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CLOSE THE GOTTDAMN THREAD .....
.thank you @mson for providing the FACTUAL ETHER for these "uneducated financial experts"
MAYWEATHER turned down that "huge purse" and made himself a BOSS
But in April of 2006 Mayweather turned down the highest purse of his career, $8 million to fight Antonio Margarito, and exercised a provision in his contract that let him become a free agent if he paid Top Rank $750,000.
he said it was the BEST BUSINESS ADVICE he ever gotten.....courtesy of AL HAYMON .....whom Sports Illustrated stated was
"THE MAN WITH THE PLAN "
https://www.si.com/vault/2014/12/22/106690278/the-man-with-the-plan
in 2006 he helped Mayweather buy himself out of his contract with Top Rank for $750,000. So many of his fighters appeared on HBO that critics labeled it the "Haymon Boxing Organization," at least until he took Mayweather and the rest to Showtime in February 2013. Though HBO stopped working with him, Haymon benefited from Mayweather's clout, as the fighter grew into this generation's biggest PPV draw.
Mayweather said in Vegas, "Al Haymon is the truth. He might make me a billion dollars."
CLOSE THE GOTTDAMN THREAD .....
.thank you @mson for providing the FACTUAL ETHER for these "uneducated financial experts"
MAYWEATHER turned down that "huge purse" and made himself a BOSS
But in April of 2006 Mayweather turned down the highest purse of his career, $8 million to fight Antonio Margarito, and exercised a provision in his contract that let him become a free agent if he paid Top Rank $750,000.
he said it was the BEST BUSINESS ADVICE he ever gotten.....courtesy of AL HAYMON .....whom Sports Illustrated stated was
"THE MAN WITH THE PLAN "
https://www.si.com/vault/2014/12/22/106690278/the-man-with-the-plan
in 2006 he helped Mayweather buy himself out of his contract with Top Rank for $750,000. So many of his fighters appeared on HBO that critics labeled it the "Haymon Boxing Organization," at least until he took Mayweather and the rest to Showtime in February 2013. Though HBO stopped working with him, Haymon benefited from Mayweather's clout, as the fighter grew into this generation's biggest PPV draw.
Mayweather said in Vegas, "Al Haymon is the truth. He might make me a billion dollars."
But does Broner have the skills to do that?
ChocolateGiddyUp
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Its 2018 N some still 
bout PBC over paying they fighters
Like TR dont be backing up the Brinks truck for "exhibitions" against John Molina ... Zurdo been on a bum tour since winning that WBO but getting $$$$
PBC purse been lower the before...Charlos ain't getting Ms yet member??
bout PBC over paying they fightersLike TR dont be backing up the Brinks truck for "exhibitions" against John Molina ... Zurdo been on a bum tour since winning that WBO but getting $$$$
PBC purse been lower the before...Charlos ain't getting Ms yet member??
Been hilarious reading boxing twitter with whites and latinos crying about why these boxers are so loyal to Al instead of taking Hearn's offers. Smart move would be for Hearn to work with the PBC fighters to give them dates since PBC's network deals have dried up outside of Showtime/FS1, not try to poach them altogether.
seemorecizzy
Superstar
not to mention he turned down an 16 million hbo deal when he was broke
When then-HBO executive Lou DiBella offered him a $16 million deal in 1999, Mayweather vented to New York Daily News reporter Tim Smith that it was a "slave contract."
"He was in my office. Arum was convinced the real marketability lied with the Latino market and Floyd was frustrated by that," DiBella said. "I thought I'd offered Floyd a nice contract."
Mayweather made his case to DiBella: "I'm not like another guy. I'm going to be one of the greatest fighters of all time. I'm never going to lose. I'm going to make more money than any fighter in history."
Said DiBella: "I liked him having that sense of himself in what's a very hard business, but I thought he was out of his … mind."
DiBella told Mayweather that day, "Floyd, maybe you're right, but I'll make a deal with you: If we walk through Times Square right now and 10 people recognize you, I'll renegotiate the deal."
Mayweather didn't say anything. Even though he was on the pound-for-pound list, Mayweather had languished through five consecutive nondescript bouts, including in the start of a new HBO deal that opened with a humbling Sunday afternoon fight in Detroit in late 2000.
"I don't know if anyone saw that vision other than him," Smith said.
seemorecizzy
Superstar
and if bob arum woulda gave him 20 million for de la hoya, cheato would of got his ass beatCLOSE THE GOTTDAMN THREAD .....
.thank you @mson for providing the FACTUAL ETHER for these "uneducated financial experts"
MAYWEATHER turned down that "huge purse" and made himself a BOSS
But in April of 2006 Mayweather turned down the highest purse of his career, $8 million to fight Antonio Margarito, and exercised a provision in his contract that let him become a free agent if he paid Top Rank $750,000.
he said it was the BEST BUSINESS ADVICE he ever gotten.....courtesy of AL HAYMON .....whom Sports Illustrated stated was
"THE MAN WITH THE PLAN "
THE MAN WITH THE PLAN
in 2006 he helped Mayweather buy himself out of his contract with Top Rank for $750,000. So many of his fighters appeared on HBO that critics labeled it the "Haymon Boxing Organization," at least until he took Mayweather and the rest to Showtime in February 2013. Though HBO stopped working with him, Haymon benefited from Mayweather's clout, as the fighter grew into this generation's biggest PPV draw.
Mayweather said in Vegas, "Al Haymon is the truth. He might make me a billion dollars."
reservoirdogs
Superstar
like the general week-to-week questions all the people who decide about matchups (Arum, Hearn, DLH) do... it ain't that deep... but he avoids every camera. I think it's very reasonable to ask why a guy with such power in a sport can't be asked nothing directly from the media.
am I crazy that I want bigger transparency or what?
reservoirdogs
Superstar
new Reznick
ChocolateGiddyUp
Superstar
Keith Thurman somehow gotta be involved 
reservoirdogs
Superstar
the fukk...
RoidJonesJr
Superstar
Trout already looks beat up
Trout already looks beat up
For real breh
Trout looking like the new guy at the boxing gym that was forced to spar everybody.
Trout already looks beat up
They need to stop turning Trout into a jobber to the stars...charlo is going to whoop him