Champ or Attraction?

Your right it's all situational...however I have to lean toward the draw as opposed to the champ... Look at Hopkins and his fight with Morradde Hakkar..he made 600K, thats it...why should a guy like Oscar who can make 10million for fighting you or me have to take less then a guy who can't draw or earn dick without you... David Reid was the champ at 154 when he was challenged by Tito...should Reid have gotten the biggest purse? Like you said above it is situational... What I would like to see is in huge payperview cards have the contract already set in stone in a way...going in both fighters know that the winner will recieve 60% and the loser will recieve 40%(keep in mind only in mega fights like Hopkins/Oscar...VK v. Lennox)... If the fights has great numbers then that money could be allocated differently in the contract probably favoring whoever the real draw was but the winner should take a bit more than the loser and that should be a universal thing in super fights.

The Champ. The Challenger is getting a chance to win the belt. The champ has earned the right to make that kind of money. Lacy didnt earn the right to be a world champ, he's only fought one decent fighter in his very short career. Gatti beat Branco to win his belt, thats not earning it. not all champs should be classed as genuine, its the division number 1 who should get the respect and money.

It depends on the situation. An example would be Hatton vs Tszyu, Tszyu should get paid the most because he's without the top fighter at 140, a genuine world champ. Hatton vs Harris, even though Harris holds the WBA he should get less because he cant sell tickets and didnt beat a credible opponent to win his title. Unless your DLH, then you will get the most no matter what.

The Champ. The Challenger is getting a chance to win the belt. The champ has earned the right to make that kind of money.

(or didn't came at all for $60 LOL). DLH/Hopkins is the second highest selling non Heavyweight PPV of all time with over 1 million buys. 2nd only to DLH/Trinidad

Morales has proven his drawing power in the past doing very good numbers headlining PPV's. So he gets the money. People are still not sure about Pac. So far the Asain comunity has not come out in big numbers to suport him.

And remember that not all viewers are real boxing fans. On the DLH-Hopkins bout, they paid to see DLH. But we mostly came to see Hopkins (or didn't came at all for $60 LOL).

case in point DLH - Hopkins, who got the money, who the fans come to see and who made the fight ... its all business I do agree that the champion deserves a big purse but would that champ earn the same purse if he will fight another guy ??? PAC-EM, both of them are hot but EM is hotter so he is asking for 3M, and i think HBO and Top Rank will gladly give it to him, what you think guys ???

Depends for certian situations. A guy like Gatti is a bigger draw than Tszyu, but if they fight there is no way Gatti should get more money. But usually its the atraction that gets paid the most.

If it's a mandatory, and it is the challenger who wants to enforce it, the champ should get more - it doesn't matter how much of a draw the challenger is, he'll get the chance to earn the higher percent if he becomes champ. Of course promotors/fighters should be allowed to negotiate a higher percent for the challenger if they want to entice a popular fighter who will attract the cash.

It really defends, I guess. Remember that not all champ deserve the title. It either mean that they're not good or good but someone else deserve it.

i think the Champ. Only because he is the champ and whether people think it or not, the best in the world. That is what being the champ signifies.