It was just a quick talk of the 35%, but after this fight if he’s serious about fighting me and serious about, we’ll sit down and talk about it. “This promotion because of the disagreements between Probellum and Top Rank, nobody really tried to make this fight happen. But when my 35% is equivalent to one-fourth of my minimum with Top Rank and ESPN, it just makes no sense. Obviously, 35% of a ten million purse bid, I’ll take that all day. Ramirez: “Max, it’s not that simple as the 35%. What can you tell us about the decision to do that.” Max Kellerman: “You originally turned down a fight against Regis Prograis over the purse split, which you thought should be 50-50, and setting up this fight with Richard Commey. “Hey, you got some good pockets of boxing fans right in that area in Southern California, and it produced some great fights,” said Max Kellerman to Ramirez. “You’d be surprised how many people follow boxing just because of me, and I think to the people, I’ll be the best boxer ever to put gloves on,” said Ramirez. I was really honored to open up this market as a new boxing market. It’s all the smalltown communities that support me, including my hometown of Avenal. We’re expecting 15,000 people,” said Jose Ramirez to Max On Boxing, talking about fighting at the Save Mart Arena in Fresno, California. Jose Ramirez: “It’s motivating fighting here, Max. Humberto Galindo 136Ĭharlie Sheehy 134.8 vs. Tina Rupprecht 104.8Īntonio Mireles 265.4 vs. Ramirez certainly won’t get a 50-50 split against WBO champion Josh Taylor either, but perhaps he’d be more willing to take that fight because it’s more winnable and an in-house one involving their promoters at Top Rank.
Ramirez reportedly wanted a 50-50 purse split for the Prograis fight, which would never happen. With the way Ramirez has looked in his last three fights, losing to Josh Taylor and laboring to beat Jose Pedraza and Viktor Postol, he’s not on the same level as Prograis or some of the other top fighters in the 140-lb division.
The 36-year-old Commey (30-4-1, 27 KOs) is a more winnable fight for Ramirez (27-1, 17 KOs) than going up against Prograis, who many fan views as the #1 fighter in the 140-lb division today. It could be a waste of time for the World Boxing Council to have made the Ramirez-Commey fight an official WBC 140-lb title eliminator because Ramirez already turned down a title shot against champion Regis Prograis after the fight was ordered. It’s essential that Ramirez look good against Commey because he’s not been impressive in several years, and some fans believe he’s on the downside. (Photo credit: Mikey Williams/Top Rank via Getty Images)
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