How much do fighters like those on FNF make?

That might have been around the time when they were still paying decent, plus he prolly had some type of sponsorship deal going on as well.

 

Yeah that sounds about right, its too bad they dont pay well, guys like you and Guinn are star fighters IMO. Good luck with your fight in February man.:good

 

The average fan has no idea how little money there is in boxing. Just because Ricky Hatton walks away with 40 mil, that does not mean everybody is making big money. At the last FNF there were about 1000 tickets sold. How much revenue do you think that is? FNF is reputed to pay the promoters a paultry 50K per show. Advertising is minimal. Start doing the math: there is the cost of rent, insurance, secrutiy, advertsing, promotion, set up, decoration, as well as the boxers stipend. Most boxers only make a few hundred dollars per fight. Anybody who thinks Guinn and Hawkins both walked away with 100K must be on drugs.

Do you know that if you were a boxing manager, and if you contacted a promoter for a fight, the promoter is not as likely to offer you money for your boxer as he is to ask you how much you want to pay to get the candidiate you want for your boxer? This is why most boxers only fight 2 or 3 times a year. Fights that are reasonably remunerative are hard to get.

 

It is around 10K now isn't it?

Back in the 50s it was $100 cash (after the fight) for top 30 middle weights. That was in the New York/Boston/Conn area. Just enough to pay for your new false teeth.

It is amazing how little is paid for the guys who do the work. I guess that makes sense since that is what happens in all the other areas of life isn't it.

And good luck on your next fight. You are a lot of fun to watch. We never know when you are going to pull the hammer out and commit a KO. Exciting stuff.

 

Remember Joel Julio was on FNF not too long ago, so not all of the fighters are C level

 

only the top guys can afford to be full time boxers.

The C level guys have to have day jobs.

This further makes it harder for the real life rocky story to happen, when the underdogs have to work full time jobs and get called in as last minute replacements to fight the B and A level fighters who were able to train fulltime for 3 months before the fight and are more skilled on top of that.

 

depends largely on the promoters/ history of the fighters as well.
Today the money is obviously in PPVs and HBO and Shotime. FNF headliners can make 50,000 though. A mere bag of shells compared to the 40million dollars x 2 of DLH and PBF but it certainly pays the bills. Most fighters on FNF have other jobs too, in their interviews, they often talk about it, for instance, oscar diaz ( i think) is a firefighter and a boxer. So, boxing is clearly a suplimental income. For his fight i think he got 15000 i think i read. For the average joe, that's not chump change, you know?

 

ESPN used to kick in $50,000 per episode to the promoter for the purses. So, you could give each main event guy 20 grand or so. That's pretty good money, so you were able to get excellent cards with name fighters who were evenly matched.

The money now on FNF, as I understand it, is paid entirely by the promoter, so you may only be able to pony up $5-15,000 for those main event guys.

So, you get lots of Randall Bailey, Matt Vanda, those types, guys for whom 10 grand is a good payday and probably all they'll ever get at this point.

You also get a prospect on his way up, like Ding or the Petersons, who will work for shorter money because: A. They're positioning for a title shot and hopefully bigger money or B. They're still prospects in relatively safe fights. A guy like Anthony Peterson can beat up a journeyman for 10 grand and know that he'll be stepping up soon for bigger dollars.

The top 10 guys won't match against each other like they used to on ESPN because 10 grand isn't enough to justify it based on their standing.

It is a shame and has hurt the quality of cards on that network.

On the other hand, people must still be watching because they've been doing it this way for 3 or 4 years and ratings obviously haven't been hurt too much.

 

Approx. $10'000.

 

Only 60k?

Why must boxers be making huge huge sums of money? Sixty thousand isn't bad for a single fight I think. There are millions of Americans who make less working an entire year.

Not that 60 thousand is over the top or something. Still, people who think fighters like Floyd DESERVE 20 million dollars a fight... that I just don't understand.

Boxing fans who live regular decent hardworking lives have to drop 55 dollars on his PPVs with shitty undercards, where he doesnt even fight the best competition, so he can buy THREE new mansions.

 

Fighters cant get SS? Explain.

 

He won't explain that, he'd rather explain why PBF needs to make $20 million twice a year for 3-4 years.

Since he "can't get SS", he needs to have 10+ mansions and $100K in the bank in order to retire. atsch

 

It's been understood for some time that Evisceration is nothing more than a child...Who else would make sillyass statements?? OK don't answer that.. Certainly not even a half educated American is that dumb..

 

A boxer's union would increase their take home $$! To bad it would and could never happen....

 

Zab Judah is still a top A level name in boxing and 60k is very low when compared to other sports such as football, baseball, hockey ect.

It is bad for the sport when top level names can make so little because the athletically talented kids are going to be more interested in baseball and football. If you do well in those in highschool you can get college scholarships. There is no equivalent in boxing and that hurts the talent pool.