Jacobs turned down 3.000.000 $ to fight GGG...

[Herr Schmeling]

...yet people still blame Golovkin and K2 the fight is not happening. How is a guy like Jacobs supposed to make more than 3 million when more well known fighters like Maidana or Guerrero made less for fighting Mayweather?

The bias and hate on this board is hilarious!

Regardless, Jacobs wants to fight Golovkin sometime in 2017. He didn’t divulge the specific figure that’ll make the Golovkin fight more appealing to him, but stressed that it’ll need to be markedly more than he has been offered thus far.
“It just wasn’t the number we were looking for,” said Jacobs, who is advised by Al Haymon. “It didn’t have the potential to make what I believe was fair. I made a career-high, on record, of $1.5 million for the Quillin fight. And to have it kind of close to that, I was like, ‘Wait a second. I could fight two Peter Quillins and make the same thing.’ So let’s up the numbers just a little bit to make me happy. I’m not asking for no crazy double digits [eight figures] or anywhere close to that. But do me right, man.”

Here's the link:

//krikya360.com/jacobs-il...-money--108136

[MDPopescu]

Jacobs turned down 3.000.000 $ to fight GGG...

...yet people still blame Golovkin and K2 the fight is not happening. How is a guy like Jacobs supposed to make more than 3 million when more well known fighters like Maidana or Guerrero made less for fighting Mayweather?

The bias and hate on this board is hilarious!

... I remember that Saunders was offered 3 million plus ppv shares and Frank Warren said no. But maybe I'm wrong.

[Sparked_26]

Jacobs has had some career if he can turn that down.

Sort of makes me feel bad for other boxers who must have been fighting on his cards over the years and presumably getting paid in chocolate buttons. There is something wrong there. The networks in America need to sort it out and draw a line in the sand somewhere.

[Kagami Taiga]

I've never read that he turned down 3mil. Where are you getting this from?

[Rip Chudd]

When was Jacobs offered 3 million? I haven't seen anything saying this

[W1LL]

Source?

If so that's crazy.

[NaijaD]

Where is your source???

The fight would already be signed if they could come up with that amount for Jacobs. As far as I am aware that is exactly the type of number he is holding out for so why turn it down?

I get that Golovkin is not often given a fair shake when fights don't come off but you will not be helping if you are pulling this story out of your a$$ which I'm pretty sure you are.

[Citizen Koba]

...yet people still blame Golovkin and K2 the fight is not happening. How is a guy like Jacobs supposed to make more than 3 million when more well known fighters like Maidana or Guerrero made less for fighting Mayweather?

The bias and hate on this board is hilarious!

Yeah... You kinda need to provide a source for claims like that. Link me up, man.

[BattlingNelson]

Source?

If true then wow!

[Motorcity Cobra]

... I remember that Saunders was offered 3 million plus ppv shares and Frank Warren said no. But maybe I'm wrong.

$1.5 million is what Saunders said