Sportico 100 Highest Paid Athletes List: 6 Boxers, 0 mma fighters

Everybody in the UFC who is not a fighter earns good, haha! It is sad though, not that the MMA fighters have to be some of the highest-paid ones, but they are paid poorly. Boxers probably still receive the most, because they can get over 50 million for one fight and I doubt boxing can compete in popularity with basketball, football and a few others. Whatever the sport is, that money is wrong, athletes bring nothing essential to society. But sports are jiggery-pokery.

42M plus 13M in endorsements. I suppose that's what happens when you are active, and have a body of work behind you demonstrating your worth. Regardless, that kind of pay for that kind of opposition is ridiculous. Its not just Joshua either, $66m for fighting John Ryder and Jermell Charlo? $40m for fighting an 0-0 guy from another sport? i dont understand why so many boxing fans try to flex over the pay thing (especially in the boxing vs MMA argument) because its one of the major factors in fighters being divas and not fighting each other. Why would you bother taking risks and potentially lowering your stock when you can just cherry pick and get paids tens of millions for years instead?

Imagine paying someone $55m to fight Otto Wallin, Robert Helenius and Jermaine Franklin. 42M plus 13M in endorsements. I suppose that's what happens when you are active, and have a body of work behind you demonstrating your worth.

UFC fighters get their brains beat out for Dana White’s crumbs he flicks to them off his table.

Imagine paying someone $55m to fight Otto Wallin, Robert Helenius and Jermaine Franklin.

LMAO at "Superstar A-side" Tyson Fury trailing social media divas Ryan Garcia and Jake Paul... Ali Act has a lot to do with why boxers are on here and MMA fighters aren't, I'm sure.

Cryan, Stank and Jake Paul, lord, boxing is in the toilet.

Bump......

Ryan fughin Garcia at 40 million is insane as is having Jake Paul listed as a boxer lol Where all the people who don’t believe that Garcia is a cash cow ; messi for one Nothing to do if he can box or not but one thing he can certainly do , is put money in your coat as opposed to what Jagger sang lmao