Triller trying to get out of Teofimo Lopez fight
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chunky_mcdaniels
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Smart move from Kambosos to head back home.
He's been delayed for months and months and gains the upper hand again by calling foul and closing camp.
Lopez will give up the belt, will get a half payout and Kambosos will get a small payout.
Win for everyone essentially, Lopez reputation takes a dint but he gets to avoid a hungry, dangerous opponent.
He's been delayed for months and months and gains the upper hand again by calling foul and closing camp.
Lopez will give up the belt, will get a half payout and Kambosos will get a small payout.
Win for everyone essentially, Lopez reputation takes a dint but he gets to avoid a hungry, dangerous opponent.
Yeah I'll be side eying dude if that goes down and splinters his belts
Kambosos vs Issac Cruz would be the fight if he vacates that IBF belt
Also kambosos is his WBO mando too
chunky_mcdaniels
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So if his WBO mando is Kambosos does he have to give that up? Or IBF? I'm ignorant to all this stuff.
no since unified champions have a specific order they follow the sanctioning bodies...its one body at a time...only the ibf would be given up at the time
Teo is my guy, but he isn't a huge draw yet. Triller spent 6M on this fight, and the owner said without any music acts or celebrity tie-ins it would do 500K buys. He also said that with their unique presentation and set-up, 1 million buys they come out profitable.
They were close enough to the fight when Teo caught Covid that they had metrics to see how many people were thinking about this fight. They also knew what their "entertainment" line-up woulda looked like. It's likely both weren't enough for Triller liking.
At this point they have lost so much money from the cancellation, they are betting on Kambosos fighting at home will be enough to recoup. I don't think that will be the case, but if they think that's their best option... This sucks for Teo as he has to fight later than he wanted, and go through quarantine, but it's his fault for catching covid.
Teo is entirely at fault for this situation, messed the bag for all three parties, and it's now advantageous for 2 of the 3 parties to bullshyt their way to a complete nullifying of this fight.
They were close enough to the fight when Teo caught Covid that they had metrics to see how many people were thinking about this fight. They also knew what their "entertainment" line-up woulda looked like. It's likely both weren't enough for Triller liking.
At this point they have lost so much money from the cancellation, they are betting on Kambosos fighting at home will be enough to recoup. I don't think that will be the case, but if they think that's their best option... This sucks for Teo as he has to fight later than he wanted, and go through quarantine, but it's his fault for catching covid.
Teo is entirely at fault for this situation, messed the bag for all three parties, and it's now advantageous for 2 of the 3 parties to bullshyt their way to a complete nullifying of this fight.
chunky_mcdaniels
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Won't happen.
Each major city is in lockdown atm and will be a compromised crowd if they get a green light to fill stadiums for the next 3-4 months at least.
This fight is over imo.
Triller has no one to blame but themselves
they got cocky with the roy jones and tyson circus, not realize these two are the most recognizable names in boxing to people who don't follow boxing besides mayweather
Loma vs Teo didn't break any records on free TV, so I don't know why they thought this guy could sell ppvs when he's never sold anything
Tank is the only draw at the weight, mayweather built his fan base from the grown up that's why he can sell out shows, and he made the tickets affordable for black people that's why tank always sells out because black people come out to see tank
Terrance Crawford was selling out in nebraska everytime, but for some reason bob arum abandoned that and wasted money promoting Lomachenko who can't sell out a family dinner in the Ukraine
Devin Haney made 3 million his last fight, and Devin Haney's opponents made more than Teofimo, and Ryan Garcia did in their last fights, so why isn't Teofimo fighting Haney
this another prime example of internet boxing fans not being a real fanbase, Ryan garcia is not a draw only on social media, Teofimo is not a draw, only on a social media, lomachenko is not a draw, only in the youtube comments he is relevant
Lopez-Kambosos: Arum Has Plan In Place For ESPN To Air Fight If IBF Rules Triller Defaulted
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BY KEITH IDEC
Published Fri Jul 23, 2021, 03:05 PM EDT
Teofimo Lopez’s promoter has a contingency plan in place in the event Triller Fight Club doesn’t move forward with promoting and televising the Lopez-George Kambosos fight on pay-per-view.
Bob Arum informed BoxingScene.com that Top Rank has reserved an undisclosed date in September for ESPN to televise the Lopez-Kambosos bout if the IBF rules that Triller Fight Club has defaulted on its winning bid for their lightweight title fight. Triller Fight Club stunningly won a purse bid February 25 to earn the right to promote the 12-round, 135-pound championship bout between Las Vegas’ Lopez (16-0, 12 KOs) and Australia’s Kambosos (19-0, 10 KOs), the mandatory challenger for Lopez’s IBF lightweight title.
Triller Fight Club’s whopping winning bid was $6,018,000. Matchroom Boxing submitted the second-highest bid, which was $3,506,000.
Arum’s Top Rank offered the third-highest amount to promote Lopez-Kambosos ($2,315,000).
Two weeks ago, Patrick English, an attorney for Lopez, requested a resolution regarding Triller Fight Club’s winning bid. In paperwork submitted to the IBF on Lopez’s behalf, Lopez’s team asked the IBF to make Triller Fight Club reschedule the Kambosos bout by the end of September or declare that Triller defaulted on its winning bid.
“If the first bidder defaults, then it goes to the second bidder, and that’s Matchroom,” Arum told BoxingScene.com. “And they don’t have to do it. There’s no consequences for them passing. And then it’s up to us, if we wanna do it. And the answer is we most definitely wanna do it. We’ll do that fight in September. But again, we might not have the opportunity.
“One, the IBF may decide in favor of Triller and Triller makes everything right and does the fight on an appropriate date in the United States in September. A lot of things can happen. But as Teo’s promoter, besides signing a [new] contract with him, we’re obligated to do the fight if the other arrangements fall through.”
Triller Fight Club postponed Lopez-Kambosos in mid-May from June 5 to June 19 at loanDepot Park, the home stadium of Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins. Their fight was postponed again June 15, the day Lopez tested positive for COVID-19.
Triller Fight Club announced June 15 that Lopez-Kambosos would be rescheduled for August 14. A venue was not secured, however, and nothing more regarding rescheduling Lopez-Kambosos for August 14 was officially announced.
Triller Fight Club later petitioned the IBF to allow the company to reschedule Lopez-Kambosos for October 17 at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney, Kambosos’ hometown. Lopez does not want to fight Kambosos in Australia primarily because COVID-19 restrictions in Australia would require him to be quarantined in a hotel room for two weeks, which would prohibit Lopez from preparing properly to box Kambosos.
Once Lopez tested positive for the coronavirus, Kambosos returned to Sydney. He remains there and would not be subjected to another two-week quarantine if his fight with Lopez were brought to Australia.
If the IBF determines Triller Fight Club defaulted on its bold bid, Lopez and Kambosos would be entitled to a 65-35 split of the $1,203,600 deposit Triller Fight Club was required to make after winning the purse bid. In addition, Lopez and Kambosos would divide either the bid made by Matchroom or Top Rank’s offer 65-35.
The IBF’s ruling regarding Lopez-Kambosos could come as soon as the end of next week.
chunky_mcdaniels
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Lomachenko is a huge draw in markets outside of America. Atypical, insular view. We aren’t stupid. Massive draw in Europe obviously.
Also the Lopez v Lomachenko fight was prepared as a non PPV correct?
Garcia doesn’t have a belt but will obviously be a huge hit if he does get one.
Haney deserves a huge card now, I hope he gets it.
What are you basing this one
Lomachenko has never did numbers anywhere, he not a ppv star, he's never fought on ppv
huge draw in europe since when lmao
the ukraine isn't even apart of the EU is it lmao
also Texas is bigger than any country in Europe
so people need to stop acting like this european fighters are some huge attraction without proven it
you need to have numbers to back up those statements
chunky_mcdaniels
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He sold out crowds in England? Twice.
Don’t use the geographical size of a country/region/state to support your cause. That’s just silly. It doesn’t make sense either.
