Artur Beterbiev vs Sullivan Barrera April 21 Miami

AB by TKO
Can we call him AB?

 

@KiwiMan what does this mean? Does this mean GYM is pretending? I can't think straight because Beterbiev is involved lol.

 

Does that say " your promoter gonna give you the contract to sign" ?

My spanish sucks

 

Based on the translation given, GYM is trying to say that Barrera has actually signed and the contract will be submitted.
Either -
Main Events had bamboozled him into signing the contract when he thought he was signing for something else, or some kind of prelim contract
OR
Barrera is lying about not signing the contract (maybe he wants to negotiate something else for the fight) and GYM is exposing him here
OR
GYM is lying - what is the lie in this specific case, I wonder.

OR...my reads on this whole situation are just completely off, I'm confused.

 

WTF ?
I know Main Events is a s×××y promoter but how the hell you lose control overSuliivan Friggin Barrera ?!

 

I dont understand boxing anymore ?
Wasnt there a purse bid ? With x amount ? So it wasnt 10x, cuz ur promoter dont got ish to put on the table, tough luck.
What he wont fight for title shot anymore ? In your backyard, in front of your people ?
WTF is wrong with these cubans ?

Didnt he see how much Kovalev got for a PPV fight?

Didnt he see how much Kovalev took home from an unification with legend BHop??

Someone put some sense in him

 

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Michel got enough on his hands to put up with Adonis Stevenson, now he got to put up with Barrera's ish too ??

 

I guess being a top promoter aint that easy in this era of Divas

 

There's more detail at the Scene.

In short it appears that the contract GYM sent to Barrera is not a valid one by IBF rules, and, although he has already signed that contract, he has now read the fine print and wants a new, valid contract. The sticking point is that GYM put in a provision to change the location and date of the fight depending on financial backing, which is not allowed by IBF purse bid rules and Barrera isn't happy either. Presumably he's worried about the fight suddenly being shifted to Canada at short notice. But apparently Kathy Duva is fine with it, she just told Barrera on Twitter to talk to his team for explanation.

My comment on the above is:
- Barrera should have read the fine print first, and his comments are a little misleading as he has already signed a contract.
- However, he does have a valid point.
- There's absolutely no reason for GYM to need a provision like that. The purse bid was only $250k, in comparison Parker - Fury is $3 million. Clearly Michel is willing to endanger the fight to try to squeeze more money, like I said before he really does not care about Beterbiev's career.

 

Excellent analysis. I'm trying not to think that's the case (Michel throwing Beterbiev on the bench).
So my first idea was somewhat correct; Kathy bamboozled him into signing the contract - she was always only going to explain things afterwards lol. Kathy can be dodgy, too.

 

If they tried to shift it to canada on short notice then that's clear beterbievs promoter doesn't want to risk beterviev vs barrera, barrera by law can never fight in canada, barrera is already getting a terrible purse split for this fight having it in miami was a must