Bayliss would need $1.5M to face Rossiwritten by Alex -- December 31st, 2008Filed under: News & Opinions | Comments (0) |
Talk about a dream bout! Troy Bayliss has named his price for coming out of retirement to face Valentino Rossi in a proposed race between the two champions. Unfortunately, the retired World Superbike champion said it would take about 1 million British pounds ($1.5 million USD) to convince him to face MotoGP champion Rossi, although Bayliss says it’s not likely to happen.

“For me right now, I’ve stopped training and I’m happy with my plan to finish. I’m feeling happy that the last time I rode, I was world champion, plus I won both races and beat all the other guys out there,” Bayliss says. “For me to do it (race Rossi), I’d need something like £1m and that’s not going to happen.”

Bayliss did confirm that Rossi brought up the idea of a race between them, as reported by Spanish magazine Solo Moto. The weekly publication was the first to report about a proposed race between Bayliss on his Ducati 1098 F08 and Rossi on a Superbike spec Yamaha YZF-R1.
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