Fight Purses in Some Boxing Matches

[johnmaff36]

I remember Tim Witherspoon being aggrieved (and rightly so) about taking home 90,000 USD for fighting Bruno (who received over 900,000 ST). His offical purse was 500,000 but after carl king,don king, sparring partners and expenses were taken out he was left with just the 90k. He said that he asked carl king (who was his 'manager') what was he was getting and King said that he didnt know and had to ask his father!!!! He came back and said they were getting a dime (or maybe it was a nickel, it was some kinda american slang for half a million)

[Kirkland Laing]

I remember Tim Witherspoon being aggrieved (and rightly so) about taking home 90,000 USD for fighting Bruno (who received over 900,000 ST). His offical purse was 500,000 but after carl king,don king, sparring partners and expenses were taken out he was left with just the 90k. He said that he asked carl king (who was his 'manager') what was he was getting and King said that he didnt know and had to ask his father!!!! He came back and said they were getting a dime (or maybe it was a nickel, it was some kinda american slang for half a million)

That was around the time he said about Don King "If you make a dollar he wants the first 110 cents."