According to reports >

Just after the September 9, 1978 bout with Pete Ranzany.

Manager - Lupe Sanchez turned down an offer for $300,000 for his fighter {Jose 'Pipino' Cuevas}
to fight WBC Champion - Carlos Palomino in a 10-Round 'non-title' bout for late-October in
Los Angeles at The Olympic Auditorium.

Later it was reported that there was $400,000 'on-the-table' for a WBA/WBC Unification Bout,
with the bout to be held at 'The Forum' in Inglewood, California for January 1979.

Manager - Lupe Sanchez wanted a fight purse of $500,000.