Joe Calzaghe's huge earnings for Roy Jones Jr fight revealed!

By Johnny Benz, Doghouse Boxing (Nov 18, 2008) DoghouseBoxing .com With Joe Calzaghe's recent victory over Roy Jones Jr., the Welsh born superstar walked away with the biggest purse of his career to date. According to a report from the Wales on Sunday, the publication reveals that Calzaghe earned a whopping $10 million dollars for his role. Although Calzaghe vs. Jones Jr. didn't do so well as expected in terms of pay-per-view buys, Calzaghe still walks away with a great pay day. Estimates of the Pay-per-view buys puts it somewhere under the 250,000 buy range. Very poor in sales, considering the fight was projected to bring in twice that much. Calzaghe deserves the money, and it's good to see him getting so richly rewarded.

Comments (15)

TonyJ

They sold over 14K tickets, and the prices started at 150$. S the average tickets price i higher than 200$.

17y ago

BetterCallSaul

i don't know how 250 buys gets 20million payday for the fights that doesn't add up 500K buys yes, but not 250K Estimated PPV Revenue 250,000 * $40 = 10,000,000 Estimated Ticket Sales - Lets say if the average ticket price is $200 13,000 * $200 = 2,600,000 That accounts for 13m, and fight sponsorship, merchandising, foreign tv deals, and Setanta would have probably added another 5m. I would guess that all revenue streams combined made up the boxers purses, but I doubt HBO made any money, and that is not very good for boxing.

17y ago

Pullcounter7451

i don't know how 250 buys gets 20million payday for the fights that doesn't add up 500K buys yes, but not 250K someone's fudging the math

17y ago

Peterp

i don't know how 250 buys gets 20million payday for the fights that doesn't add up 500K buys yes, but not 250K

17y ago

ATFsven

Not really. Roy got more percentage of the PPV'S while Joe got more percentage of the live-gate. its a 50/50 deal you plum. as in total revenue split down the middle.

17y ago

bigflip55

10 mil, damn thats alot of money. good for calzaghe, the man should just retire unless he wants to fight dawson which i think would be a good fight, calzaghe would school him but dawson is still young and has heart so i can see dawson pushing the fight like kessler did :headbang:

17y ago

Mugwump

I know it's a lot of money, but that won't last him very long. He will be back in the ring no doubt. Ten million wouldn't last Tyson very long (two trips down Rodeo drive - at the most), but it's more than enough for Joe. He practically lives like a monk.

17y ago

THE_REED

Not really. Roy got more percentage of the PPV'S while Joe got more percentage of the live-gate. wheres ur proof

17y ago

TonyJ

it was a 50/50 deal...... Not really. Roy got more percentage of the PPV'S while Joe got more percentage of the live-gate.

17y ago

steptwome

it was a 50/50 deal...... ...................indeeed

17y ago

sparked_85

it was a 50/50 deal...... A nice retirement package for both fighters.

17y ago

THE_REED

it was a 50/50 deal......

17y ago

sparked_85

that's what Froch's camp were offering Calzaghe. How could they possibly afford that deal.....lol. Considering both fight on free channels or a subscription channel like Joe. and this was with 250k American PPV buys. Someones chatting shit in the Froch camp.

17y ago

Joe2608

I know it's a lot of money, but that won't last him very long. He will be back in the ring no doubt.

17y ago

THE_REED

so jones trinidad does 500k and jones calzaghe does 250k LOL wow 10 mill.. rematch makes sense now

17y ago