Funny thing is though now it looks like both Bradley & Judah have gone from chasing a payday to face Pacquiao to a payday facing Khan......
It's all about the money, truth is Khan is worth more than any other boxer in the division. No wonder you get all sorts of boxers callin' him out (cough... cough Kell Brook...)
Funny you say that Laz cos when the fight happens if it ever does we all know Khan will go on the run for 12 rounds looking to win on points. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVdoZNxtL8k[/ame]
@danrafaelespn Dan Rafael Here's how much @amirkingkhan wants Bradley: Authorized Richard Schaefer to offer him 50-50 on the UK PPV if he will take the fight. danrafaelespn Dan Rafael Gary Shaw said he raised guarantee to Bradley to minimum of $1.4 million against an 80-20 split of their side's take. The 80 is for Bradley. danrafaelespn Dan Rafael Mad respect for @amirkingkhan for putting his money where his mouth is. He didn't need to give Bradley 1 dime of UK PPV $. He's offering 1/2 danrafaelespn Dan Rafael Thing is @amirkingkhan could fight Maidana, Guerrero, Judah or Morales. All better ratings, bigger gates & Khan would make more IMO. danrafaelespn Dan Rafael Reason I think @amirkingkhan makes more for those other fights is because he signs each guy for less $ than Bradley. But he wants Bradley. @danrafaelespn Dan Rafael Whatever you think about @amirkingkhan, one thing is clear: He wants to prove he's the best 140 and he is willing to put his $ on the line.
Bradley just wants to get out of his contract with Gary Shaw. There's no running, hiding, ducking etc. Shaw has given him an 80% split, totalling $1.4m.... so Shaw will be earning $350k from a show in which he'll barely be co-promoter? Nice work if you can get it. Looks like it'll go over to Primetime then if they are talking splits of PPV revenue from over here. It'll bomb at that time on a morning.
Hopefully Primetime are smart. Chisora vs Fury is avalible and Mick has Theophane British title lined up for the undercard. if you have 9pm - Lenny Daws vs John O'Donnell (Vacant English Welterweight) 10pm - Ashley Theophane vs Steve Williams (British Light Welterweight) 11pm - Derek Chisora vs Tyson Fury (British & Commonwealth Heavyweight) Build up and chat with Andy Kerr & Buncey. Maybe a few undercard fights. Show Bradley vs Witter, Khan vs Someone and at 2am go to the US for Khan vs Bradley. Would you pay £15 for that?
I can't see it happening to be honest. These things cost money..... money the Khan's aren't typically willing to spare. I'm not convinced a card like that will really help to increase sales on Primetime.... on Sky it would because they'd sell the arse off it. Primetime is a good option for US based events because they will just buy the feed from the host broadcaster and have a presenting/commentating team on hand at a relatively low cost. Khan vs Bradley doesn't really ''grab'' me anyway. It's a trade fight that I wouldn't mind seeing, but it's not got ''must see'' written all over it like a Pacquiao fight has, or a Froch fight has. The £15 doesn't really bother me, paid £25 for the double header of Froch vs AA and Hopkins vs Pascal, and just watched Hopkins vs Pascal the next morning and went out on the beer instead.
they need to smart building some sort of brand value. even if money isnt an issue you wanna feel like your getting some value for it.
I dunno..... I'm not sure that's what they are after. I think if people are going to pay £15 and stay up until 4am to watch Khan they aren't really fussed about what the undercard is like..... especially on a strictly PPV channel like Primetime. It's quite a good business model they have really, their fixed costs are bound to be very low and whilst they may not make that much money it's a good return on what they invest. I do see your point though, it is short sighted from Khan's point of view in terms of building him up and offering value.... but they're in it for the wonga, nothing else. They see it as him being the attraction, not a particular fight.
Khan will have wished he'd never ****ed with Sky after this. Worst fight in the world to sell without them.