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PostSubject: EXCELLENT article on Non-Moneymaking fighters who still get PAID big by HBO   EXCELLENT article on Non-Moneymaking fighters who still get PAID big by HBO EmptySat Sep 04, 2010 5:23 am

I gave Steve Kim shit for the Margo-Pac lovefest he was spewing the other day on twitter.

But he wrote a good article on guys like Andre Berto and Paul Williams, fighters who cant draw for shit but still get paid 7 figures from HBO.


Its a long article so i wont copy and paste it. But it is a good informative read.

http://www.maxboxing.com/news/main-lead/so-is-a-tulip-worth-more-than-a-berto
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PostSubject: Re: EXCELLENT article on Non-Moneymaking fighters who still get PAID big by HBO   EXCELLENT article on Non-Moneymaking fighters who still get PAID big by HBO EmptySat Sep 04, 2010 5:27 am

Ali, you got on Cotto a lil bit for not wanting to fight Berto. I always stated that if Arum told Cotto to fight Berto, that Cotto would. This basically proves my point. This is Arum speaking.

"Because, I mean, you get a kid like Andre Berto and Lou DiBella called me up and he said, ’How much do you think HBO would pay for a [Miguel] Cotto-Berto fight?’ I said, ’How much do you think?’ He said, ’About three million.’ I said, ’What does your guy want to do the fight?’ He said, ’About $1.8 million.’

"I said, ’Are you f**kin’ nuts?! Your guy can’t sell a ticket,’ Arum recalled. “It’s a totally artificial market. This reminds me of the tulips. Do you remember the tulips? Where they were selling tulips for unbelievable money; there was a market being made in tulips and suddenly, one day people said, ’What, are we crazy? They’re tulip bulbs!’ and the market collapsed overnight."


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PostSubject: Re: EXCELLENT article on Non-Moneymaking fighters who still get PAID big by HBO   EXCELLENT article on Non-Moneymaking fighters who still get PAID big by HBO EmptySat Sep 04, 2010 5:31 am

Some numbers from the article.

Berto-Quintana sold 972 tickets, generating $105,759 in revenue. Berto still got paid 1.5 million.

Williams-Cintron sold 2,422 tickets, generating $135,640 in revenue. Williams srtill made 7 figures for the fight.

Al Haymon definitely knows how to make money for his fighters.

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PostSubject: Re: EXCELLENT article on Non-Moneymaking fighters who still get PAID big by HBO   EXCELLENT article on Non-Moneymaking fighters who still get PAID big by HBO EmptySat Sep 04, 2010 11:24 am

al haymon and the boys will soon find out that hbo showtime and company are starting to wake up...the resent turn downs of great offers by the fighters is delivering a wake up call...watch next year.
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PostSubject: Re: EXCELLENT article on Non-Moneymaking fighters who still get PAID big by HBO   EXCELLENT article on Non-Moneymaking fighters who still get PAID big by HBO EmptySat Sep 04, 2010 1:28 pm

Nice article, thanks!
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PostSubject: Re: EXCELLENT article on Non-Moneymaking fighters who still get PAID big by HBO   EXCELLENT article on Non-Moneymaking fighters who still get PAID big by HBO EmptySat Sep 04, 2010 3:06 pm

I believe if my memory isn't failing, that Dougie Fisher, has said before that Kim had been the one that first called Margarito, the Tijuana tornado, and eventually it stuck. So I believe he has had a personal connection with that fighter and that probably plays alot into his decision to believe that margarito didn't know about his plaster wraps.
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1 thing

take every "insider insight" from Bob Arum with a thousand grains of salt
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This was a great post. A lot of foreshadowing.
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Ali, you got on Cotto a lil bit for not wanting to fight Berto. I always stated that if Arum told Cotto to fight Berto, that Cotto would. This basically proves my point. This is Arum speaking.

"Because, I mean, you get a kid like Andre Berto and Lou DiBella called me up and he said, ’How much do you think HBO would pay for a [Miguel] Cotto-Berto fight?’ I said, ’How much do you think?’ He said, ’About three million.’ I said, ’What does your guy want to do the fight?’ He said, ’About $1.8 million.’

"I said, ’Are you f**kin’ nuts?! Your guy can’t sell a ticket,’ Arum recalled. “It’s a totally artificial market. This reminds me of the tulips. Do you remember the tulips? Where they were selling tulips for unbelievable money; there was a market being made in tulips and suddenly, one day people said, ’What, are we crazy? They’re tulip bulbs!’ and the market collapsed overnight."

I take back what I said, Berto seems to be developing into a greedy little punk.
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SlickMoneyXL wrote:
Ali, you got on Cotto a lil bit for not wanting to fight Berto. I always stated that if Arum told Cotto to fight Berto, that Cotto would. This basically proves my point. This is Arum speaking.

"Because, I mean, you get a kid like Andre Berto and Lou DiBella called me up and he said, ’How much do you think HBO would pay for a [Miguel] Cotto-Berto fight?’ I said, ’How much do you think?’ He said, ’About three million.’ I said, ’What does your guy want to do the fight?’ He said, ’About $1.8 million.’

"I said, ’Are you f**kin’ nuts?! Your guy can’t sell a ticket,’ Arum recalled. “It’s a totally artificial market. This reminds me of the tulips. Do you remember the tulips? Where they were selling tulips for unbelievable money; there was a market being made in tulips and suddenly, one day people said, ’What, are we crazy? They’re tulip bulbs!’ and the market collapsed overnight."

I take back what I said, Berto seems to be developing into a greedy little punk.

gotta love Ali's passion. At least he's consistant!!! LOL!
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LOL!
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