Chapter 92: An agreement is reached

Diaz's promoter frowned and answered the phone. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

"Hello, Ms. Natalia. I'm sorry, I've already decided that Diaz will play Valero next. ”

"Sir, don't be in a hurry to refuse. Lin is very much looking forward to a fight with Diaz. We're willing to give Diaz $2.5 million in appearance. Natalia, on the other end of the phone, said unhurriedly.

2.5 million?! Diaz's promoter was shocked when he heard this number.

Diaz's promoters fluctuated in their hearts, such a large appearance fee, but in his boxing professional promotion career, the highest.

I'm afraid that the former Diaz couldn't earn so much in ten games. Diaz's promoter's biggest hope in the past was nothing more than wanting Diaz to reach the million-dollar level of the club. Those who can enter this level are already the top handful of people in the boxing world.

Diaz's promoters never imagined that one day, Diaz would get $2.5 million in appearance fees. In front of the huge appearance fee, Diaz's promoter almost opened his mouth and directly agreed to Natalia.

But he held back. The current Diaz is like a sweet and sweet tooth, Valero wants to fight him, and Lin Ye also wants to fight him. Diaz's promoter wants to talk to the Golden Boy Promotion Company again, maybe the Golden Boy Promotion Company can give the best terms.

The promoter said to Natalia that he would think carefully. Having hung up Natalia's phone, the Diaz promoter dialed Sheffield again.

On the other end of the line, "How about sir, have you thought about the match against Valero?" Sheffield said.

"I just called the Extraordinary Boxing Promotion Company and they were willing to pay $2.5 million for appearances. So, I think your bid is a bit low. "Diaz's promotion is humane.

Sheffield frowned, dissatisfied in his heart, this guy was sitting on the ground and raising the price. He said: "1.2 million is already our greatest sincerity, and I will not increase the appearance fee again." Sir, please think carefully, it is not a question of the appearance fee. Playing against a real big name like Valero is in your best interest. ”

For Sheffield, as the CEO of a large company, every penny has to be carefully calculated. The appearance fee given to Diaz is already very high. In his eyes, a fighter like Diaz is only worth $800,000. But Valero wants the WBC belt, and Hoya is also bent on facilitating the fight, and Sheffield adds so much. 1.2 million is already his bottom line, and he will never add another point for any other reason, even if the game agreement cannot be reached. In his eyes, an ordinary boxing champion like Diaz is simply not worth breaking his bottom line to give more conditions.

After being explicitly rejected by Sheffield to raise the price, Diaz's promoter sneered and turned to Natalia, who quickly signed a match agreement.

After the two sides signed the match agreement, Natalia released the news to the media.

"Lin Ye's opponent is finalized in the next match, and he will have a lightweight unification fight with David Diaz"

"Lin Ye wants to unify the lightweight division and become the first unified boxing champion across two divisions in boxing history"

"David Diaz Wants to Defeat Lin Ye and Defend the Dignity of American Boxing"

"Lin and Diaz's battle may make history"

Lin and Diaz, who will be the crowned king of the lightweight division? 》

Lin Ye's lightweight battle with Diaz has attracted great attention from the media. Because Lin Ye is already the unified champion of the super featherweight division, if he defeats Diaz again and unifies the four belts of the lightweight division, it will set a new record and history in boxing - the first boxing champion in the history of boxing to unify the four belts of the two divisions.

For the match between Lin Ye and Diaz, first of all, WBC chairman Suleiman Jr. was very dissatisfied. He would have hoped that Diaz would fight Valero for the WBC lightweight belt and increase his influence in the WBC. Unexpectedly, in the end, Diaz chose to fight with Lin Ye in a unified battle. At this time, it was necessary to negotiate and operate with the other three major boxing organizations, and the scenery of WBC was divided into most of it. So Suleiman Jr. said to the media: "Regardless of the outcome of this match, the winner must immediately accept the official WBC title defense, the WBC lightweight title defense has been delayed for a long time, and I don't want to see the legal challenger and the belt owner defend the title for a long time." ”

Little Suaman's move is to deliberately disgust the winner of Lin Ye's battle with Diaz. If you don't obey, even if you don't obey, you have to play my WBC title defense immediately after the game, and you can't rest. No matter what your opponent is, you can't say no. Otherwise, I have a reason to strip you of your belt.

Hoya was also very unhappy. Seeing that the game that was originally negotiated with Diaz was finally taken by Lin Ye. Huo Ya was full of resentment towards Lin Ye, coupled with the previous grudge with Lin Ye, Huo Ya said to the media: "I think that Diaz will regret the match with Lin Ye." For the extra appearance fee, Diaz's heart was completely clouded by money. Look at Lin Ye's game, in addition to running or hiding, does he attack? In the boxing world, he fights more negatively and ugly than Mayweather. I think this match between him and Lin Ye will definitely be very ugly, and the audience will not like it. The PPV box office of this game will be miserable. Diaz will also pay the price for his choice. Hoya sprayed Lin Ye and Diaz in front of the media, and brought Mayweather with him by the way. For Hoya, his retirement from boxing Mayweather is also a meritorious achievement. Mayweather won the first battle and immediately announced his retirement. Hoya can't fight World War II, can't get revenge, so he can only go to Pacquiao. As a result, he was beaten by Pacquiao and retired, and not long after Pacquiao won, Mayweather announced his comeback. This undoubtedly made Hoya grit his teeth with hatred for Mayweather.

Arum, CEO of a top boxing promotion company, also commented on the fight. He said: "I think Lin and Diaz will fight very hard. Diaz is a very strong player, he has been underrated for a long time, he is the kind of existence that is extremely resilient and will fight you from the beginning to the end, giving opponents a lot of headaches. Diaz, who fought against Morales, has already shown this kind of fighting to the point of breaking down his opponent. ”

Boxing, the most authoritative magazine in the boxing world, also analyzed the fight between the two sides. Gavin, a professional boxing commentator, ace professional author of sports reports, and boxing analyst, believes that the general result of Diaz and Lin Ye's fight will be that Diaz has more advantage. Analyst Gavin believes that although Lin Ye's defense is now one of the best in the boxing world, his offense is one of his weaknesses. Lin Ye's offense is single, and most of the time he just relies on his front hand to jab and score points. Gavin analyzed Linye's previous fifteen professional bouts, during which Linye's jabs earned him almost two-thirds of the points. If Diaz can defend against Lin Ye's forehand jab during the match, it will undoubtedly greatly stifle Lin Ye's attack. Then the likelihood of Diaz winning will increase dramatically.

And in the face of this battle, gambling companies have also opened handicaps. It's just that this time, the gambling company opened a new handicap, betting on whether Lin Ye can pass this battle to become a unified boxing champion across the two levels. This is a payout of 3 to 1, and it is clear that the bookmaker is more inclined to a Diaz win.

For Diaz, his coaching team also found this weakness in Lin Ye's attack early. These days, Diaz's training has all revolved around dodging forehand jabs.

Showtime attaches great importance to this game, and specially arranged a prime time broadcast on the evening of July 12, and at the same time broadcast the advertising promotion of this game on various channels of Showtime. This also means that in order to cooperate with the live broadcast schedule of Showtime, the battle between Lin Ye and Diaz will have to be scheduled for July 12.

The Treasure Island Hotel in Las Vegas, which held the Treasure Island Tournament last time, hopes that the Grove Night will continue to compete at the Treasure Island Hotel. In the last Lin Ye game, the tickets were sold out almost instantly, and the Chinese Americans in Las Vegas that day, along with many Chinese Americans from all over the United States, also ran to the Treasure Island Hotel. And in China, there are some people who take planes to watch the game. The arrival of these people has brought great popularity and benefits to Treasure Island Hotel. In order to be able to host this competition, Treasure Island Hotel has given various discounts.

After Natalia consulted with the Diaz team, the Diaz promoters agreed to play at the Treasure Island Hotel. An agreement was signed between the two parties and Treasure Island Hotel.