ATG's fight purses compared to today
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It was actually Tunney, who got that million dollar check.
His cut in the 2nd Dempsey fight came to $990.000 - so he gave Tex Rickard $10.000 in exchange for a one million dollar check.
The first boxer to get a full million dollar purse was Sonny Liston - in the 2nd Patterson fight.Comment
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a mill in the 20's would make you crazy wealthy.
hell, a decade later, in the 30's, the average man had serious trouble feeding his family and finding entry level work.
dempsey's purses would seem like an insurmountable sum of money to a 20's era american. mayweather makes more money than 14 million a year, but so do so many other athletes. dempsey (and the other top HW,) were the only guys in the million dollar purse stratosphere. it's hard to compare his wages to the wages of current athletes, because the pay for great athletes has been so inflated.
there are hundreds of baseball players in the state who make 14 mill a year, for example. the yankees have a 150-200 million payroll every year.Comment
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Yeah and I thought it was strange when I heard on the radio this year that the Yankees wanted to get their payroll below 189 mil. Trying to save money, I guess. Different times for them indeed.Comment
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