I was reading the thread on Mike Jones- where is he now, etc. And I mentioned, along with someone else, that he is a sparring partner for Manny going into his fight with Aligieri.
And, I had mentioned, that good sparring can cost a lot of money over the course of the time spent. I said a figure of about 100k for championship fights or fights of that magnitude for the 2 to 3 month period.
I promptly did some research and found that Freddie, up to about 5-6 years ago, was paying guys 2k per week plus room and board for sparring sessions with Manny and Amir. Fighters that knocked Manny or Amir down got an extra 1k.
I think they were being robbed. Because I have a buddy of mine that was brought in to spar with Luis Ortiz and a few others and his going rate for the 2 1/2 to 3 month training camp was 60k- and he isn't no where near the calibre of anyone in the top 20, and Ortiz in particular is not even the top ranked guy in the HW division.
I feel, based on that, if Jones is the sparring partner for Manny, for the entire training camp- basically, a 2 to 3 month camp- he should take no less than 100k for the duration or 8k plus room, board and expenses can be negotiable. But most likely the coach/promoter would want to keep an eye out on the sparring partner, for obvious reasons.
What are some of the going rates you guys heard of?
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