The best fighter to earn the least money?

**The Gambler1981** · 03-13-2009, 08:35 PM

Are we adjusting for inflation? Or is just the lowest overall total.

I think I will go with Charley Burley, but even with him I think I could go further back when boxing was even more segregated in the US and find a great fighter that probably never got any real good shots to make decent money.

**cotto16** · 03-13-2009, 08:36 PM

Originally posted by The Gambler1981

Are we adjusting for inflation? Or is just the lowest overall total.

I think I will go with Charley Burley, but even with him I think I could go further back when boxing was even more segregated in the US and find a great fighter that probably never got any real good shots to make decent money.

good choice, also ricardo lopez comes to mind

**TheGreatA** · 03-13-2009, 08:41 PM

How much money did Sam Langford earn? Probably very little.

**cotto16** · 03-13-2009, 08:48 PM

Originally posted by TheManchine

How much money did Sam Langford earn? Probably very little.

Not sure about langford my bro is in the middle of reading a book about him

**Steak** · 03-13-2009, 08:50 PM

I dont know most fighters' payrolls...but Ill go ahead and say Langford, since he had a million fights and wins over a number of lineal champs and yet ended up blind and poor in a shack and died there.

or so Ive heard.

**Thread Stealer** · 03-13-2009, 09:14 PM

You could go on and on with fighters, especially the black ones, in the first half of the 20th century.

They weren't fighting 25 times a year for their health.

**-Hyperion-** · 03-13-2009, 09:22 PM

Originally posted by cotto16

good choice, also ricardo lopez comes to mind

my brothers friend knows ricardo, he is pretty ****ing rich....

**pistol whip** · 03-13-2009, 09:57 PM

Originally posted by -Hyperion-

my brothers friend knows ricardo, he is pretty ****ing rich....

Glenn Johnson but a lot of that has to do with him peaking so late in his career.

The best fighter to earn the least money?