I found this in an old Ring. Marty Weill's breakdown of Marciano's purse in the first LaStarza fight: Total Purse: $9,731.01 Minus Training Expenses: $345.00 Fee to Manager's guild: $100.00 Publicity and dressing room expenses: $230.00 Sparring Partners: $150.00 Al Colombo (Assistant Trainer): $350.00 Charley Goldman (Trainer): $400.00 Goldman's expenses: $18.30 Gym Costs $15.00 Total Purse, minus deductions: $8,122.71 Simpler times, eh?
It's amazing the differences in pay days in those days compared to today. Even if you account for inflation, there is still a pretty large gap.
Basically but at the same time im pretty sure $8000 would buy a pretty big house in the 50's whereas today i dont think $65 000 would get you very far so it is relative to other things as well
where is al weils 50%? I always thought that allie colombos share came out of rockys end so would this would leave rocky with $4.122,71?
The figures came from a letter from Weill's accountant. I am guessing Weill had already taken his cut, before Marciano got his cheque and breakdown of expenses. As I am figuring that is a $20,000 fight for The Rock, and after Weill's cut and expenses the $9,700 odd left, would seem about right.
:goodthis is still a healthy profit for the day. It goes to show that there was good money outside of title fights.
