For me Former british fighter Billy walker comes to mind he made over £60 thousand pounds back in the 60's thats alot of mioney for a guy who didnt evn win a british title. Who else comes to mind?

Micky ward big heart and will to win made micky a million!

i like malignaggi but he is not that great and i believe he made a million for the hatton fight

i like malignaggi but he is not that great and i believe he made a million for the hatton fight

great pick you beat me to it! paulie also has really brittle hands, how about bobby gunn didnt the guy get 2 world title shots? he must of made some money some fighters struggle to get one title shot bobby got 2!

great pick you beat me to it! paulie also has really brittle hands, how about bobby gunn didnt the guy get 2 world title shots? he must of made some money some fighters struggle to get one title shot bobby got 2!

what about michael grant im sure he made some good money when he fought lennox lewis and he turned out to be a big flop many fighters due to hype have made a big payday and got a title shot or shots.

what about michael grant im sure he made some good money when he fought lennox lewis and he turned out to be a big flop many fighters due to hype have made a big payday and got a title shot or shots.

I agree with great man, didnt he get a couple of million for that lewis fight? wow thats all i can say! Also what about tye fields that guy get paid to knock part time garbage collectors out

For me Former british fighter Billy walker comes to mind he made over £60 thousand pounds back in the 60's thats alot of mioney for a guy who didnt evn win a british title. Who else comes to mind?
I wonder how many will remember Billy Walker :)
He made his name on knocking out that American in the amateurs, good looking guy who was an exciting fighter if not exactly blessed with talent.

I wonder how many will remember Billy Walker :)
He made his name on knocking out that American in the amateurs, good looking guy who was an exciting fighter if not exactly blessed with talent.

yeah that fight against the american got shown on tv billy become a household name the rest was history

I agree with great man, didnt he get a couple of million for that lewis fight? wow thats all i can say! Also what about tye fields that guy get paid to knock part time garbage collectors out

yeah different factors will allow fighters to get title shots or big paydays that they probably dont deserve based on their skill level look at john duddy who has a big irish following out here in ny and makes some money or jcc jr who has a father who is such a legend in his home country that his son can fight an unknown and have it on ppv

yeah different factors will allow fighters to get title shots or big paydays that they probably dont deserve based on their skill level look at john duddy who has a big irish following out here in ny and makes some money or jcc jr who has a father who is such a legend in his home country that his son can fight an unknown and have it on ppv

Julio cesar chavez jr is a very average fight, i couldnt even call him a contender thats an insult to fighters like angulo and david lopez

Nice to see Billy Walker getting talked about.

As for the Thread question. Micky Ward made millions soley of his fights with Gatti. Not bad for a fighter without much skill just heart and will.

It would be interesting to hear how much Brian Nielsen made. He was missive in his native Denmark and fought Tyson and Holmes. And he wasn't far above a club fighter.

Nice to see Billy Walker getting talked about.

As for the Thread question. Micky Ward made millions soley of his fights with Gatti. Not bad for a fighter without much skill just heart and will.

It would be interesting to hear how much Brian Nielsen made. He was missive in his native Denmark and fought Tyson and Holmes. And he wasn't far above a club fighter.

I agree about brain nielsen the guy was a slob! can you believe that guy was a olympian?

How about chuck wepner? he must of made a good bit of money for that ali fight, plus didnt he get a big pay out of stallone? cos rocky was based on him! Not bad for a club fighter

How about chuck wepner? he must of made a good bit of money for that ali fight, plus didnt he get a big pay out of stallone? cos rocky was based on him! Not bad for a club fighter

the real life rocky balboa

How about Carlos Massau - that terrible, terrible "fluke" champion from Colombia? Bet they paid him a pretty penny to come over and lose to Hatton!

[QUOTE=Bundana;6816655]How about Carlos Massau - that terrible, terrible "fluke" champion from Colombia? Bet they paid him a pretty penny to come over and lose to Hatton![/QUOTE

Carlos had a very funny style! but he had really heavy hands

By the way, why do you guys speak so disparagingly of Brian Nielsen... the finest fighter to come out of Denmark since Battling Nelson!

Not only was he an Olympian - he actually won a bronze medal at the '92 Games. And as pro he went undefeated in his first 49 bouts against top-notch opposition - picking up the world (IBC and IBO) heavyweight crown along the way.

Furthermore... nah, who am I kidding? Your absolutely right - the guy was total garbage!

By the way, why do you guys speak so disparagingly of Brian Nielsen... the finest fighter to come out of Denmark since Battling Nelson!

Not only was he an Olympian - he actually won a bronze medal at the '92 Games. And as pro he went undefeated in his first 49 bouts against top-notch opposition - picking up the world (IBC and IBO) heavyweight crown along the way.

Furthermore... nah, who am I kidding? Your absolutely right - the guy was total garbage!

You had me saying wtf for a minute there, but on a serious note i think brian did have talent, but he wanted to be a slob instead

naseem hamed.

naseem hamed.

nah hamed was very talented and earned his money with his style in and out of the ring losing to barrera does not make him a bum and people tend to forget he was a solid fighter with better then average speed and power

For me Former british fighter Billy walker comes to mind he made over £60 thousand pounds back in the 60's thats alot of mioney for a guy who didnt evn win a british title. Who else comes to mind?

Gerry Cooney. made millions. Unfortunately, he blew most of it. Has become a tremendous advocate for fighters the last 15 years

Gerry Cooney. made millions. Unfortunately, he blew most of it. Has become a tremendous advocate for fighters the last 15 years
yeah cooney was in some huge fights holmes, spinks and foreman

yeah cooney was in some huge fights holmes, spinks and foreman

Got KO'ed in all of them too.

Rocky Juarez always seems to be in title fights. What about him?

Lickle Ricky Hatton for me.

He was an ok champ, but was also one of the greatest draws of our era and really, he was pretty ****. Good, but for the amount of money he made you'd expect him to be one of the greatest of all time. The best fighter he ever beat in Tszyu, probably made a quarter of what lickle Ricky Hatton did, and yet he was a better champ ten times over who was champ for about three times as long too.

I'll throw out two home town boys. Neither got rich, but bot made some decent dough. Peter Manfredo did good for himself after the contender series, and Vinny Pazienza always had a strong following that let him earn some bucks over his career. Both made more than what they could have achieved alone had it not been for their charisma.

nah hamed was very talented and earned his money with his style in and out of the ring losing to barrera does not make him a bum and people tend to forget he was a solid fighter with better then average speed and power

for the amount of hype & money that he made? who was the best fighter he ever beat?

paul ingle? wayne mccollough? kevin kelley?

for the amount of hype & money that he made? who was the best fighter he ever beat?

paul ingle? wayne mccollough? kevin kelley?

He made that money because he put boxing and more important the lighter weight classes in the spot light. On top of that most of his fights were filled with drama and anticipation. Love him or hate him, Hamed was good for the sport. Jmo.

He made that money because he put boxing and more important the lighter weight classes in the spot light. On top of that most of his fights were filled with drama and anticipation. Love him or hate him, Hamed was good for the sport. Jmo.

did hamed ever do a ppv in the states? not a sarcastic question. Who was the first lower weight fighters to start headlining ppvs?

did hamed ever do a ppv in the states? not a sarcastic question. Who was the first lower weight fighters to start headlining ppvs?

I don't think he ever did a PPV, but HBO couldn't get enough of him when he was hot. I can remember watching him and saying this kid is the ****. At the same time my friends were saying what a dick he was. He was Floyd long before Floyd, only not as good, but more real. People wanted to see him fight whether it was to win or lose. The lower weight never really had that exposure, even during the early to mid 80's with such fighters as Bobby Chacon, Bozooka Limon and Danny Lopez. Believe me my friend, Hamed earned his money and made it possible for a lot of other fighters to get rich too.

I don't think he ever did a PPV, but HBO couldn't get enough of him when he was hot. I can remember watching him and saying this kid is the ****. At the same time my friends were saying what a dick he was. He was Floyd long before Floyd, only not as good, but more real. People wanted to see him fight whether it was to win or lose. The lower weight never really had that exposure, even during the early to mid 80's with such fighters as Bobby Chacon, Bozooka Limon and Danny Lopez. Believe me my friend, Hamed earned his money and made it possible for a lot of other fighters to get rich too.

Hamed was so hot that he almost sold out MSG for his fight with Kevin Kelley and had a gigantic poster of him put up by HBO to promote that fight on Times Square

I'll throw out two home town boys. Neither got rich, but bot made some decent dough. Peter Manfredo did good for himself after the contender series, and Vinny Pazienza always had a strong following that let him earn some bucks over his career. Both made more than what they could have achieved alone had it not been for their charisma.

great pick jabs i totally agree about manfredo