Bute signs 3 fight deal w/Showtime - $2 million per

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=5756896

http://twitter.com/danrafaelespn/status/29504973788
By the way, I'm told Showtime's number on the table for the Bute fights is about $2 million per fight.

Nicely done Showtime

Have 168 & 175 pretty much on lock
Super Six fighters (even the "injured" ones), Hopkins, Pascal

Pavlik can kiss his biggest pay day out there good bye!

yeah baby!! showtime smashed the fuck out of this one

Nice, Showtime are making HBO look like amateurs at the moment.

I was wondering why they gave Bute love on fight camp 360, obviously this was the reason.

we're going to have an undisputed. and then loadsa exciting matches afterwards. Froch vs Abraham is going to be an absolute war and hopefully will keep the public interested. Bika vs Ward and Green vs Johnson are also very interesting match-ups and should be entertaining. i think what Showtime have done is very clever and they deserve credit for installing faith in the sport

I got a hunch we're going to see Kessler vs Bute soon...

not buying the eye injury

I can't see Kessler faking an eye injury when he had that easy payday against Green, the man is a warrior.

Ali wrote:

I can't see Kessler faking an eye injury when he had that easy payday against Green, the man is a warrior.

You never know

Yeah Showtime obviously bought him so he can face their Super Six Champion. The mean while, the'll make him fight the guy who dont move on in the playoff. Winner of Green-Johnson. Maybe Dirrell and Kessler.

I think Showtime made an extremely intelligent move here. Bute's 3rd fight under contract could be against the Super 6 champ. The timing works out very well. That fight will be huge.

Awesome parody video.

Thank you. I did all the stunts myself. My skills have eroded quite a bit since I played consistently.

Six defenses and two million per fight. Seems fair, Im sure he'll get a piece of the gate as well. How much does Berto get again?

hardcoreBEE24 wrote:

Six defenses and two million per fight. Seems fair, Im sure he'll get a piece of the gate as well. How much does Berto get again?

HBO paid $2,150,000 for Berto vs Quintana and it sold 972 tickets

gomez1012 wrote:

hardcoreBEE24 wrote:

Six defenses and two million per fight. Seems fair, Im sure he'll get a piece of the gate as well. How much does Berto get again?

HBO paid $2,150,000 for Berto vs Quintana and it sold 972 tickets

Greenburg, take notes. Fucking retard.