Oh my, the jokes, lies and half-lies never ends... Source link: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2009-09-16-mayweather-marquez_N.htm Here's the boxers' purses of this fight card... Is this real?? Marquez's base salary is $2 million for the bout. TV undercard combatants Chris John will get $50,000; Rocky Juarez $80,000; Michael Katsidis $125,000; and Vicente Escobedo $90,000. Mayweather's purse won't be known until Friday because of deductions, says Keith Kizer, executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. The IRS is expected to attend to collect back taxes. According to Kizer, the agreed upon total is "unofficially $5 million." WBA Featherweight Champion Chris John who beat JMM in the past gets only $50,000 :shock: John can easily make triple that amount fighting in Indonesia... and Juarez get larger amount than the champion, John... It's a big joke and GBP is the biggest joke giving measly purse to boxers like John... I hate this Floyd-JMM joke mismatch fight card... tsk... tsk... tsk... .
I can very well remember when Chris John defeated JMM 3 years ago in Indonesia... JMM's purse for that fight was $30,000 and John probably made double that of JMM's purse so around $60,000. Now after 3 f*cking years John fighting in the US for only $50,000?? Worst his challenger Rocky will get a larger amount of $80,000 which is not big amount either... I thought GBP/Oscar is only playing jokes with the fans... They're also playing jokes with the boxers who put their life at stake inside the ring... Oh my...:-( .
John has a lot to gain from this appearance anyway. If he didn't like the offer he could have refused it. $50k is nothing to sniff at when you live in reality and not on an internet forum. Oh yeah, and you realise that boxers are paid according to their revenue generation potential, right? Boxing is a business.
Fans knew who won the 1st fight... It's John and odds showed he's favored to win this rematch fight... GBP robbed John the 1st fight... GBP robbed John with this $50,000 measly purse... Can GBP robbed John again (and again) of the outcome of this rematch fight?? .
I'm sure John is unhappy with that measly purse... I can remember when this rematch fight was postponed when John suddenly has a weird blood-related health problem... I think it must be related to purse problems rather than a health problem... Let's say $50k is fair for John then why the challenger Juarez gets $80k ?? This is a big joke... Don't tell me Juarez resume is better... Yep he fought some big name boxers but he lost in those fights... Remember Chris John has a win over JMM, the main event fighter in this card receiving $2 million... .
This is what shits me when people say John is a protected fighter. This guy is traveling half way around the world to the country where he was shafted last time he was there, taking a pay cut to fight a bloke who is earning more to challenge for HIS title. Its risky..He is rolling the dice and looking to further his career..Gotta respect that.
It shits me knowing how small the amount they're giving to this Indonesian champ... John can easily make larger purses at his home country... And it shits me when they robbed him the 1st time he fought Juarez... .
That's the problem in Vegas... They pay more money on shitty boxers like Juarez and Floyd... Time to stop this practice... We knew who are the better boxers... .
At the end of the day thats what they think he is worth and he agreed to it. Of course he is looking to get name recognition and the bigger paydays that will come with it. Sounds like he had pretty much peaked in terms of earning capacity in Indonesia..Australia didnt present enough opportunites and it appears he beat the best Japan had to offer. If he wins in style surely he can demand bigger purses in the future.
Hope John knew beforehand Juarez is getting the larger amount... You know, you can never trust GBP after they pulled a fast one on the fans regarding the Floyd-JMM guessweight... Not only that, in May or June, GBP floated around a statement that JMM will be getting close to $4 million and now it's said being $2 million only... Then Floyd rumored to get $15 million and now it's reported as $10 million only... You can't trust GBP... .
that's a pretty naive perspective. the person who attracts the most money will be payed the most money full stop. mayweather is being payed significantly more than marquez because he generates significantly more public interest and therefore money than marquez. same with juarez on a smaller scale
During the weigh-in it appears JMM has more supporters than loudmouth Mayweather... This is not the first time loudmouth's supporters were outnumbered in his fights... Hatton fans clearly many times larger than PBF's as well as Hoya's fans larger than PBF... Actually it seems PBF has no solid fanbase at all... I wonder why he still being overpaid with large amount of purses... Also I don't think Juarez generates more interest than the man who defeated Juan Manuel Marquez... I don't buy that... .