Comments Thread For: Arum Discusses Donaire's Contract Status With Top Rank

[badass316]

To me 500K sounds reasonable for donaire at the moment. He deserves something for what he did to Montiel. 350K for Moreno though is a bit too high. For the most part he's still a relatively unknown commodity. If I were him I wouldn't hesitate taking the 350K since in all honesty he should be getting around 200K.

[Left Hook Tua]

To me 500K sounds reasonable for donaire at the moment. He deserves something for what he did to Montiel. 350K for Moreno though is a bit too high. For the most part he's still a relatively unknown commodity. If I were him I wouldn't hesitate taking the 350K since in all honesty he should be getting around 200K.

$350k for moreno is definitely too high.

in defense of him , he's only asking for that much because he doesn't really want the fight. he knows he's gonna get his ass kicked so he might as well get paid a lot.

[gopi11]

$350k for his last fight , $500k for his next fight , $250k minimum?

for a bantamweight?

man........

mr. marcial is smoking dope if he thinks he's not getting paid enough.

i got no problem with a man asking for more money. if he can get it , more power to him. i believe everyone should try to get as much money as they can.

but 7 figures per fight? for a bantamweight?

to put it in perspective HBO World Championship Boxing offered $750k total purse for pac-jmm 2 in the immediate rematch of their 1st fight at 126.

$750k total for both fighters to split.

now is nonito even as big a draw as that 2004-2005 pacquiao?

You got it wrong Tua, the split was $750k EACH, but Marquez wanted the $1.5M for himself, and since he's good at numbers (I heard/read that he's an accountant), he gave up his belt for a hefty sum of $32,500...

[Left Hook Tua]

You got it wrong Tua, the split was $750k EACH, but Marquez wanted the $1.5M for himself, and since he's good at numbers (I heard/read that he's an accountant), he gave up his belt for a hefty sum of $32,500...

oh yeah my bad. it was $750k each. old age is affecting my memory.

but that's still not 7 figures.

and pac-jmm 2 is a bigger fight than anything on the horizon for nonito.

at least until he gets to 126 against lopez.

[badass316]

$350k for his last fight , $500k for his next fight , $250k minimum?

for a bantamweight?

man........

mr. marcial is smoking dope if he thinks he's not getting paid enough.

i got no problem with a man asking for more money. if he can get it , more power to him. i believe everyone should try to get as much money as they can.

but 7 figures per fight? for a bantamweight?


to put it in perspective HBO World Championship Boxing offered $750k total purse for pac-jmm 2 in the immediate rematch of their 1st fight at 126.

$750k total for both fighters to split.

now is nonito even as big a draw as that 2004-2005 pacquiao?

You also have to take into account the time that it happened. That was back in 2004. I don't know the exactly how much inflation rates or the economy would affect that 750K number but it's safe to assume it would be more, if not significantly more.

I do agree that Donaire is in no place to be receiving 7 figure paydays as of right now. But I'm sure if he keeps winning he'll reach that mark sooner rather than later. I also think his popularity and recognition is being helped by the simple fact that he's in Pacquiao's time. When people see Donaire I'm sure their first thought is could he be the next Pacquiao, hence why he's garnered more interest than fighters like Juanma Lopez and such.

[Left Hook Tua]

You got it wrong Tua, the split was $750k EACH, but Marquez wanted the $1.5M for himself, and since he's good at numbers (I heard/read that he's an accountant), he gave up his belt for a hefty sum of $32,500...

i just looked up pacquiao's purses.

you know pacquiao didn't even make 7 figures 'til the morales ppv fights?

he got paid $500k for barrera 1 and $750k for marquez 1.

and there's no morales or barrera for nonito in the future.

the closest is lopez at 126 and he's not even close to morales or barrera.

[badass316]

You got it wrong Tua, the split was $750k EACH, but Marquez wanted the $1.5M for himself, and since he's good at numbers (I heard/read that he's an accountant), he gave up his belt for a hefty sum of $32,500...

JMM was a moron, or was it Nacho? Or was it both? I remember they turned that rematch down and took a fight against Chris John in Indonesia for like 25K

And the irony of it was that he LOST. He must have felt like the biggest moron afterward.

[badass316]

$350k for moreno is definitely too high.

in defense of him , he's only asking for that much because he doesn't really want the fight. he knows he's gonna get his ass kicked so he might as well get paid a lot.

That's true, but in all honesty his chances of getting anything larger than what he'll get against Donaire is slim at best. He isn't exactly a crowd pleasing type of fighter. So the chances of him gaining any ground on the "drawing power" aspect is highly unlikely. 350K would probably be the most he'll ever get, unless he somehow upends Donaire, which I seriously doubt.

[gopi11]

i just looked up pacquiao's purses.

you know pacquiao didn't even make 7 figures 'til the morales ppv fights?

he got paid $500k for barrera 1 and $750k for marquez 1.

and there's no morales or barrera for nonito in the future.

the closest is lopez at 126 and he's not even close to morales or barrera.

Sorry to burst your bubble again pare, but Murad Muhammad got half of the coins on both fights. You didn't get to see his new set of chompers after those 2 fights?

[Left Hook Tua]

You also have to take into account the time that it happened. That was back in 2004. I don't know the exactly how much inflation rates or the economy would affect that 750K number but it's safe to assume it would be more, if not significantly more.

I do agree that Donaire is in no place to be receiving 7 figure paydays as of right now. But I'm sure if he keeps winning he'll reach that mark sooner rather than later. I also think his popularity and recognition is being helped by the simple fact that he's in Pacquiao's time. When people see Donaire I'm sure their first thought is could he be the next Pacquiao, hence why he's garnered more interest than fighters like Juanma Lopez and such.

yeah it was just a comparison. it's been a few years but wouldn't be that much difference from 2005 to now.

he doesn't have more interest than lopez i don't think. donaire's fights doesn't draw that much.