Quote Originally Posted by Silkeyjoe View Post
Kiko was the champion. The champ is entitled to the bigger share. They had to pay over the odds to get Kiko back to belfast as a voluntary. I think I saw Framoton say in the build up to that fight that it was a big risk for him because he was getting peanuts for the fight and if he lost it would be a major stunt in his career. Maybe he was just saying that. I dont know. The examples you gave were all champs at the time so entitled to a bigger split then Frampton would have been v Kiko.
Sorry mate, you're completely right, I was thinking of the rematch and getting mixed up. Doh!
But my point was that McGuigan was making good dough out of it.