KiwiRider wrote: ↑17 Nov 2017, 14:10
Enlightened-One wrote: ↑17 Nov 2017, 12:01
https://twitter.com/joeboxerparker/stat ... 0437556224
Joseph Parker demanding 40% from a probable total purse pot approaching the $25m mark, which means that he wants $10m, with AJ taking a pay cut of $5m to receive only $15m, despite the Kiwi's career-best purse only being $1.4m.
WTF! Where's the justification for his ludicrous demands?
You know what I’d do if I was Eddie Hearn… I’d say “eff you! Continue earning paltry purses and we’ll face the next person that holds that WBO belt instead.”
I never thought I would have to make some corrections EO.
But; it's Parker's manager making the demands, and like any negotiator- start high. Higgie is just doing his job.
And; Parker's biggest payday was 1.8 US plus a cut of PPV. I don't know the total but easily over 2 mil USD
The Express reported that Joseph Parker received £1.1m, with Fury receiving £750K from their bout.
In terms of currency conversion, £1.1m is roughly $1.45m (USD) using today’s exchange rate.
The New Zealand Herald quoted Parker’s purse as being $2.1m (NZD) for the Fury fight, which equates to $1.43m (USD) using today’s currency exchange rate. This is the same figure quoted my multiple New Zealand media outlets during early September.
The exchange rate today is obviously a little different than when Parker & Fury fought, so I quoted an approximation.
Are you quoting Parker’s initial purse that he might have earned before Fury initially withdrew from their bout (due to injury) after Duco Events won their purse bid (back in February), because his actual payday for the rearranged bout was less than the figures initially quoted?
Also, Duco Events admitted that the PPV price for Parker-Fury fight had to be dropped in New Zealand by 33% due to low sales (i.e. from $59.95 for the Ruiz Jr. bout to only $39.95 NZD) , coupled with struggled to fill the Manchester Arena for that bout.
Did Parker earn a guaranteed $1.8m (USD) against a different foe?
I also quoted Joseph Parker’s personal Twitter account when I discussed his alleged 40% purse split demands. If you'd clicked on the link, you would have seen it.
If Parker wanted to distance himself from David Higgins demands, he wouldn't have authorised that Tweet.
Also, the purse split demand stipulated in that Tweet was also corroborated during an interview that Sky Sports performed with Parker:
"Joseph Parker says he deserves fair deal to fight Anthony Joshua"
Asked about the opening offer, Parker exclusively told Sky Sports: "I feel it's a little low, but they can improve on it.
"Voluntary is 20 per cent is it? Mandatory is 30 per cent? So I think unification, it's fair to make it 40 for a unification. It comes down to negotiating and seeing where everybody is at.
"I think I do deserve that respect. I worked hard to get here and I believe that if we want to unify then we should actually do a deal that everyone is happy with."
"I never thought I would have to make some corrections" KiwiRider. Sorry, I couldn't help it!
