Khan: Marquez Pricing Himself Out, Maidana Could Be Next!

The bigger cash draw should always receive more, not the champion.

The fact that you think an untested youngster should get a bigger share of the pot than the P4P#3 suggests you're a little off the mark with this one.

 

No way man, do you think Yuri Foreman was able to dictate terms against Cotto? Marquez is in theP4P ratings and deserves the bigger take, although he wont get it.

 

JMM has the history of pricing himself out (another way of saying he's not interested), just like after Pac/JMM 1 chooses going to Indonesia and got beat for peanuts.

 

It should be 50/50, there are factors involved other than gate receipts, such as JMM being considered top 5 P4P by most people, and other lucrative fights available to him, like a Manny rematch.

 

Yeah but your forgetting Paulie is a New Yorker and the fight was in New York, and he had plenty of supporters there. JMM-Diaz was in Vegas, I dont think Khan-Malignaggi would have done as well in Vegas as JMM-Diaz did.

 

Didn't Marquez-Diaz do 8,300 gate?

And 150K to 200K PPV sales

I'm sure Paulie had a good bit to do with those numbers.

Khan hasn't been on PPV in the states yet, people have said the Kotelnik fight had empty seats and there's been rumors of Sky Box Offices sales not being great.

 

Absolutely! He deserves at least half! Khan needs JMM just as much, if not more than the other way around. Even though JMM looked terrible at WW and he's not gonna look good at Jr. WW, the name and experience will be in his favor in the long run. I fully believe Kahn will beat JMM at 140. I think it will be competitive early but the speed and physical advantages will prove too much for the smaller and older JMM.

 

But a Manny rematch is also a possibility for JMM, that would dwarf Khan's attendance figures, PPV numbers would also be huge. If JMM fights and loses to Khan, a rematch with Manny is a less viable prospect, and huge loss in potential revenue for him. So, why should he take less than 50 percent split with Khan?

 

LOL now talk about how much Maidana deserves cuz this isn't happening

 

Most home fighters generate more in their hometown, that's not a reason for them to deserve more although I wonder how many in the UK will turn out to see Marquez in a similar way they did to see Barrera? Look at the attendances between the Barrera and Kotelnik fights for proof of that.

You also point out to Khan selling more tickets than Marquez vs Diaz yet fail to mention he sold them against Malignaggi, a fighter that you said he was only fighting because he was a big name and a draw in his City so it's fair to say he didn't sell out that stadium fighting a no name.

Another thing that you haven't considered is that Khan made so much against Malignaggi because HBO stumped up the purse for the fight, if this fight is on PPV then that money won't be there.

Marquez will be the A side of the draw even in the UK, he will be the one that will get sky interested (unlike Malignaggi that they didn't bother with) and he is the one that will be selling the PPV in America to the Mexican audience too, all this without mentioning him being one of the highest ranking boxers in the sport.

Yet Khan deserves 60/40 because he is the champion?