So Bute offered Kessler 750K...

Probably because Bute doesn't really want the fight.

Who can blame him?

 

How do you know that? You are in Denmark and Kessler getting Scandavian tv rights is alot, right? millions?

 

Was that split between him and Joe?

 

link to a credible source?

 

Yeah, was this on the Danish news or something?

 

Bute didn't offer $750k to Kessler. He guaranteed that Kessler would receive $750k. There is a difference. What Interbox guaranteed is most likely the amount of the Showtime money (2M) that Kessler would receive. They also gave Kessler the danish TV rights, as you said.

The thing I don't know, though, is how are European PPV divided. I guess that Bute keeps romanian TV money. But what happens with the other countries? Is the split 50-50 for all of them (except Romania and Denmark)? Nothing was mentionned about that in the articles I read, and that could make a big difference in Kessler's final purse...

 

Bute-all talk and no action.**** off back to Romania,where you belong.

 

If I go to a car dealer and says "I want this car for 12 000$" when the tag on the car was 16 000$. Does it mean I lowball the dealer? No it means I offered him a price. Now the car dealer can either put another offer between 12k and 16k or just say it's 16k. But he will surely not ignore me as I didnt even talk to him.

You dont think the offer from Bute is good, thats an opinion you have. But, it doesnt change the fact in this matter. If you remember the facts are:

1- Kessler said he want to fight Bute anywhere, anytime
2- He went to Montréal to see Bute fight and negociate with him
3- Bute's team gives him an offer
4- Kessler's team dont answer it
5- instead they make a tune up against an orthodox fighter ranked in the WBO
6- Kessler becomes mendatory to Steiglitz

So the fact are Kessler's team (I dont mean the boxer, I mean the promoter) didnt want to go for Bute for whatever reasons they deem good. Dont put the fault now on Bute's team on this one, because Kessler's team did nothing to make it happen.

Since then I didnt hear anything from what is happening between Kessler and Stieglitz. Last time I heard they were in for the purse bids and they were fighting about the venue. Since it goes to purse bids, Kessler will not make a lot of money.

So you can claim that team Kessler wanted an easier way to claim a strap. No problem with that, but dont say anything about Bute lowball Kessler or the likes.

 

Bute is a Glass Jawed disgrace.:good

 

INTERBOX (Bute) usually make less than 1.5 million with paid gates of around 15 000 fans. They get 2 million more in the pot from Showtime and a bit more from Canadian PPV money.

Even if they drew 18 000 fans, they would generate no more than 1.8 million with the gate.

Gate = 1.8 million

Showtime = 2 million

Kessler gets a $750 000 minimum guarantee + a % from Showtime's $2 million + 100% of the millions he'd make off of the Danish PPV.....

You may not be good in math, but when it's all said and done, chances were quite high that Kessler would have ended up earning more than Bute anyways. :deal

 

That's a lowball offer. Kessler won't fight in montreal for that kind of money, that's silly.