Mayweather v Khan est UK gate....

[Wa1nuts]

Everyone mentioning tax, how much extra would he have to pay if the fight was in U.K compared to Vegas?

[SAPFO]

Maywether would sell here even if he was fighting a one armed aids victim. People will just want to say they saw him fight live. The fact Khan has you on the edge of your seat is a bonus. Only problem I can see is it would have an impact on USA PPV numbers unless it was a 2am here, which would create a problem getting home.

Question is, would a huge UK gate make up for loss of prime time PPV over there. An example is the WWF Summerslam in the 90s at Wembley. They never did return for a big PPV although the gate was a success.

[freddydoesdallas]

Everyone mentioning tax, how much extra would he have to pay if the fight was in U.K compared to Vegas?

I thinj the main issue relating to tax is that uk tax law will mean mayweather will have to pay tax here on all his earnings that year. Its why Bolt won't race here unless the meet is exempt ie olympics/anniversary games.

[MarkMcBurney]

Everyone mentioning tax, how much extra would he have to pay if the fight was in U.K compared to Vegas?

I thinj the main issue relating to tax is that uk tax law will mean mayweather will have to pay tax here on all his earnings that year. Its why Bolt won't race here unless the meet is exempt ie olympics/anniversary games.

Not sure that's true; however it does mean he gets clobbered for 50% tax on everything gained from the event. Probably £20m plus for him. That will sting a bit...

[freddydoesdallas]

Everyone mentioning tax, how much extra would he have to pay if the fight was in U.K compared to Vegas?

I thinj the main issue relating to tax is that uk tax law will mean mayweather will have to pay tax here on all his earnings that year. Its why Bolt won't race here unless the meet is exempt ie olympics/anniversary games.

Not sure that's true; however it does mean he gets clobbered for 50% tax on everything gained from the event. Probably £20m plus for him. That will sting a bit...

Here's why bolt won't race:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/pers ... anged.html

[Wa1nuts]

Everyone mentioning tax, how much extra would he have to pay if the fight was in U.K compared to Vegas?

I thinj the main issue relating to tax is that uk tax law will mean mayweather will have to pay tax here on all his earnings that year. Its why Bolt won't race here unless the meet is exempt ie olympics/anniversary games.

Not sure that's true; however it does mean he gets clobbered for 50% tax on everything gained from the event. Probably £20m plus for him. That will sting a bit...

How much does he have to pay in Vegas?

[The Insider]

So as yet the vote shows that less than a third of us think that the attendance would be greater than 70k. Could Buncey be wrong?