Are you just starting a carrier in boxing, or are you just curious to know how much money you can make if you become a pro fighter? You are in the right place.
The money that a pro boxer can make depends on various factors, but in general is around 150.000 $dollars for a world title win and 10-50.000$ for a regional/national fight.
Nowadays, the presence of a strong social media profile will probably help you earn more money because, in general, everyone would want to sign for you because your follower will watch for sure with more attention the sponsor product or whatever company are you sponsor.
The same discussion for a fighter coming from a victory on Olympian medal, also, in this case, your reputation will be very high, and the chance to increase your salary like a pro boxer will be sure.
Expense for a pro boxer
Considering that a pro boxer makes his money only throw event and fight, there are others some necessary expense that a pro boxer must sustain and this Expense have a significant impact on how much money can make, so, in general, the net worth for a pro boxer will be thousands of dollar less than the winning price of the event.
In general, the Expense of a pro boxer can be summarized in the following:
List of Expense for a pro boxer
- Insurance
- Travel
- Training gym
- Trainers
Insurance cost for a pro boxer
As a pro boxer, you will have particular insurance that will cover you from:
- Health
- Disability
- Life
The cost can vary depending upon the Athletes, and obtain the insurance in some case is not so easy,
The insurance for a pro boxer will cut a fair amount of his earned money, but if you think that in every fight and event, the possibility that something can happen is high, you probably want to invest some money in that.
Travel expanse for a pro boxer
The travel expense for a pro boxer and his team variety from some factors like:
- A country where the fighter live
- Number of the team needed
- Location of the event where the fight will be
As mentioned before, the travel is not paid by the promotion, so you have to pay this the trip from your earning.
You can notice that for a pro boxer know making his carrier is like an investment.
Let’s cover the other parts:
Training gym cost for a pro boxer
Some prestigious gyms have a high price to pay for training on, so a good part of your money will also be reduced for the gym’s cost.
Trainers cost for pro boxer
Thanks to the Muhammad Ali acts, the boxer has more rights, and the money is no more controlled by the hand of the manger that some years old, made his pocket big, and the boxer low.
In general, the cost to pay the coach and the trainer is around 10% to a maximum of 30% of the total price win on the fight.
An extreme case of pro boxer pay
One of the most well-known facts on money and boxing is the case of Mario Rodriguez.
Mario Rodriguez, in 2011 was earning very few thousands of dollars per fight at the time, mainly because his category of weight was not so much followed or considerate at the time.
Unless he was a champ, he was not making enough money to live an everyday life when he retired; he was constraint to work as a haircutter in his country Mexico.
Average salary per year for pro boxer fighter
The average salary expected for a pro boxer is 35.000 thousand dollars, considering all the expenses we saw before.
This can be considered a good amount of money, but some boxers who live in more expensive places are not so good.
Now we will cover the medal’s counterpart, the category of the wealthiest paid boxer divided per purse money.
List of money earned from the most famous pro boxer per fight.
Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson, called (the baddest man on the planet) was born June 30, 1966; he is on of the most known pro boxer of all the time, either form his incredible capability in the ring, that for the particular life that brings him in some serious trouble. During his excellent career, Mike Tyson was the world heavyweight champion of the words.
With a series of 58 matches, he won 50 of this.
Mike Tyson had earned his maximum amount of money during the match with Holyfield.
The money that our pro boxer brought home that night per one fight was 30 million dollars.
Juan Manuel Márquez
Juan Manuel Márquez is a Mexican pro boxer who fights for 20 years; he is one of the third Mexican boxers to become world champion in four weight classes, His point of force was on the combinations counterpunch.
Juan never loses a fight for a knockout; his entire carrier of fight is 64 fights with 56 wins and seven losses with one draw.
His maximum earning per fight comes from the match with Manny Pacquiao, where he earns around 5 million dollars.
According to Forbes, the total net worth of Juan Manuel Márquez is 20 million dollars.
Amir Khan – $30 million
Amir Khan is a British professional boxer; he starts to gain his reputation as an amateur, where he won a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 2004 Olympics.
This success brings Amir to become the youngest British boxer to win an Olympic medalist at 17 years old.
Amir’s record doesn’t stop here; in fact, he became the youngest British few years later at the age of 22 years old to win a WBA title.
According to rumors, the most money that Amir Khan makes in a fight are In May 2016, where Amir earned $13 million fighting Saul Alvarez.
Naseem Hamed – $33 million
Nassem is a former British pro boxer; he won different title in the featherweight category, his period boxing go from 1992-2002.
As you can check on youtube, Naseem Hamed usually made a spectacular entrance before every match. Nassem Hamed won his first title at the age of 20, more precisely the European bantamweight title.
In general, the boxing of Naseem Hamed was excellent; in total, he made 37 fights, with 36 wins and one loss.
Nassem Hamed, as a pro boxer, earned a total of 33 million dollars.
Ricky Hatton – $40 million
Ricky Hatton is a British pro boxer competing until 2002; he competed for two category light-welterweight and welterweight during his career.
Ricky Hatton starts his winning series as his brilliant carrier on the amateur phases, where he won 7 titles on the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships.
After seven victories, Ricky made his debut as a pro fighter on
September 11, 1997, against Colin McAuley in Widnes at Kingsway Leisure Centre.
In total, Ricky Hatton made a total of 48 fights with 45 wins and three losses.
His record of money made on a fight against Pacquiao, on that event Ricky earned a high $20 million paycheck.
Forbes reported that the total net worth of Ricky Hatton is $40 Million in 2020
Muhammad Ali – $50 million
Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer; he was also known to be an activist and Philatripsoy. His nickname was “the Greatest”, he is considered one of the best fighters of all time.
He starts to train in boxing at the age of 12, and his first medal gold was won at the age of 18 in the light heavyweight division.
Ali was the only one to remain for three-time lineal on heavyweight division as champion.
We can continue to speak an hour and hour about Muhamed Ali, and an article complete about that is also more than obvious that will have.
With calculations made by Forbes, the net worth of Muhamed Ali is $80 million.
Money per fight earned by Muhamed Ali
- He earned $2.5 million in 1971 on the fight against Joe Frazier.
- $5.45 million was won earned on the fight with George Foreman in 1974.
- $7.9 million for fighting Larry Holmes in 1980.
Vitali Klitschko – $65 million
Vitali was a Ukrainian pro boxer and now politics.
As a boxer, Klitschko is a three-time world heavyweight champion,
He held the WBO title from 1999 to 2000
Klitschko was very famous for his spectacular ring dominance; this champion’s percentage of knockout is around 90%.
As a pro boxer, Vitali made 47 fights, with 45 wins and two losses.
He starts the carrier as an amateur kick-boxer, where he achieved numerous successes very soon.
The total net worth of Vitali Klitschko is 80 million dollars in 2020.
Ray Charles Leonard
Ray Charles Leonard was born on May 17, 1956). He is also known as “Sugar”.
He is an American pro boxer.
He was very famous and gave boxing a good push after the Muhammad Ali era.
Ray Charles had the honor of being the first boxer to earn more than $100 million in purses.
In total, in his pro carrier, Ray made 40 fights with 36 wins, three losses, and one draw.
The total money made by ray Charles is around 120 million dollars, according to Forbes.
Lennox Lewis
Lennox Claudius Lewis was born on September 2, 1965.
He is a former pro boxer who competed from 1989 to 2003.
Lennox Lewis has the record of being 3-time world heavyweight champion and 2-time lineal champion
In his first three years as a professional, Lewis won several regional heavyweight championships, including the European, British, and Commonwealth titles. After winning his first 21 fights, he passed to the pro completion.
In total, Lennox Lewis made 44 fights with 41 wins, two losses, and one draw.
The total money that Lennox Lewis earned during his career is around 140 million dollars.
Pro boxer Manny Pacquiao money per fight earned
With Manny Pacquiao will come back for more details because this fighter we can speak a lot, regarding the point of view of money Manny make The biggest and most lucrative fight of his career in May 2015 against the rival Floyd Mayweather.
Manny, during that fight, has earned around $130 million.
According to Forbes, Is total net worth is 220 million dollars in 2020.
Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya was an American professional boxer of Mexican descent. He was also known as The Golden boy. During his amateur career, he made 234 wins, 163 by knockout, and six losses.
As a pro boxer, he made 49 matches, with 39 wins and nine losses.
The total net worth of Oscar de La Hoya is 200 million dollars
George Foreman
George Foreman is an American boxer.
Foreman became famous thanks to winning a gold medal in the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games in the boxing/heavyweight division.
Foreman’s money is due to his impressive fight with 81 fights with 76 wins; he earned around five million dollars.
According to Forbes, his net worth is much higher. It is reaching $300 million, thanks to some important investments done.
Pro boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. money per fight earned
Floyd Mayweather is the maximum example of earning prof on pro boxing; he is an American boxing champion, that at the moment (2020), his earning reaches the top $1.1 billion.
With a net worth earned in 2020 of 450$ milions.
We go in-depth to see all the documented earning that bring this great boxer to reach this money.
The central part of his net worth is coming from 2 fights, and more precisely, the fight against Manny Pacquiao in 2015, winning $250 million, and in 2017 against Conor Mcgregor, winning $300 million.
If Floyd Mayweather continues to fight and make a fight per year, he probably can quickly produce 200-400 million dollars.
This pro boxer’s earning is not only from boxing but also from his social media and stores, where it is estimated to produce around ten million dollars per year.
Life
Floyd Mayweather was born on February 24, 1977; he followed the passion of his Father,
He was spending almost all the time with his Father to the gym, but when his father was sent to jail, Floyd went to live with his grandmother.
Floyd started to put all of himself into boxing from that period, and he won the national Golden Gloves in 1993-1994. In total, Floyd obtained an amateur record of 84-4.
After his amateur career Floyd started the pro career as a boxer in 1996, with Roberto Apodaca.
The Floyd Mayweather carrier was incredible. He becomes champion six-time in five different categories.
In total, if Floyd will not decide in future some other match, his record is of 50 wins and 0 losses, with 27 knocks out
Floyd Mayweather Career Earnings
In the following sentences, you can see the money that Floyd Mayweather earned per fight:
- Arturo Gatti June 2005 $3.2 million
- Carlos Baldomir November 2006 $8 million
- Oscar De La Hoya May 2007 $25 million
- Ricky Hatton February 2008 $20 million
- WWE Wrestle Mania December 2008 $25 million
- Juan Manuel Márquez September 2009 $25 million
- Sugar Shane Mosley May 2010 $30 million
- Victor Ortiz September 2011 $40 million
- Miguel Cotto May 2012 $40 million
- Robert Guerrero May 2013 $50 million
- Saul Alvarez September 2013 $75 million
- Marcos Maidana I May 2014 $40 million
- Marcos Maidana II Septeber 2014 $32 million
- Manny Pacquiao May 2015 $250 million
- Andre Berto September 2015 $35 million
- Conor McGregor August 2017 $300 million
- Tenshin Nasukawa December 2018 $9 million
Conclusion
In this article, we cover different points, and we analyze in detail the primary question” how much money can a pro boxer make per fight.”
We saw the different costs that a pro boxer must effort to make its match, and that sometimes the boxing can be a bad investment as the case of previous articles.
Opposite discussion for the top paid boxer, where thanks to their capability, a good manager and lucky They can now enjoy their money made from the fight in the best manner that he wants.
