Who is the highest earner in british boxing history. LL or hatton.

I'd say Naz. He had some massive fights and some great TV deals. That said, I bet he's a lot poorer than Hatton now :-(

 

I reckon so too. Naz was named richest fighter in UK not long before he retired (or left the sport)

 

Fitzsimmons was loaded in his days, I would say he would have been comparable to Lewis.

 

Lewis easily.

 

Unless you count those new Churchill adverts, then its definitely Hatton.:yep

 

Naz had the deal with adidas as well.

I'd still say it was Lewis though.

 

Lennox. It isn't even close.

Lewis also made a fortune from court cases (Panix) and step aside money (Tyson)

 

Naz earned more per year at his peak then LL (I think 96/97).

 

Overall, Lewis, obviously.

I think Naz would probably have a bit more than Hatton.

Naz had loads of lucrative commerical sponsership deals with Adidas, Pizza Hut, Ministry of Sound, Sony etc. Had a 5-fight deal with HBO and that was after his time with Warren, when he'd probably already clocked up a fair few million.

But then again, Hatton's two superfights probably made up for the peanuts he was supposedly getting during his WBU reign.

I would think

1 Lewis
2 Hamed
3 Hatton
4 Calzaghe
5 Benn/Eubank

 

Naz's peak earning year was 2000/2001

 

Didnt Hamed make a fortune selling beach front properties in dubai too? But yea, Hamed had all the big deals, before ppl knew what big deals were, well aside from ODLH of course lol.

 

Lennox without doubt.. Im informed he recieved 25 Mill for his rematch with Holyfield and also informed he came away with nearly 30 Mil after the Tyson fight.. He was never paid under 5 Mil once he was undisputed champion.. I was also told he got 5 Mil for the Botha fight:shock:

 

fairdo's:good he was already doing pretty well before then though. He did outstrip LL in 1997:
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/hamed-top-of-british-earners-1286471.html

22nd highest paid sportsman in the world that year. Lewis was 35th. Holyfield, believe it or not, was 2nd, ODLH 3rd, Tyson 5th, Foreman 14th

 

Holyfield threatened to retire after the first Tyson fight unless King upped his money for the 2nd :yep

 

Don't worry Tony... We'll get you to that level