Hopkins surely made lot of money by now?

Until he fought Trinidad, Hopkins was living on the edge of poverty. If he didn't have a wife who was working, he would have been singing for his super at the Sally-Ann. People don't realize how little money there is in boxing. It is like a third world country, a few are making more money than they can count, the rest are near starvation. Hopkins probably made more 50% of his total income from boxing on just two fights, Trinidad and De La Hoya. If you don't draw the fans, you don't draw the money.

 

He was well off even before Trinidad. Stop exaggerating.

 

Before Hopkins became a partner with De La Hoya, and is now a boxing promoter, he was always ranting and raving about how boxers are getting ripped off. He just didn't understand how little money there is in boxing. Now that he is a boxing promoter, and understands the economics of boxing, he is no longer ranting and raving about how boxers are getting ripped off.