Will Tank Davis make $10 million in the Roach fight?

[tomhawq]

Two reports with huge difference in figures. One is close to reality and the other is clearly made up.

They're not content in reporting he made $2 million. They have to inflate it to high heavens and insult people's intelligence. Yeah, even at a time when all major US networks have left boxing. A few years ago people were wondering how uncle Al is able to pay $1 million for his fighters, which is still huge even to this day.

[The Big Dunn]

What is this obsession with how much money Tank makes for his fights?

No matter what he makes, there is a segment of NSB that will say it’s a lie and lower the number without any evidence.

Whatever he actually makes, rest assured he makes more than any other boxer in that weight class.

[crimsonfalcon07]

Skeptical of the $25M and the 1M PPV sales against Garcia.

That had very little to do with Tank. He's got a very consistent trend prior to the Garcia fight, between 200-350K PPV buys. When he fought Garcia, you know that the extra 900K weren't from Tank fans... After Garcia, he's right back to the same numbers. With all the controversy from Garcia v Haney, I wouldn't be surprised if a rematch did big numbers too, and again, it wouldn't have that much to do with Tank.

[billeau2]

Anyone paying tank to fight non threats deserves to loose money. I can't believe anyone would pay him to fight tomato cans.
As long as dummies keep paying. He’ll keep fighting them cans. Hes 30 years old with no Loma, Teo, Haney, Shakur, Linares, Ortiz, Kambosos, Nakatani or Commey. Pathetic.

He is very talented but alas, he is the very definition of a protected fighter.

[daggum]

some "writers" are in reality just PR spokesmen for certain fighters/promotions. look how much tank got isnt haymon a great promoter! think those tsla stock pumpers who get paid by tsla to say how amazing tsla is and how you must buy the stock in the face of all its failures and false promises, its amazing because they say so! its going to 10x very very soon dont miss out!

[brettWall]

They're not content in reporting he made $2 million. They have to inflate it to high heavens and insult people's intelligence. Yeah, even at a time when all major US networks have left boxing. A few years ago people were wondering how uncle Al is able to pay $1 million for his fighters, which is still huge even to this day.

All these grossly exaggerated figures started when DAZN joined the scene. They were a startup company willing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars. Hearn represented them and started making garguantuan offers. Wilder's highest purse at PBC was $2 million. Hearn offered him $12 million for the AJ fight, then it became $25 mil, $100 mil, and so on. PBC fans and their fanatical writers were irritated. And not to be outdone, they started manufacturing numbers. Espinoza overpaid Wilder at first but ended up throwing him to Fox Sports.

Until now the exaggeration hasn't abated even when Showtime had exited boxing. PPV numbers are also exaggerated even in this day and age of rampant free ******ing. Strange part is some people actually buy into it.

[billeau2]

What is this obsession with how much money Tank makes for his fights?

No matter what he makes, there is a segment of NSB that will say it’s a lie and lower the number without any evidence.

Whatever he actually makes, rest assured he makes more than any other boxer in that weight class.

I made a comment yesterday: When we were growing up watching the great fighters of the 70's, as kids, even aping their fighting styles as we would each assume a role... we would talk about many things regarding these fighters, THE ONE thing I naver heard mentioned... ever! was how much money they were making.