Which fighter made the most money during the 90`s below heavyweight?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Hamed said on TFI Friday during the mid to late 90`s that his dream fight was to fight DLH at 135, it would have been by far the biggest fight of his career, but he would have been a huge underdog.
     
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  2. Loudon

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    Oscar for sure.
     
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    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    Are you serious?

    At the time, Oscar-Tito was the biggest grossing non HW fight in history.

    It grossed over $60m in revenue.

    Tito had a guarantee of over $8m.

    Many reports had Oscar making over $20m.
     
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    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    No he wasn’t.
     
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  5. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Very little
     
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    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Oscar DLH v Trinidad wasn’t in the 90s, I’m pretty sure of that.
     
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  7. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    @mark ant

    If you renamed the thread " Who flushed the most money down the drain during the 90's, below Heavyweight " Eubank is a clear winner.
     
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  8. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He gave it away. He wasn’t born to parents who were accounts, rather London council estates and the South Bronx.

    stop being disrespectful
     
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  9. Frankus

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    Ray Leonard would have earned a ton from his 2 fights and a heap outside of that. I’ll go with him.
     
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  10. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It was in 1999 ffs!
     
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  11. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Are you from the US? If you are then there is no possible way Bulldog can win this arguement.
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    No, I don`t think the fight Norris was that big compared to Oscar`s fights in the 90`s, I don`t remember much hype around that fight and I thought Ray might have been the underdog anyway as the ring didn`t rate Leonard that high in their ratings anymore. The fight with Camacho was seen as a joke coming four years after Leonard lost to Norris, the view after the Norris fight was that Leonard wa completely shot and he ws 40 years old v Camacho and was the betting underdog.
     
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  13. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    When did you think that fight happened then? DLH turned pro in `92, Trinidad fought Camacho in `94, did you think DLH wasn`t a welter by 1999?
     
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  14. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Without digging up numbers, I just remember the DLH fights as by far the biggest non-HW fights of that decade. Those were the only ones casuals would get interested in, at least in Sweden.
     
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    If you are talking about sheer earnings in and out of the ring, I can guarantee Ray Leonard was right up there. You are right he probably wouldn’t have made the same as ODLH. I forgot about him and thought most of his earnings came from the 2000s but he had a huge following at the time.
     
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