Why don't some fighters offer like 80/20 purse?

It's obvious that some people don't want to face a guy like GGG because he will knock you out and he won't bring in huge money.

So wouldn't it make sense for a guy like GGG to fight Canelo, but give him all the money and then knock him out savagely to become a huge name?

If you're so confident you can kick their ass then give them all the money and if they turn it down they become disgraced as ducking.

 

The new way is shady but that's the way it is and life isn't fair.

Canelo doesn't want to fight GGG. That's just the way it is.

Offer him 80 percent can he possibly turn that down?

Then kick his ass.

 

In context that's not that big of a number. Canelo, Cotto and Pacquiao are the only 3 active fighters right now capable selling by themselves.

Canelo isn't looking for a 1.2 million dollar payday. He's looking for much more. Especially to get in all likelihood brutally KO'ed.

80/20 seems good.

 

Put your money where your mouth is. Fighters who haven't made it yet big financially have to do something about it.

That usually involves taking on somebody who is either a big time favorite or getting the short end of the purse.

You don't just start out as A side. Unless you're DLH a ridiculously handsome Gold Medalist Mexican-American. Outside of a unique situation like that you got to start somewhere and humble yourself.

 

That's why the solution is for GGG to offer 80/20 split. A fight with Canelo would do tons of PPV's.

GGG won't go hungry with 20 percent.

It's a good tactic. He could say I offered him 80 percent and he still refused. What a coward he must be then to refuse all that money to fight me.

 

Do you see another way??? It's almost impossible to become a financial star from an obscure developing country. You have to just suck it up and take the risks associated with having little to no bargaining power.

Let's look at the last guy who become a massive PPV star from a 3rd world country. It was Manny Pacquiao. How did that happen? Well he took a 300,000 dollar purse and moved up in weight to fight Barrera who everybody thought would finish him with ease.