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Magdaleno Declined Navarrete Fight, WBO Title Shot Because of Paltry Pay
By Manouk Akopyan
Published On Fri Aug 21, 2020, 07:23 AM EST
Jessie Magdaleno was in line for a title shot against Emanuel Navarrete for the vacant WBO featherweight championship.
Top Rank, who promotes both fighters, claimed a purse bid earlier this month with an offer of $250,000 to make the fight happen.
For Magdaleno (28-1, 18 KOs), the money in the pot proved to be too little, and he pulled his name out of the picture to fight Navarrete (32-1, 28 KOs).
“I had to get on to clear up all the false information that the media wanted to post to create a story,” Magdaleno wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday. “No I did not and will never ghost any opponent ever and I didn’t ghost the WBO. There’s no entertaining story but the real truth is the money wasn’t right for me and that’s it. Once my people and his people can agree on something better than all the fans will get the fight they want and that’s me vs. Navarrete! I want to thank all my fans and team who still support me and that are there for me day in and out love y’all.”
As BoxingScene.com’s Jake Donovan first reported Wednesday, the fight was no longer a 50/50 pay split for the top two contenders because it was deemed the Las Vegas-based Magdaleno had a hometown advantage of fighting in the MGM Grand Bubble. Thus, it became a 60/40 split, leaving Magdaleno with $100,000 before he could even pay for any fight-related expenses.
Jessie Magdaleno made a minimum of $100,000 in his foul-filled fight and disqualification victory over Yenifel Vicente in June in the MGM Grand Bubble in Las Vegas. Certainly, a fight against Navarrete would warrant somewhat of a raise, but it was never in the cards.
Magdaleno’s manager Frank Espinoza told BoxingScene.com on Thursday that Top Rank could have upped the ante from the original $250,000 pot, but eventually, more funds were not funneled into the negotiation.
“Negotiations broke down. We got an offer, looked it over and Jessie was looking to still make a little bit more. It didn’t work out,” said Espinoza. “We have to work through the pandemic and come to a happy medium. Everyone is asked to take pay cuts, but Jessie was not OK with that. It is what it is. We’re just going to have to sit and wait. He understands that by not accepting the terms, we’re now going to have to wait to see what’s next and hear from Top Rank.”
With Magdaleno no longer in the running, the vacant WBO title opportunity was given to Ruben Villa (18-0, 5 KOs), the No. 3 contender in the division.
Villa, who is led by Banner Promotions and Thompson Boxing, will now have the opportunity to negotiate with Top Rank to get a deal done.
munguia should be facing andrade...its in the wbo rules for him unless he needed another middleweight tuneup
munguia vs andrade fight has legs
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#shookboys still in here writing essays, crying like bytches over that canelo L. shyt is disgusting
Then max put the nail in his coffin
Most overrated fighter of the past 20 years
#1 p4p you b*stards
don't talk to me about other nikkas and their skruggle ass resumes
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Margarito was only good if you didnt have the skills to do anything other than fight HIS fight. Charlo twins too good for him.
at 147 he beasted, but at 154 he could never get over the hump... in his prime him and daniel santos went to war..but santos was big enough to withstand his workrate and bother him with his own size..past prime at 154 - after the pacquiao fight he looked awful straight up cuz he was ruined
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Broner don't want them problemsMaybe now we actually get that Broner/Prograis fight
he was a slightly above avg fighter who was in a good time period imo. likewise with Santos. the glove shyt will always make me look at him side-eyed. I think Collazo wouldve worked him. just seems like he was overhyped to me long before he ever did anything. they expected him to take Santos title..and not sure if I remember this correctly but didnt Santos hurt him bad in that 2nd fight?
they both were wobbling each other in that second fight...shyt was a dope fight....it was a rare humble for margarito..dude was on camera before the decision was read talmbout "santos you win"
hbo really needs to air out its archive on hbo max with fights like this
about 6-7 years ago, when I first got Roku, I used to search on there and legit find channels that would have PPV fights on there. they were mostly big named Mexican fighters/Manny. most of them were in Spanish but HD versions. needless to say that shyt disappeared and never returned.