Quote Originally Posted by hattonthehammer View Post
not particularly

the extra incentive to win would just be cancelled out by you losing an extra 5-10% if you were knocked out.

Lets say for instance this was used when floyd and hatton fought. Instead of ricky coming out in the 10th and trying his upmost to knock his man out knowing it was his only chance of victory he might of just decided that it wasnt worth losing the extra money for and completely going into his shell for 3rounds!!
No no no, youve got my idea wrong. They dont lose money, they have to win to gain money. They are only guarenteed say for example 100 000 to turn up and fight, if they win they get 250 000 total so an extra 150 000 for winning. This would make them want to win so they can get the extra money, otherwise they are stuck with the 100 000.