Why?
If both parties agreed to terminate the contract then he could sign with someone else tomorrow for 2024. No need for a boxing story, just "we agreed to part company" end of story.
Always a Bulldog
Think about it, if there was a break down about training, big blow up with the coach, argument or disagreement with Gould or something and he quit because of it, the media would have had a field day .. they’re already all over us ..
If he went to management and said I quit .. I’m taking up boxing, and we agreed, why the strong mail that we’ll be paying him $250k of his next years contract ?
I believe something big went down ..
As I said, that’s jmo .. gut feeling …