Who are/were the wealthiest boxers

Dempsey lost $3m in the Wall Street Crash

 

It may be a mind boggling figure, but I reckon Mike earned even more than that! Put it this way, apart from De La Hoya, who else received $30M sometimes for a single bout? Maybe Holyfield received it once, but that's all!

Tyson, if he had stayed with the endorement plan he had with Jacobs & Cayton when he was doing commercials for NYPD, LAPD, Pepsi, Japenese beer, etc, would have no doubt been sport's first billionaire!

 

The average house price in Syracuse, New York in 1925 (2 years before the Dempsey Tunney rematch but close enough) was $2,200. Now its €140,000.

Very rough maths and estimates but that would put the $1,000,000 to around the modern equivalent of $60,000,000 for 1 fight. Not bad work if you can get it

 

Who's the wealthiest boxer who's still fighting.

I immediately thought Mayweather. But then RJJ came into my head.

 

imagine if it was ppv as well

 

Tyson signed a 6 fight $200m deal when he came out of prison with KIng, Showtime and the MGM Grand. This is gross though and who knows how many deductions Don made.

Lennox Lewis made and kept a LOT of money. He had a hell of a lawyer too who helped him win a case against Levitt for ripping him off with exchange rates on his US purses.

As others have said Oscar has good people around him and has made good business decisions. I'm not sure about RJJ. I get the impression he pisses a lot of it away on various ventures (as does Mayweather)

On the domestic scene Scott Welch was a self made millionaire with his building company.

 

I bet Tito made a fair bit.

 

Lewis got back $8million, he talks about it in this months ring mag

 

Both the Klits must be up there currently.

 

Good call on the Klits, they make good money.

 

Good example(s). If we are on about current fighters as well, surely B-Hop and Mosley should have a shout as well then?:think

 

Holyfield and Foreman grill

 

Well done, Darni:good. How could we forget the popular household appliance marketed by our fave priest?atsch Bet he's made a mint out of them.

 

Yeah the old ****er must of made alot of cash, i got 2 of his of his grills myself