purses for HBO Saturday's card

[-MEGA-]

...and Boom goes the dynomite!




War Desert Storm!


STORMTROOPERS!!!

[Kneeguel Cotto]

Bradley's wife is his manager, so they keep even more of that 2M than other fighters would.

Dude is seriously caked up.

War Bradley and his dome piece.

[Pain~Lucy]

that's what you get for beating 2 legends, controversial or not

[Pain~Lucy]

he ducked khan doe lol, where he is now?

[Scipio2009]

Bradley getting paid more than Khan and Alexander combine... that right?

Purses for #KhanvsAlexander card per NSAC: Khan $950k, Alexander 600k, Thurman 500k, Bundu (contract not filed yet), Mares 250k, Ramirez 15k

— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) December 11, 2014

HBO was willing to spend $3m on a card; SHO was willing to spend $3m on a card.

Showtime ended up with a crossroads fight between two of the top ten fighters at welterweight in a meaningful fight, Keith Thurman in a fight against a top 20 welterweight, and showcase fights for Charlo and Mares against live opponents.

HBO ended up with Bradley in a comeback fight, a 'clash of styles' fight with El Maestro, and a title fight between two fringe top-10 middleweights.

All four of the Showtime fights this weekend mean something; the same can't be said for the HBO card tbh.

[Hougigo]

Bradley probably only fighting twice a year now with that minimum... I thought his minimum was 1.5?

[killakali]

HBO was willing to spend $3m on a card; SHO was willing to spend $3m on a card.

Showtime ended up with a crossroads fight between two of the top ten fighters at welterweight in a meaningful fight, Keith Thurman in a fight against a top 20 welterweight, and showcase fights for Charlo and Mares against live opponents.

HBO ended up with Bradley in a comeback fight, a 'clash of styles' fight with El Maestro, and a title fight between two fringe top-10 middleweights.

All four of the Showtime fights this weekend mean something; the same can't be said for the HBO card tbh.

wtf? Thurman is fighting a guy no one ever heard of who has one half way decent win of note. Mares is fighting the guy Loma tko'd in his professional debut and hasn't fought since. Charlo is fighting a guy with two losses who's never fought in the states and is a 30-1 underdog. The only good fight is Sho's main event. The rest are mismatches.

HBO has Bradley against a guy who although dirty did well against rios before the DQ and gave Thurman a few good rounds. Korobov and Lee are both top 10 middleweights. It's a good but not great fight. Then to me the best fight is benavides vs Herrera. Benavides is the undefeated 6'0" junior welterweight prospect against the crafty Herrera who best Danny Garcia this year. I favor Herrera but this fight is close to 50-50. HBO's card is by far more competitive.

[Scipio2009]

Funny to see how many folks on here willfully ignore the international TV rights money, though only when acknowledging it would hamper their point.

Maidana, once you count the PPV share and the Argentina TV rights fees, likely walked away with +$4m for each of the Mayweather fights.

The Khan-Alexander card, in addition to airing on Showtime, has also been picked up by Sky TV in the UK, likely putting another $1m into Khan's pockets, easily. lol.

[Showtime..]

I'm happy that Bradley is getting his dues.
Y'all conplain about Chavez not getting much, but even being a contender gets him money that he could easily live well on.

[Mikhnienko]

Could someone explain why Andy Lee is getting 65K more than Korobov when he's the fourth replacement opponent (Quillin, Saunders, Andrade) and its for a vacant title?