Just read the article "Team Klitschko's optimistic of better challenges out there".......... Emanual Stewart talks about how "corporate" Klitschko calls him 7 different times for 7 different cities. They always sell out 50k stadiums, their fight night production is always entertaining, and i'm assuming they do strong ppv numbers, and they are a mainstream in Europe........
.....so could the Klitschko Bros. be the most financially successful boxer's ever?
K Bros are great at money because they don't waste it on drugs and shiny metal like Mike Tyson that is true.
BUT all the money in the world wont have saved Vitali from becoming blind deaf and brain damaged if that fight with the Lion Lennox had gone 12 rounds. The K bros owe Lennox a **** load more then their fans care to admit.
I seen a recent video showing nigel benn crying his heart out hugging a paralyzed and blind Gerald Mc Cellean whispering how he's sorry and just having a emotional breakdown right there. I was thinking 'damn that coulda been Lennox Lewis with Vitali lol . If the ref didn't stop that fight, Vitali woulda been the next Gerald Mc Cellen and lennox probably woulda shaved his dreads and gone super Biblical.
Either you didn;t see the fight, or don't know anything about boxing. No other explanation .
some net worth website has oscar at:
oscar 170 million
pacquiao 70 million
mayweather 90 million
those are way low. floyd made $50 million in 2007 and Oscar generated just through PPV alone about $620 million during his career not to mention all other types of revenue.
His ring earnings this year will approach $50 million if his HBO pay-per-view fight Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas against Britain's unbeaten Ricky Hatton generates the 1 million-plus $54.95 buys that promoters anticipate.
"If it goes through the roof as it could, the sky's the limit," says Leonard Ellerbe, Mayweather's best friend, manager and CEO of Mayweather Promotions, the company the fighter started after leaving his longtime promoter, Top Rank's Bob Arum, in 2006.
Since taking the reins of his career, the brash-talking five-division, six-time world champion from Grand Rapids, Mich., has raised his profile to become the face of boxing.
Mayweather's coronation victory was May 5 against Oscar De La Hoya in the richest fight in history, an event that produced $165 million in revenue, 2.4 million pay-per-view buys and a $19 million live gate (from a crowd of 16,700). All are records.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2007-12-05-mayweather-cover_N.htm