Do you blame Maskaev for wanting the typical 75%-25% split?

Do you blame Maskaev for wanting the typical 75%-25% split?

Please vote & explain your position.

 

I thought he was asking for 60-40

 

Not at all. He's the champion, he has a right to the bigger purse. There's really nothing more to say aside from that.. if Peter's jerk-off handlers want the title shot so bad, then you gotta sacrifice a little to get ahead in the sport. You can't say " Oh, we demand a title shot, and we demand these arrangements as well ".

 

He's the champion - he deserves it without a doubt

 

I thought he wanted the typical, mediated split of 75-25% that the champion is usually granted at arbitration.

If he only expected to get 60-40% of an edge than Peter is seriously touching himself if he thinks it's Maskaev's fault they aren't fighting IMO. What are Peter's promoters thinking? It's not like Peter is a household name & deserves top billing or something.

 

If Peter or his backers have a problem with the arrangements then the WBC oughta just give the shot to someone who wants it bad enough. I'm sure Oliver McCall will take any split Maskaev asks for in trade for a title shot.

 

Boxers put their lives at risk in this sports and promoters are sleazy pimps.

I don't blame fighters for trying to get every last dollar.

 

I agree & Peter's team seems to have no confidence in him if they are risking a shot for a slightly larger portion.

I mean, if they were so certain that Peter was going to win anyway, why would they be expecting Peter to be such a big draw that he commands more than the usual split.

It's not like he's Tyson or Holyfield, or Forman amking a comeback. :-(

 

Don King is the prototypical "Huggy Bear" style, sleazy pimp. Duva too, but to a lessor extent.

 

Why doesn't Duva settle for 70-30 and let the fight happen?

 

No, it's going to be his last big payday anyway, might as well let him get the big split. I thought 70-30 or even 65-35 was more traditional than 75-25 though. 75-25 seems a little extreme in this situation, where the challenger is by far the bigger name.

 

Give Oleg the split he deserves as Champ. If he is such an easy target as the Peter team feels, then I don't see the problem. If Peter destroys him, then its a huge payday for Peter (75%) vs potentially Vitali, and we all know that fight will sell anywhere.

This situation reeks of Don King...

 

He beat a former HW champion twice by KO, & both times dramatically, isn't that worth something?

How many of you guys don't have a copy of the ending of Maskaev vs. Rahman 1? Even if it's just the short, one punch clip? One of the most memorable KO's I ever saw!

Okay, okay, props to Peter for his highlight reel KO of Jeremy Williams, but Oleg has the freakin' belt and Peter is getting an opportunity to challenge OM for it. This may be Oleg's last hurrah and he has the right to "cash out" IMO.

**** King, Duva & Peter too, Oleg Maskaev deserves a big payday for his troubles...............

The Russman has spoken.

 

Everybody is contributing to this WBC mess, you can't just put it on one guy, but Maskaev should get his payday and then the fight could go on.

 

That's the point, it's always possible that the guy holding the belt before the fight isn't holding it after, and that's why the Champion should get the standard arbitrated amount of 75%. :deal

And no way is Peter "By far the bigger name" either. Peter ain't **** yet. Stop giving him credit for a brutal KO against Maskaev before it even happens dammit!