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EMBATTLED boxing promoter Vlad Warton has accused Shane Mosley of having "a nervous breakdown", revealing he refused to pay the US great his $1 million purse in advance after fearing he was set to flee the country anyway.
Speaking with The Daily Telegraph last night, Warton said he was concerned by demands from Team Mosley in the early hours of Monday morning that the entire fight purse be wired into an oversees bank account.
He likened the negotiations between himself and associates of the Future Hall of Famer to "being held hostage".
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"I wasn't going to be extorted,'' Warton said. "To wire that much money into an overseas account, before the fight even takes place, it's unheard of.
"They were trying to hold me hostage and that's just not right. Who gets paid before they do a job?
"I started to get suspicious and had real concerns that if the money was put into Mosley's bank account, there was nothing stopping them from leaving the country."
Admitting he has barely slept in a week, the man who once oversaw the career of Aussie favourite Kostya Tszyu said he also questioned whether Mosley, knowing his career was again on the line, became spooked at the thought of a loss.
"I don't want to say too much and upset people,'' the Australian promoter now based out of Los Angeles continued. "But maybe Shane was having, I don't know, maybe there was a nervous breakdown on his part.
"I'm still a fan of Shane Mosley and everything he has achieved in boxing. I bent over backwards to bring him to Australia for this fight and I'm extremely disappointed it didn't happen."
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Organising the fight between Golden Boy promotions, Team Mosley assistants and Mosley's personal lawyer, Warton said the fight was still going ahead as late as 4am yesterday morning - when a demand was again made for the full purse.
"By the time I reached them again it was 7am,'' Warton says. "I was ready to discuss further payment and they said: 'Oh, Shane left for the airport at 5am.
"But who knows? It takes 15 minutes to get to the airport from The Star. They flew out at 11am. I have no idea why they would've left that early and I haven't been able to contact them since. But that's life."
Warton said he would spend a few weeks in Australia before returning to LA.
"I have a few TV shows coming up,'' he said. "But that's boxing, isn't it?"
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