Joshua Only Making 6.5M In Klitschko Fight

[Robbie Barrett]

I think the article is really badly written says that he'll make well over £6.5 million, then a little further down it quotes Hearn saying "you could say £13,14,15 million"

Hearn is talking about how much Joshua has made so far in his career.

[Randall Cunning]

Hearn is talking about how much Joshua has made so far in his career.

Yeah think youre right. This says its expected to gross £30 million, fighters get £18 million from that. £6.5 to Joshua from that is about a 60/40, 65/35 split to Klitschko, sounds about right.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/20...d-one-million/

[Superbee]

This means that Wlad is going to "pass the torch" and he's cashing out...

Good call... And why not ?

[Tom Cruise]

I seem to recall it was a 50/50 split agreed when they negotiated the fight in november. Bith teams said they would just use the framework from those negltiations when they made the fight.

Both will be making much more than 6.5mill

[M Bison]

Well, he's a million times the star and draw that Joshua is, so it sounds pretty fair.

Are they selling the PPV over in Russia/Germany/Ukraine if not I disagree.

[Zaroku]

Joshua will make bigger pay days later. Now, he just needs to exceed expectations.

[Shane1091]

ONLY 6.5 mil he's had 18 fights and making millions there are boxers who had a hard 10 years and can't even make 200k. Life a ***** and he's one lucky guy.

[BoxingFan85]

This means that Wlad is going to "pass the torch" and he's cashing out...

No.. He'll kick his a$$ & get paid big bucks & is going to walk away with his titles...

[BoxingFan85]

Are they selling the PPV over in Russia/Germany/Ukraine if not I disagree.

RTL on Germany is PPV

[BoxingFan85]

Well I thought its a 30mil pounds even split..

But I found this article which explains the split...

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2016/12/1...boxing-records

Both The Daily Star and The Mirror have pegged the gross revenue to be £42 million (approximately $53 million US), which would leave the previous record, the 2014 rematch between Carl Froch and George Groves, in the dust at £22 million. A lower estimate from The Daily Telegraph’s Gareth A. Davies has it at £30 million (Approx. $38 million US), with Joshua and Klitschko splitting £18 million in purse money.

Here’s The Mirror’s breakdown of the figures that would lead to a £42 million fight:

1.5 million pay-per-views at £16.95, generating £25.4m
£4m from German TV company RTL (Editor’s note: RTL is Klitschko’s television partner)
£1.5m from US TV (Editor’s note: The bout will air on either HBO or Showtime, but not on PPV in the US)
£8m in gate receipts from a record 90,000 crowd
£1m from sponsorship
£1m from rest of the world TV rights
£1m from merchandising