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No. But to keep him as an example, I reckon they'd pay ten times more for Joshua Seferi than Ruiz Seferi.
But on his own Ruiz can't really sell a ticket and that's why purses change. Is it 'morally' right that Joshua is generating 90% of the revenue...
A perfectly normal point to raise in a thread about notoriously privileged, Old-Etonian, Oxbridge educated member of the landed gentry Lord...
Why is it morally wrong?
Sport is on a level playing field. Anyone can have a crack depending on ability and if you're good enough you can go professional. That however...
Where does the money come from to pay him though? Canelo would just sack off the rematch and fight Golovkin again or someone for mega money....
Point being there's very clear A and B sides here. Before the first fight Ruiz was a guy thinking about giving up, scraping by on meagre pay...
They're not though. You know it, I know it, Ruiz knows it.
People are prepared to offer massive money for Joshua because he creates money for everyone else. The TV companies love it, the advertisement...
Boxers are largely paid on the basis of how much income they generate. It's not just a case of better at boxing = paid more money. Same with loads...
That kid spent a solid year on here saying one loss and Joshua plus Matchroom are toast. He's not taken reality very well tbf.
I'm not saying it should bother you, but in response to what Warren has done for Yarde it's a legitimate point to say that this fight has gone...
How popular he is is something his promoter can have an impact on. Given he's a relative nobody in that sense, it could be said that Warren hasn't...
Once again this all boils down to how everyone involved can make the most money. The contracts signed for the first fight cannot presumably just...