Comments Thread For: Fury is Top Paid Combat Sports Star on Forbes 2020 'Highest Paid Athletes' List

[KillaMane26]

Cong**** to all the boxers. Boxing will never die and the MMA guys will always wish they made half as much

[BangEM]

Because the fight was worth $100M. It’s ridiculous that a guy making $1M a fight was trying to make $87.5M x his highest payday 🤣

How would a fight against a guy that makes $1m generate $100m?

It seems you failed math in school. LMAOOO

[Grimmer]

It's useful to note that Fury had 3 fights in the time-frame they've used for these ratings. Where as Joshua only had 2.

[rocktop]

Cong**** to all the boxers. Boxing will never die and the MMA guys will always wish they made half as much

there is an mma fighter as the number 2 paid combat fighter did you not read the list

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Who remembers when all the businessmen on here was claiming that Fury was a bad investment by Top Rank and there's no way ESPN was paying him all that money...

When Fury knocks out Joshua and signs a new contract he'll comfortably make the biggest cash in boxing.

[KillaMane26]

there is an mma fighter as the number 2 paid combat fighter did you not read the list

I did read it. Conor is very rare. Like i said the mma guys wish they made half as much

[ShoulderRoll]

Canelo needs more endorsements.

[Zelda]

Damn those tennis and golf players.

Federer: 6.3m earnings vs 100m endorsements.
Woods: 2.3m earnings vs 60m endorsements.
Djokovic: 12.6m earnings vs 32m endorsements.
Mickelson: 0.8m earnings vs 40m endorsements.
Nadal: 14m earnings vs 26m endorsements.
Osaka: 3.4m earnings vs 34m endorsements.


In contrast, boxers have to earn in a much harder way.

[Monty Fisto]

truth be told I’m not a Forbes guy. But when AJ fans said he was making £20M a fight I didn’t believe it and I Damn sure didn’t believe he made $85M in Saudi. I don’t believe anything regarding AJs purses until it’s verified by an Athletic Commission.

But I have a feeling that Hearn AJ and his fans lie about his earnings so they can lowball everyone else. And then claim AJs being ducked when a guy like wilder doesn’t take a bs flat fee. Meanwhile based on these numbers the split should’ve been 50/50

So what do you think he was making a fight? Less than £20m?

[Monty Fisto]

Damn those tennis and golf players.

Federer: 6.3m earnings vs 100m endorsements.
Woods: 2.3m earnings vs 60m endorsements.
Djokovic: 12.6m earnings vs 32m endorsements.
Mickelson: 0.8m earnings vs 40m endorsements.
Nadal: 14m earnings vs 26m endorsements.
Osaka: 3.4m earnings vs 34m endorsements.


In contrast, boxers have to earn in a much harder way.

True, but at the same time those endorsements are restrictive. Love him or hate him, Mayweather was beholden to no-one, because he eschewed the endorsements. That allowed him to do what he wanted and eventually line up the mother of all pay offs.