Highest earning boxers in 2020

2020 wasn't a great year for boxing. According to the latest Forbes report, from May 1, 2020, to May 1, 2021, there is only 1 boxer in the top 50 athletes, i.e., Saul Canelo Alvarez who made $34m. The list is dominated by Football, Soccer, Basketball, and Tennis with some entries from Golf and auto-racing. Connor McGregor is the highest earner (mostly in endorsements), followed by Messi and Ronaldo. Boxing as a sport needs to come up with new ideas. It appears that apart from high-profile PPV fights, it does not generate a lot of money. Most boxers chose to sit out the pandemic's worst days.

1) wilder and fury got $20m each in feb 2020 when they fought. 2) no idea what joshua got vs pulev. These figures saying wilder got $40m are a complete joke. You are a bigger jooe for posting this crap. 2020 is irrelevant due to covid. 2019, Joshua didnt just get the saudi site fee, he broke ppv records for the ruiz remach. He was paid by sky sports box office, from dazn and from matchroom. even then forbes didnt even come close to getting his figures right. America exists entirely on disinfo. I Recall espn saying wilder was the most popular american boxer lol.

What about Mike Tyson? Mike did not fight between July 2019 and June 2020.

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What about Mike Tyson?

Fury earning more than AJ. That isn’t going to go down well. :lol1:

According to Forbes (from Jul 2019 to Jun 2020) in the list of highest-earning athletes. Note that part of this time is included in the pandemic. 1. Tyson Fury, ranked at 11 (total earnings = $57m ($50m earnings + $7m endorsements) 2. Anthony Joshua, ranked at 19 (total earnings = $47m ($36m earnings + $11m endorsements) 3. Deontay Wilder, ranked at 20 (total earnings = $46.5m ($46m earnings + $0.5m endorsements) 4. Canelo alvarez ranked at 30 (total earnings = $37m ($35m earnings + $2 endorsements) Overall, the list is dominated by footballers, American football players, basketball players, tennis players, and racing drivers along with a few golfers. Footballers/tennis stars/golfers have crazy endorsements. It appears Joshua and Wilder earned roughly the same (only $0.5m difference) and Wilder got paid more in the ring while Joshua has better endorsements. Fury beats both of them by a margin but is nowhere near the top earners Federer, Ronaldo, and Neymar whose earnings are roughly $100m each. Federer has $100m in endorsements alone. I am sure it will be very different for 2021 where Wilder and Fury have seen no action at all. For Wilder, it sums the earnings from Ortiz and Fury while for Joshua, it is the Ruiz fight in Saudi. So, if Joshua got paid $36m in Saudi, what kind of "huge site fee" are we talking about for the Fury fight? I just wanted to say I like your name.

If Canelo actually fights 4 times 2021 und Fury vs AJ happens at least once, then the Top 3 highest payed athletes in the world would all be boxers.