Why are boxers earning so much money today?

[Floyd is TBE]

Seems like only yesterday when people were obsessed with whether Showtime made money on Floyd's deal. Now DAZN is overpaying every half decent fighter 8 figues and it's considered good for the sport.

[Luilun]

Fighters deserve every penny that they get paid...……..Rockin'

Does that include Broner ?

[mp1110]

Boxing has been swept up in the TV rights bubble. Make the money while you can, there's no telling when this thing comes back to earth.

[Floyd is TBE]

Ima be honest. Floyd was only the most paid ppv fighter due to the other fighters people wanted him to fight not because of him. IE May vs Berto...flopped. Most paid to watch him lose to "their guy."

Nope. Haters were calling Floyd/Berto a flop until 97G fought on PPV for the first time and put things into perspective. Berto/Floyd was a huge success in terms of PPV sales. Any other fighters doing 400k fighting an easy touch? The drawing power of Floyd Mayweather is indisputable. It's not often you get to see one of the most dominant athletes of the 21st century.

[boliodogs]

Boxers risk their lives so they deserve whatever they make. The better and more exciting they are and the harder they fight the more money they make in most cases.

[boliodogs]

Seems like only yesterday when people were obsessed with whether Showtime made money on Floyd's deal. Now DAZN is overpaying every half decent fighter 8 figues and it's considered good for the sport.

I think it's very good for the sport. Why would paying good boxers lots of money be bad for the sport? Look at the giant money Mayweather made every fight and lots of today's fighters are more exciting and entertaining to watch than he ever was with no disrespect meant to his boxing skill. DAZN is making good fights happen that seemed unlikely to happen before.

[BoxingIsGreat]

Usyk likely would toy with you for a round or so and then put you down to end your suffering!

I’m more of a middleweight so it would be surreal if I could be added to the list of tomato cans that ggg fights in his career for hiscomeback fight this year!

I already drafted an email proposal so I might just try my luck ! Lol

Maybe you can volunteer to take the place of his next opponent. GGG would look like a terminator again in putting you out of your misery within a round! You might last two if he is generous.

[Floyd is TBE]

I think it's very good for the sport. Why would paying good boxers lots of money be bad for the sport? Look at the giant money Mayweather made every fight and lots of today's fighters are more exciting and entertaining to watch than he ever was with no disrespect meant to his boxing skill. DAZN is making good fights happen that seemed unlikely to happen before.

DAZN looks promising, but we'll see. Haven't been too impressed with them so far. Canelo is going to be Canelo. He'll take garbage fights no one was asking for every other match. Joshua is fighting scrubs. And 97G looking like he's going to do a tune up, fight Canelo, then retire.

[PRINCEKOOL]

'Only a very small percentage make a million'.

If you are not in the big-time leagues, the level below probably make in the 50-100,000 grand range per fight. Still that is a doctors wage every single fight, but then again? You have to keep on winning.

David Price is a fighter who probably earns in that range up above, although I am aware that maybe David Price earned 300,000 when facing Audley Harrison

But I would say a large majority of boxers only make afew grand per fight..

[Redsox]

yes the money is good right now