"Usyk will not likely face Joshua in their rematch" I presume the "not" shouldn't be there.
Hopefully we can now learn who Joshua's new trainer is.
I'm very surprised that the WBC are gonna keep 10% of the purse bid and award it to the winner of Fury vs Whyte since according to WBC rules the champion, Fury, gets the first 10% and the 80:20 split is applied to the remaining 90% - maybe this rule has been changed(?).
I don't think ANY world title challenger should be given as low a split as 80:20 - imo the minimum split for a world title fight should be 70:30 (especially if the champion does happen to get the first 10%).
Dan was right - the WBC rules have changed since last time I looked at them.
Section 2.16 says that 10% of the purse bid is put to one side for the winner of the fight.
The strange thing is that the rest of section 2.16 says that 70% of the remaining 90% goes to the champion and 30% of the remaining 90% goes to the challenger - this is the equivalent of what the WBC regarded as a 70:30 split NOT the 80:20 split that the WBC have given Whyte. I'm sure Whyte's legal representatives have pointed this out to the CAS.
I'm not convinced that this fight will happen without further problems.
That is a lot of money for a fight......... some people will say this is good for boxing some not so much. It will peak at some point that is for sure.
"Usyk will not likely face Joshua in their rematch" I presume the "not" shouldn't be there.
Hopefully we can now learn who Joshua's new trainer is.
I'm very surprised that the WBC are gonna keep 10% of the purse bid and award it to the winner of Fury vs Whyte since according to WBC rules the champion, Fury, gets the first 10% and the 80:20 split is applied to the remaining 90% - maybe this rule has been changed(?).
I don't think ANY world title challenger should be given as low a split as 80:20 - imo the minimum split for a world title fight should be 70:30 (especially if the champion does happen to get the first 10%).
Should have said "Usyk will next likely..." My bad. It is fixed.
Dan was right - the WBC rules have changed since last time I looked at them.
Section 2.16 says that 10% of the purse bid is put to one side for the winner of the fight.
The strange thing is that the rest of section 2.16 says that 70% of the remaining 90% goes to the champion and 30% of the remaining 90% goes to the challenger - this is the equivalent of what the WBC regarded as a 70:30 split NOT the 80:20 split that the WBC have given Whyte. I'm sure Whyte's legal representatives have pointed this out to the CAS.
I'm not convinced that this fight will happen without further problems.
That is a lot of money for a fight......... some people will say this is good for boxing some not so much. It will peak at some point that is for sure.