, he is being told he has to sign for Golden Boy is he wins.

I shouldn't have used the term "free agent" as that option isn't open to McCloskey. I'm merely trying to get across the fact that he should ensure he isn't owned by Golden Boy and team Khan if he wins...

It's understandable that Khan's people put these conditions on the table but they should negotiate something more acceptable now that it's clear that these particular conditions are unacceptable. This is the fight that Irish and British fight fans want to see and Khan has an obligation to his British fight fans to give them a decent show in his home coming fight. His teams intransigence shouldn't get in the way of this fight happening

 

Again options are not unusual, they are a standard part of boxing now. Haye had to agree to options with Sauerland to get the Valeuv fight and Golden Boy and Top Rank pretty much make signing with them a condition of getting a fight with one of their stars. Again I doubt this is a demand from Khan but one from Golden Boy - even with options this fight gives them nothing and without they risk being excluded from the big 140Ibs unification battle.