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Chris Mannix

Why Jose Ramirez Won't Fight Regis Prograis for Less Than $1 Million

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Ten rounds while looking for the mute button to keep any Crawford-Spence talk off my timeline …

10. The biggest story this week was the public collapse of negotiations between Jose Ramirez and Regis Prograis, who have been ordered by the WBC to fight for the 140-pound title Prograis won last month. After initially ordering a 70-30 split on any purse bid—Ramirez’s promoter, Top Rank, and Prograis’s representatives at Probellum do not have a working relationship, making a bid the only way to negotiate a deal—the WBC bumped it to 65-35. That wasn’t enough for Ramirez, a former champion with a larger profile than Prograis, who elected to pass on the fight.

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