Nah. It is all about finances. With what GGG and Jacobs are looking to make, I would have to guess the break even would be 150k to 200k...and I would expect sales to be around there.
And people need to do the economics on the GGG-Canelo fight.
@Newzz and I have gone over it a lot in the past. Sure $15 milly sounds like a lot, because it is. But when you do the math for GGG-Canelo, I broke it out and with a 2/3 to 1/3 split,
based off of conservative estimates from what the media believes the fight will do, GGG would make over $15 million.
Is what it is. People like criticizing GGG, so they expect him to take the first offer that sounds good to the public. Pacquiao was being criticized for turning down $40 million to Floyd and that would have been a career high purse. Turns out Pacquiao was the one who was right.
And to be fair in big fights, I prefer the percentage split over flat fee way to finance a fight. Get paid based on the revenue the fight actually brings in. That way fighters get paid what they fairly deserve. If the fight does well, the promoters have to share more of the wealth, if the fight doesn't do well, than the fighters got a fair payday based on their earning potential.