Do you believe Deontay Wilder made $20 million in the Helenius fight?

[brettWall]

Helenius made significantly less than what big ticket fighters make. According to this site:

"When he won the IBF Inter-Continental heavyweight title against Erkan Teper in 2018, Helenius reportedly took home $20,000, via Sportekz. Against Gerald Washington, Helenius earned $30,000. When he beat Adam Kownacki in 2020, Helenius took home $30,000. Helenius earned about $75,000 in the rematch.

The most he made in a fight before that was $50,000 in 2017 against Dillian Whyte."

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/boxi...koiqoytrhoqwol

Those figures are abysmally low. Those are not even enough to pay for your training team in a week or two.

[moochi]

What they get paid and what they tell ppl is totally different (ever since the Floyd era).

Canelo doing the same, publishing numbers which are 2-3x what he actually earns - good self marketing tool.

[jqSide]

No I don't believe he did. Fox Sports boxing was on its way out why would they spend all that money on one person for what? Charity? I might even venture to say he made less than $1 mil in that Helenius fight. And no, the size of that fight is not 10x bigger than the Luis Ortiz I fight. It's smaller.

[jqSide]

Helenius made significantly less than what big ticket fighters make. According to this site:

"When he won the IBF Inter-Continental heavyweight title against Erkan Teper in 2018, Helenius reportedly took home $20,000, via Sportekz. Against Gerald Washington, Helenius earned $30,000. When he beat Adam Kownacki in 2020, Helenius took home $30,000. Helenius earned about $75,000 in the rematch.

The most he made in a fight before that was $50,000 in 2017 against Dillian Whyte."

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/boxi...koiqoytrhoqwol

Look at these depressing figures for Helenius. They're not even in the $100K range, except in the Kownacki fights. $105K for 2 fights.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Even if he made 10 millions, the fight was a total money loser.

That is probably the main problem why is Wilder not fighting. PBC can`t afford to lose more money on him.

[rickJen]

Look at these depressing figures for Helenius. They're not even in the $100K range, except in the Kownacki fights. $105K for 2 fights.

Truly depressing indeed. Poor Helenius. These people who are exaggerating figures
didn't even care about Helenius' case. They could have added an extra "0" on all those figures
and nobody would have bothered questioning them. This sport needs sincere investigative reporters
to expose the truth. People should not get away with writing obvious lies.

[rickJen]

I think he signed a new contract with PBC with a minimum floor after the first Fury fight. I know the talk of he and Fury made 20 million or more for the rematch and he probably made 20 million for the third fight, but if PBC gave that guarantee for a mismatch then they are fools because as previous posters stated Wilder wasn't earning jack sh*& before he was willing to fight live opponents.

I don't get what this new contract with PBC is all about. Can anyone show a link?

The question in this thread is a very simple yes or no answer.
Do you believe Wilder made $20 million in the Helenius fight?

What does a new contract, if it exists at all, got to do with the question?

[OnePunch]

I think he signed a new contract with PBC with a minimum floor after the first Fury fight. I know the talk of he and Fury made 20 million or more for the rematch and he probably made 20 million for the third fight, but if PBC gave that guarantee for a mismatch then they are fools because as previous posters stated Wilder wasn't earning jack sh*& before he was willing to fight live opponents.

All promotional contracts have clauses that void future purse minimums in the event of a loss. So AFTER the Fury loss, his minimum would have been re-negotiated......

[brettWall]

I don't get what this new contract with PBC is all about. Can anyone show a link?

The question in this thread is a very simple yes or no answer.
Do you believe Wilder made $20 million in the Helenius fight?

What does a new contract, if it exists at all, got to do with the question?

They're probably saying the "new contract" with PBC states that he will get a minimum guarantee of $20 mil for every fight he's in. Yeah, they're stranger than fiction in this crazy sport. Why would PBC willing to lose money overpaying a very inactive fighter whose sights are not even on US soil, but in Saudi Arabia? These people making up these figures are treating their readers like they're all dummies.

[rickJen]

They're probably saying the "new contract" with PBC states that he will get a minimum guarantee of $20 mil for every fight he's in. Yeah, they're stranger than fiction in this crazy sport. Why would PBC willing to lose money overpaying a very inactive fighter whose sights are not even on US soil, but in Saudi Arabia? These people making up these figures are treating their readers like they're all dummies.

Nothing makes sense in this damn sport. Everyone lies. Their lies are not even small. They're astoundingly big.