[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]A purse bid was held in the IBF Office today for the IBF heavyweight championship mandatory defense between champion Wladimir Klitschko and Alexander Povetkin. K2 Promotions bid $ 8,313,000. Sauerland Events bid $ 4,250,001. K2 Promotions has 90 days to put this fight on. Great news! Fight will take place at Frankfurt :happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy [/FONT]
Hilarious. What ever happened to those "rich investors from Moscow" Povetkin's manager kept talking about? Not so rich anymore? LOL
I am looking forward to this fight, if only to see Atlas' completely lose his mind in the corner while he keeps yelling at Povetkin. Should be hysterical. "Put more pressure on him, you hear me? Just get close to him and he will fall apart, what the hell are you doing there getting jabbed to a bloody mess!?! This is not what we prepared in training, so get out there and execute the plan I masterminded!!!"
Right but Povetkin has to fight and step into the ring. In 2008 Povetkin was injured, the fight was scheduled for December 2008 and Powe pulls out.
back in 2008 the winning K2 bid was around 13 millions for that fight and now 8 millions only. slightly more than the sauerland bid from then was. In 2008 everyone had liked to see that fight now there is the dangerous Haye and most expect that Povetkin to be a walk in the park for Wlad.
About the split: Win or lose, Klitschko would get the lions share of a 75-25 split of the purse, according to Steward.
From ESPN Dan Rafael: K2 Promotions bid $8,313,000 to easily beat the only other bidder, Povetkin promoter Sauerland Event, which offered $4,250,001. With the split going 75 percent for the champion and 25 percent for the challenger under IBF rules, Klitschko is entitled to $6,234,750 and Povetkin $2,078,250.