Brick Wall explains boxing purses in wikianswers:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_deter...a_boxing_purse
What determines a boxing purse?
It all depends on the contract if their is one. For the big fights, it's a mixture of PPV/Ticket sales and a guaranteed fee that is usually paid out by the venue and promotions once the fight is over. If the fighters aren't guaranteed a certain split in pay, the fighter who wins usually gets a larger percentage of pay. People like Don king promote the fights and based on past sales and revenue from the other fights make a determination on the amount that either will be under contract or will go to the winner and loser.
Ex: main event
1) Attendance revenue = 30 million
2) Promoters and sponsers = 35 million
3) PPV or HBO = 35 million
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Grand total = 100 million
SPLIT:
Boxer One: 31 million
Boxer Two: 25 million ( underdog)
or
Winner: 30 million
Loser: 20 million
Ref= 1 million
Commentators= 7 million
Don King = 15 million
etc...
-- Everyone gets paid based off of this number. I bet PPV does an average to come up with a lowest and highest number of viewers and makes a determination on that as to owhat they are willing to pay out for the right to show the fight exclusively on cable.
It all depends on the contract if their is one. For the big fights, it's a mixture of PPV/Ticket sales and a guaranteed fee that is usually paid out by the venue and promotions once the fight is over. If the fighters aren't guaranteed a certain split in pay, the fighter who wins usually gets a larger percentage of pay. People like Don king promote the fights and based on past sales and revenue from the other fights make a determination on the amount that either will be under contract or will go to the winner and loser.
Ex: main event
1) Attendance revenue = 30 million
2) Promoters and sponsers = 35 million
3) PPV or HBO = 35 million
-------------------------------------
Grand total = 100 million
SPLIT:
Boxer One: 31 million
Boxer Two: 25 million ( underdog)
or
Winner: 30 million
Loser: 20 million
Ref= 1 million
Commentators= 7 million
Don King = 15 million
etc...
-- Everyone gets paid based off of this number. I bet PPV does an average to come up with a lowest and highest number of viewers and makes a determination on that as to owhat they are willing to pay out for the right to show the fight exclusively on cable.
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