How much Lomachenko will work for combat in 2019 …

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In the coming days, the American promotional company Top Rank will announce the date and venue of the next fight Basil Lomachenko. Sport Arena predicts, on what fees the Ukrainians will be able to qualify in the current year.

  • As two million become one

It is no secret that unlike the football player, professional boxer, as a rule, no salary. Its principal income — the royalties battles. And advertising contracts, which are often only a star of Boxing.

In order to predict income for the year, you need to understand how many fights the boxer will be spending this period of time. In 2018 Vasily Lomachenko had two fights in may and December. The original plan that Basil will fight in August, but in may bout against Jorge Linares Lomachenko’s injured and plans had to adjust. But in 2017, a native of Belgorod-Dniester held three champion fight in April against the greenback Sosa in August against the Colombian Marriage in December against the Cuban Rigondeaux. Most likely, this year, Top Rank hopes that Basil will hold three games.

Vasyl Lomachenko has passed the toughest test in his career Getty Images

According to ESPN, his last fight against Jose Pedraza Lomachenko earned $ 2 million. 1 million amounted to a guaranteed fee and another 1 million – contributions of teletranslation. With these two million Ukrainian made contributions promotion company, Manager Egis Klimas and his team. The team included not only the coach-father, but a cut-man, a psychologist, a physical trainer. Also, Basil is obliged to pay taxes. After that Lomachenko remains of about 1 million. Which is also good – in fact, in professional Boxing fees with six-figure sums earn one.

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That is, if the Basil will hold three fights with the opponent’s level of Linares, the total fee will be around 3-4 million dollars. If the Ukrainian will be released in the ring against Mikey Garcia, his fee could be around 3 million dollars for one fight, which, however, turn into one and a half net, or a little more.

  • What needs to be done Lomachenko to earn more?

Continue to conquer the American market. Ukrainian has achieved recognition from the experts of Boxing. In the ranking of P4P (irrespective of weight categories), a British boxrec.com Basil is in fourth place, behind the Mexican Saulo Alvarez, American Terence Crawford, and Gennady Golovkin Kazakh. Oleksandr Usyk in this ranking is 6th place, Alexander Gvozdik – 19-E. But in the ranking of the American magazine The Ring Ukrainian takes the first place. On the second, Crawford third álvarez, the fourth – Mustache, on the fifth Golovkin. Basil was recognized as the best boxer in the 2017 version of this authoritative journal, in 2018 this award was Alexander Usik. But to monetize these achievements Lomachenko while that is not much possible. What is the reason?

Vasyl Lomachenko, Getty Images

While the Ukrainian was in the mass consciousness of Americans for such a star, which at the time was, for example, the Filipino Manny Pacquiao (he is now on a horse, but its peak has passed). In the US the name Lomachenko is well known in the art of Boxing. Them enough to collect a full house in 5 th the theater at Madison Square garden. But not enough to collect 20 th main arena of Madison Square garden. And clearly not enough to sell fights in the format of a pay-per-view (pay and look) where, in good sales, you can get the appropriate deductions from teletranslation.

  • What Lomachenko is doing wrong?
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Yes, perhaps, it is hardly possible to show something. Besides refusing to fight Manny Pacquiao. Victory over aging legend still added to whist and the popularity of the Ukrainian overseas. Although we do not know all the nuances — perhaps for the fight with Pacquiao, the Ukrainian offered too small a fee. Otherwise, the refusal to fight — to-one marketing mistake team Lomachenko.

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Otherwise, everything is fine. Basil consistently good, and at times, and magically, he does his job in the ring. Learn some English. At least to the level to answer questions from American journalists. His team is doing the right PR steps in the U.S. — we remember sharing a photo of a Ukrainian with Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Evolving communities in social networks. But the conquest of America — a long staircase. If Pacquiao managed to rise, relatively speaking, on the 10th floor, Lomachenko is still between the third and fourth. And this is not his fault.

Vasyl Lomachenko and Mikey Garcia, boxingscene.com

In America, a lot of other fun events in addition to professional Boxing. And the Americans, instead of going to a night club bought the tickets for the fight Lomachenko, need to do something incredible. Pacquiao helped tough fights with Erik Morales, Juan Manuel Marquez, a fight with Oscar de La Hoya. Lomachenko is no such opposition, the victory over which would open eyes to the obvious Boxing talent of Ukrainians to millions of Americans. And make them pay for the ticket or to purchase a broadcast of the fight. The one exception is Mikey Garcia, but it is the prospect of the near future. At best, this fight is possible at the end of 2019.

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