Do boxers REALLY get paid THAT bad?

Would be shocked if Steve Molitor is making $200,000 for his next fight. That would be extremly high.

The purse bid for Bika vs Mendy, and IBF eliminator was won by Goldenboy for $30,000. Thats means there getting 15k each. Split it in half for tax, give 10% to trainer and 10% to manager and ther left with less than $5000.

the reason that its bad is because his career is short. 10 years max in general. a it programmer, police officer or a teacher has a 40 year career and there not risking there life.

its only at the elite level that would get over $1million for a fight and only the Mega stars that get over $5million

$5million
Wladamir Klitscko
Vitali Klitscko
David Haye
Arthur Abraham
Floyd Mayweather
Manny Pacquiao


$1million
Nikolai Valuev
Marco Huck
Bernard Hopkins
Chad Dawson
Lucian Bute
Carl Froch
Mikkell Kessler
Felix Sturm
Kelly Pavlik
Sergo Martinez
Paul Williams
Miguel Cotto
Shane Mosley
Juan Manuel Marquez

 

What about the undercard fighters, P, who net zip 'n can't even get on a card?

 

i agree with most but i know for a fact that bernard hopkins mikkel kessler and shane get at least a mill a fight and maybe kelly pavlik to.

 

If you're at least a welterweight with a paper title you can make half a million per fight. Makes 1,5 - 2 million a year. Sounds ok to me. Purse rises with everytime you win.

 

malignaggi got 1.2 million against hatton and like 200K vs diaz I and 400K vs diaz II, dont quote me on the diaz fights though.

 

mate arent all of dana whites fighters contracted to make 1 hundred thousand per fight

thats what i saw on ultimate fighter

 

Cops aren't risking their lives? I think their lives are on the line moreso than a boxer. Good point overall though. There is a relatively small amount of fighters are getting a lot of money in this sport. There are also too many fighters who are having too much of their money taken by managers and promoters, and too many who don't handle their money correctly.

 

yeh....thats what i said

 

yeah thats what you said but i was correcting your post

 

It can be the luck of the draw. Its not uncommon for a good fighter to be brought in as an opponent for a great fighter and make a pretty penny. But if you have decent management, even an inexperienced fighter can pull several thousand for a fight. A guy from my old gym only had about 4 fights and was brought in as an early opponent for Chazz Witherspoon and they gave him $3000. Guess thats not too bad for someone unemployed with no education for a half hour's work. If you can get 2 fights a month at that rate, you can actually make a modest living. You wont be driving any bentleys but you might be able to pull in as much as someone working a 9-5.

For instance, Kabary Saleem was brought to UK to fight Calzaghe and made 250k for it. Here's a guy that is unknown to the general public with no following and he made a quarter million. All depends on your management, the negotiating factors, who the opponent is, the promoters etc etc.

 

Huck never earned anything near 1 millie

 

aren't undercard guys paid for the number of rounds they last?

 

The sport is smaller than it used to be and people fight less, so yeah, less $$$.