What happen to Mickey Bey/Shafikov?

[ImJay]

Im not a fan of Bey ,And still believing that he loss the fight with Vasquez ..
What happened to his 1st titledefence?

[world ranked]

Bey decided to vacate the belt because the his purse was trash and he felt like it wasnt worth going to china/macao for.

[Tangerine]

So anyone know if Barthelemy is going to come down to fight Shafikov for the vacant belt or has someone else been named?Enjoy watching Shafikov fight hope they get his opponent lined up soon

[armageto]

Bey didn't want to lose is basically what happened.....

[koolkc107]

Bey didn't want to lose is basically what happened.....

No, it was money not fear of losing.

Vazquez made $450,000 the night Bey took the title from him. Of course, there was a gravy boat of PPV money in support of those purses. My guess is Bey figured he was being lowballed for his defense.

Obviously Bey needs someone to explain the money side of the game for him...

Moretti and Leonard Ellerbe of Mayweather Promotions were even able to make a deal for the bout despite the poor relationship between the companies. However, Bey ultimately turned down a purse of about $200,000, huge money for that level of fight, and the bout was canceled on short notice.

Bey's decision to reject the offer was a major miscalculation. The bout was then put up for a purse bid, and Top Rank, the only bidder, won the promotional rights with an offer of $78,000. Since Bey had already turned down six figures from Mayweather Promotions, it did not bid.

Bey was entitled to 75 percent of the money as the titleholder and would have earned $58,500. Top Rank scheduled the fight on its July 18 card in Macau and Bey signed the contract, but then he had second thoughts about going there to fight and it cost him the belt.

"Once he decided to not accept Floyd's and Leonard's generous offer to fight on ESPN2 the week of Mayweather-Pacquiao, I knew we we're headed down this road," Moretti said. "We move forward to fight Rances Barthelemy for the vacant title, but first we appreciate the IBF letting Denis fight on July 18 in Macau because of what he has to endure through this odyssey."

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