Are the USA today numbers flawed?

Zab Judah made 5mill against Mayweather. Zab ducked Mosley for a decent payday to get nothing with a shower door.

That's VERY weird to me. I mean, Floyd was making 3mill a fight with Arum, this was PPV, 375K PPV buys. All Zab got was a mill? Not saying it isn't true but doesn't make sense to me. He was supposed to make more but he lost his last fight against Bumdomir, I think the only way he could get the Mayweather fight after losing was taking a smaller purse since he had lost his titles. They eventually fought for a vacant title I think but the fight wasn't as big as it would have been had Judah not lost his last fight.

http://www.15rounds.com/Columns/mswann/041306_boxing.php That's VERY weird to me. I mean, Floyd was making 3mill a fight with Arum, this was PPV, 375K PPV buys. All Zab got was a mill? Not saying it isn't true but doesn't make sense to me.

marquez will get well over 2 mil with ppv sales and endorsements (most notable - rockstar energy drink). not to mention the marketing opportunities that marquez been offered, like the at&t commercial. it goes further than the fight itself. wish marquez nothing but success. Good post.:beerchug::beerchug:

He said he made 5m. Floyd has $5 million being held by the NSAC Zab’s purse of $1 million is also being held, http://www.15rounds.com/Columns/mswann/041306_boxing.php

"I never dreamed I would be fighting for this much money when I was younger," Marquez said. "I just wanted to be a champion and fight the best." http://www.pe.com/sports/boxing/stories/PE_Sports_Local_S_box_column_05.4680514.html What ever the pay is we dont know but Marquez does and if he's happy with it why are others not? lol

when its all said and done, no matter who reports what, both mayweather and marquez will come out with alot more money than reported, the ppv cut is yet to be determined, there are alot of national tv stations from other countries showing the fight, sponsors...and so on.

1 million. He said he made 5m.

Zab Judah made 5mill against Mayweather. 1 million.

dont multiple people pay boxers? like HBO gives them money, they get PPV cuts, foreign TV stations pay them to air their fights. that sort of thing?

i think $2m is the guaranteed basal figure, with him likely to earn $5m-ish when all's said and done that was how i percieved it from the various reports

JMMs motivation in winning is the 3rd fight with Pac so I guess he'd take peanuts coz if he win wins he gets Pac. But its a fu**d up tho if his guaranteed price is lowered coz he deserves better than 2M..

Dont know, but I remember reading Marquez was really happy finally to get a big/good pay day.

Zab Judah made 5mill against Mayweather.

The $2 million is probably his guarantee even if the fight sells 1k in PPV buys, I'm not really sure though I've read he's making $3 million at the Wall street journal. Just about to say that, I believe that is his guaranteed money.

He will get paid well, Golden Boy Promotion might do some things wrong but they don't rip off their fighters.

I remember reading some article back in may when it was first signed that he was guaranteed 5 million. Makes no sense to fight for 2 million when you made about 1.5 against Diaz.

The $2 million is probably his guarantee even if the fight sells 1k in PPV buys, I'm not really sure though I've read he's making $3 million at the Wall street journal.

This article says 2 mill, but yeah, I thought it was much higher. http://www.15rounds.com/no-blueprint-on-how-to-figure-out-mayweather-09160/