Based on merit, who deserves to be the highest paid boxer today?

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Manny Pacquiao followed by Roman Gonzalez, Sergey Kovalev and Canelo Alvarez.

[Lester Tutor]

Hurt level, accordingly: Baseball 162 games, Basketball 82, Hockey 82, NFL 16.

Ticket revenues, TV air, playoffs, championships.

Completely different structure and regulation compared to Boxing. Plus betting benefits pugilist lovers and the industry involved as well vs regulated sports.

Drawing Power, PPV of course: Therefore, Rigo!!

[BillyBoxing]

Andre Ward,Crawford,Loma,Chocalito .all push and challenge themselves

Ward would need to fight more than once a year, and his only decent win in 5 years is seen by most people as a gift decision so forget about that.

[BillyBoxing]

I would say Pacquiao, Alvarez and Swift Garcia.

You could bring Hopkins and Wlad but dudes are over the hill (we'll see for Wlad)

Based on their star power, activity and achievements.

[BillyBoxing]

Outright Quality - Gonzalez, Ward, Kovalev

Achievements - Pacquiao, Ward, Gonzalez

Entertaining the Masses - Golovkin, Gonzalez, Canelo

I think it's probably Roman Gonzalez. Consistently in good fights. Has great wins. And is one of the best in the game. He is a midget though so that plays into things too.

Good analysis.

I wouldn't put Ward in achievements btw Pacquiao and Gonzalez since Dre barely won a title in a second weight class.



He hasn't achieved much more to me than Kovalev himself IMO (especially since I thought Kova beat him) but I might be harsh with Dre, dunno.

But, Ward is definitely overrated by you guys, never has been P4P 1 in my eyes and isn't yet.

[Sledgeweather17]

In other sports, such as Baseball, Football (real football not soccer), & Basketball the salaries are based on the athletes, merits and talents on the field/court with other things such as look and personality making a small impact. Boxing on the other hand pays a lot by popularity, persona, & looks and a lot of times talent/skill is thrown out of the equation.

With that said, who do you think should be the highest paid boxer today based on talent and ring merits?

Real Football is soccer you clown. Football (real football (soccer)) existed long before your crappy fake rugby thingy you Americans call football.

[Boxfan83]

Real Football is soccer you clown. Football (real football (soccer)) existed long before your crappy fake rugby thingy you Americans call football.

lmao damn you are salty. I dont think I have every read a positive post from you.