$100K Bonus for KO: Step in the Right Direction

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  1. RJJFan

    RJJFan Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya has stoked the incentive for the eight fighters involved in the Showtime-televised "Knockout Kings" event, which will happen on Sept. 15 at The MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

    The boxer who produces "the best knockout of the night" will have an additional $100,000 contributed to his purse, according to De La Hoya.

    The main event will match Mexican star and WBC junior middleweight titleholder Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 knockouts) and Josesito Lopez (30-4, 18 KOs).

    The undercard of the Mexican Independence Day weekend event includes the hard-punching Argentine Marcos Maidana (31-3, 28 KOs) against Mexican-born welterweight rival Jesus Soto Karass (26-7-3, 17 KOs), as well as WBC featherweight beltholder Jhonny Gonzalez (52-7, 45 KOs), of Mexico City, pursuing his 13th-straight win against former 122-pound titleholder Daniel Ponce de Leon (43-4, 35 KOs), a Mexican-born resident of Huntington Park, Calif.

    A fourth bout on the card is being finalized, but is expected to feature an IBF bantamweight title bout between Mexican-born beltholder Leo Santa Cruz (20-0-1, 11 KOs), of Lincoln Heights, Calif., and Puerto Rican-born veteran contender Eric Morel (46-3, 23 KOs), of Madison, Wis., according to De La Hoya.

    "Giving all of the fighters an incentive for the best knockout of the night, we will include $100,000 to the winner of the best knockout of the night," said De La Hoya, adding that Showtime will debut an all-access documentary focusing on Alvarez and Lopez on Sept. 5 beginning at 10 p.m.

    "Obviously, these four fights have the ingredients to end in a spectacular fashion, and to end by knockout. We're obviously hoping that we are not disappointed and don't get any knockouts. The way that the best knockout of the night will be decided is that fans can vote through AT&T, so the fans will vote the winner. Knockout Kings is the perfect title for these fights."
     
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  2. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    Promote brutality yay

    You can't just throw $100K on the table and hope for a KO

    If your thinking about getting 'KO of the night' you will likely get KTFO yourself.


    Seems like just a ploy.

    Amir Khan: "I promise I will knock Danny Garcia out"

    See what i'm saying?.. and Khan wanted that KO lmao.
     
    miniq, Aug 22, 2012
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  3. freddy-wak

    freddy-wak M O D E R A T O R Full Member

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    finally......
     
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  4. SweetHome_Bama

    SweetHome_Bama Loyal Member banned

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    I though Morel was going to retire after that beat down he got last fight.
     
    SweetHome_Bama, Aug 22, 2012
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  5. SouthpawJab

    SouthpawJab On his way up!! 4-0!! Full Member

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    100K is a lot. Especially to those guys on the undercard. I expect all will be looking for the big shot.
     
    SouthpawJab, Aug 22, 2012
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  6. gurby22

    gurby22 Active Member Full Member

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    I agree that this might make some fighters come off their gameplan and maybe get careless looking for a knockout, but they just gotta be smart about it. Good to know my boy Maidana will be $100,000 richer on Sept. 15 :D
     
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  7. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    Hehe
     
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  8. lllegion

    lllegion Active Member Full Member

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    Source?
     
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  9. gurby22

    gurby22 Active Member Full Member

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    Bump because I think this is actually a big deal that might affect future promoting.
     
    gurby22, Aug 23, 2012
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  10. qwert

    qwert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Glad to see this being tried. The UFC has been doing it for years. A fight of the night bonus would be even better. Fighters would be less likely to accept defeat.
     
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  11. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    If more promoters start doing this, maybe the current "US house style" will change a bit because of it.
    If there's money to be made changes can happen.
     
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  12. mrtony80

    mrtony80 Likes thick chicks Full Member

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    As a hardcore boxing fan and supporter...damn...I feel a little uneasy about this. As the other guy said, brutality shouldn't be promoted like that. It makes boxing look unnecessarily savage, imo. ODLH should know better.
     
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  13. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    I think you're a bit overly dramatic here.

    There have been many fighters in the past and present who were/are looking for a KO even when far ahead on points at the end of a fight (take Wlad for example).
    Nowadys more and more fighters are fighting "safety first" when ahead and are accused of making fights overly dull.

    When a brawler fights another brawler, no one says it's too brutal. And when a brawler fights a boxer, certainly no one says it's too brutal... Now when the boxer changes his style to brawling mid fight people just get enthousiastic.

    So if a boxer starts out fighting like a brawler because there's money to be made why is that so bad?
    There's a referee and doctor present if things tend to get out of hand, but that has always been the case.
     
    Robney, Aug 23, 2012
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  14. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Nice.

    I would bet on the winner of Gonzalez-De Leon.

    There no way that fight goes the distance.

    And both are capable of producing highlight reel kos.
     
    bladerunner, Aug 23, 2012
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  15. trakam

    trakam Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Nobody is going to fight any differently for $100k, if boxer can get the knockout he will anyway, if he feels it too risky the money won't change his mind. Winning the bout is the most important thing. Boxing fans don't need to see a knockout anyway. Gimmick.
     
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