Comments Thread For: Zou Shiming Reveals His New Venture, Becomes a Promoter

[LoadedWraps]

You're right but maybe in endorsements and TV deals? Bob Arum himself said Zhou Shiming has the second most endorsement deals of any Top Rank fighter behind Pacquiao. He says he is endorsed by Beats by Dre, Pepsi, Everlast, Anta (Chinese brand). He also has 10s of millions of fans who tune into his fights in China, so I imagine with that also comes lucrative TV deals. And despite having only 5 fights, he's the 4th highest paid athlete in China

I don't know how the financials work for an athlete but I guess you are right, if endorsements truly yield that much.

To be the 4th paid highest athlete in his country, I don't know if I should be impressed or disgusted with that, he's got a handful of fights.

[-Kev-]

I don't know how the financials work for an athlete but I guess you are right, if endorsements truly yield that much.

To be the 4th paid highest athlete in his country, I don't know if I should be impressed or disgusted with that, he's got a handful of fights.

Me neither (know how the financials work). But i'm gonna guess that companies pay endorsements based on how much viewers they think will watch the athlete, in other words popularity, therefore that's how much their "brand" will be exposed I would guess. For example, the Chinese sportswear brand "Anta" knows their brand will be exposed to 10s of millions of Chinese boxing fans if Shiming wears it, so I guess they pay him a good amount of money. I think the amount of pay just comes down to popularity

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How much do you think you really can get done without either the backing or approval of the Chinese communist government???

lol, it's easier to start a business in china than in the US nowadays, they've basically flipped ideologies