When WBA champion David Haye finally faces off against the IBF and WBO title holder Wladimir Klitschko in their heavyweight unification bout on Saturday, it's estimated the fighters will each earn £10m regardless of the outcome. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13943609
The contract for the TV deal they have is $3m per fight, I believe. That is a fixed fee regardless of opposition. They will obviously make a profit on the ticket sales but tickets in Germany aren't that expensive and there are costs for production, undercard etc., which comes out of that. The average amount of money they get for the 150 international TV rights is under $2000, so that's not a lot. I'd imagine they get about $5m per fight at the least. Against a fighter on PPV, like Haye, that could double but the average is probably about $6m.
damn I thought vitali came back and raked up 10/15 mil total as retirement money but it turns out it might be much more:scaredas:
Just makes you realise how much more Manny and Floyd make compared to the rest of the sport. I thought the brothers made more than they apparently do (of course they're still rich as ****)
It was reported Wlad made 16 million in the Haye fight. Against Mormeck, considering the type and size of the event, I believe he made something around 10 million. As for Vitali, I heard the total revenue generated by the Solis fight was 16 million. Solis alone picked up 1.8m of that amount, Vitali probably got 8 million. The Klitschkos are big in Europe and they are controlling the show, the only boxers beating them on money are Pacman and Mayweather.
I think klits are 3/4 after manny/money based on income per fight, maybe cotto comes close but they definitely top 5.
Vitali also made 15 million for the Adamek fight. Like I said they make about 15/16 million per fight.
I think they don´t have PPV, free tv in germany, but well, a lot of royalties from tvs around the world. A lot of money.
From what i have heard the K bros are the highest paid in boxing. they usually average 15 or so million per fight on purse plus they get a pretty good chunk since they have a deal with German tv companies. They pack stadiums and get huge ratings in Europe plus they fight at least twice a year. that's about 40+ million and they don't have a promoter right? that means they don't have to give up the typical 20-30% of their purse up. if you ask me they are the cash cows. they fight no hopers and draw 50k in attendance per fight. i honestly do not think Pac or PBF could do that