Here is interesting discussion about first $1m purse: "Tunney actually made $990,445 for the 2nd Dempsey bout, BUT he wrote out a check for $9,555 so Richard would give him $1 Million. So officially he did not earn $1 Million. 1st Million Dollar purse- Sonny Liston vs. Floyd Patterson (in 1963). Both made $1,434,000." by hhascup I wonder how much was $1m in 20's... http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=153466
Don't hold me to these, just off memory. Hopkins 3 millon v Pavlik 3 million Mosley 2.5 million vs Margarito ?
Tyson's purses, generally, dwarf that of other fighters! I'm pretty sure sure Hagler was guaranteed more than $12M for Leonard, but could be mistaken?
what a load of bollocks. nobody knows how much the fighters get paid apart from them and the people they choose to let know. the figures been pushed around are just guesses that people are having.
Gatti 3,5 million $-Mayweather 3,1 million $ Dorin 400 k-Spadafora 400 k Bute will get 900k for the Andrade rematch Dorin 500 k for Gatti
I remember before the Woods/Johnson 3 fight it was in the paper that the purse was 500,000, 300,000 to Woods, 200,000 to Johnson. I can't remember if it was in dollars or pounds but I'll assume pounds seeing as it was held in England.