Jose Canseco embarrassed himself again in his return to combat sports, losing a boxing match in about 10 seconds to a Bartsool Sports intern (video here). The former MLB star didn’t seem to be too badly hurt the moment he got dropped, but Canseco called it quits very early, and then cited a shoulder injury he sustained months ago.
Shortly after, the Barstool Sports founder and promoter Dave Portnoy accused Canseco of taking a dive and running away with the paycheck he claims to be over a million dollars.
“Jose 100% took a dive,” Portnoy wrote on Twitter. “We paid half up front and he got double if he won. We thought that would ensure he’d fight. We were wrong.”
Jose 100% took a dive. We paid half up front and he got double if he won. We thought that would ensure he’d fight. We were wrong.
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) February 6, 2021
So here is how @JoseCanseco got paid last night. 50k guarantee. He got 50k more if he won. He also had a rev share if we broke our record for PPV buys.We shattered it.Get ready to puke. Jose made over 1 million dollars for 5 seconds last night. I don’t feel bad for him anymore. *
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) February 6, 2021
Great question Dom. Ill answer it here. 2 reasons
1. Jose didn’t fight. He laid down in 5 seconds.We will now add a morality clause in future contracts
2. I want potential new headliners to know they can earn 7 figs for 3 minutes of fighting with us
Here endeth the lesson https://t.co/yODrby4d8y
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) February 6, 2021
The former MLB star’s character has been questioned many times in the past, and has had another controversial celebrity boxing incident in 2011. The event’s promoter claimed he paid Canseco $5000 in advance, before he supposedly no-showed and just sent his twin brother to the event instead.
Canseco fought in MMA in Japan back in 2009, where he was also quickly TKO’d by the 7-foot-2 Hong Man Choi.
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