Bernard Hopkins big paydays...

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  1. Xavier

    Xavier Boxing Logician Full Member

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    I'm assessing the financial situation of Bernard Hopkins from a historical perspective.


    I'm wondering from what times his biggest paydays were, when he first became a millionaire, stuff like that :think.


    By my reckoning, his first big fight purse would have been RJJ. Now I get various estimates for that, but around $600k :huh? I dunno, that's the official, but I know he claims he recieved a lot less of it than that :fire.


    Am I right though? What kind of scratch was he making his 23 fights before that? What was the actual amount he got (as best can be determined) from his RJJ bout? What about afterwards?

    Basically, when did the dude start to make the real cash? He always says he's fighting for back pay now :bbb, so he must o' thought he come up short in his earlier days somehow.
     
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  2. T.C.W

    T.C.W Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    the keith holmes fight and after that was early 2001, it was his first million dollar pay day, after that had made shitloads again, tito,DLH,Taver,winky,talyor
     
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  3. Saltzy

    Saltzy Bam-O Full Member

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    If I also remember correctly, he has often bet money on himself to win.
     
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  4. Xavier

    Xavier Boxing Logician Full Member

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    Really :shock:? I didn't know B-Hop was the type to actually do that.
     
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    Bodysnatcher Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  6. Rhino718

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    I read somewhere that he only got $50,000 out of the RJJr fight. Ive seen interviews where he says he wasnt making MIllions, but the few $100,000 paydays add up. I guess you it depends on what you consider rich. Tito made him his 1st bid purse, but Don King had options on him.
     
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  7. Xavier

    Xavier Boxing Logician Full Member

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    Yeah, I got that too. Dunno if it's true or not :?.
     
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  8. greatone

    greatone Active Member Full Member

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    B hop deserves more money than mayweather. He is just as skilled except he takes on actual challenges and dethroned fighters in or close to their prime.
     
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  9. natep

    natep Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I remember during the Tito fight merchant or lampley mentioned bhop placed a 100k bet on himself to win. Great bet
     
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  10. Xavier

    Xavier Boxing Logician Full Member

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    What, even his earlier fights (pre-Jones)?

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  11. Xavier

    Xavier Boxing Logician Full Member

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    Sweet. What were the odds B-Hop|Tito again?


    I bet he made a decent packet off that alone :dance.
     
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  12. rb3b3

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    against tito i remember that he had a sponsor give him what i thought was a million dollars to post their website on his back during the fight. he then took that million and bet it on himself to win. can someone correct me here if im wrong? i think that was his first really big pay day. i couls be wrong though. i think it was golden palace.com or something like that??
     
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  13. Xavier

    Xavier Boxing Logician Full Member

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    :yikes



    $1million or $100k?


    That's some serious **** right there.
     
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  14. rb3b3

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  15. Xavier

    Xavier Boxing Logician Full Member

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    Ah yeah, I thought it would be something like that, LOL.

    Still a decent mint on the side.
     
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