Boxing is a popular sport. Two athletes compete in the ring in a fist fight with special equipment: a cap, gloves, a protective cover for the groin. Amateurs, most often do not claim salaries and payments for participation in competitions. Athletes of the highest class (professionals), fight back under the contract and each fight receives money.
Prices for fighters of certain boxers are of great importance for different participation. The main income consists of:
If a novice athlete has ambitions of great success in the ring and earning money, he must take into account the factors that affect the size of the naked fee:
How much income can boxers have?
Prices for fighters of certain boxers are of great importance for different participation. The main income consists of:
- Sponsor payments;
- Percentage of paid live broadcasts;
- The fee for a fighter from the organizers: is a fixed amount + bonus;
- Percentage of sales of branded products (merch) in case it is known and has a large number of fans.
- Territory. Obviously, in the US and European countries, athletes are paid more than in Russia.
- Boxer weight. There are much fewer heavyweight professionals than everyone else, this is noticeable in the demand and final ambition.
- Respectability. The organizers are eager to invite fighters, well-known names have already been announced in major projects: the Olympic Games, a large number of victories in the amateur period, and much more.
- Perspectives. The assessment is made up of the number of victories and losses in the past, his physical indicators and injuries earned in various professions, injuries, and morbidity in departments.
- Agent penetration. Without a competent specialist who knows how and wants to promote an athlete, you should not dream of a career. The promoter will help negotiate with the organizers, prepare contracts, and also agree on a favorable price for the boxer.
How much income can boxers have?
When it became clear what the boxer's fee depends on, it is worth talking about how much an athlete earns on average per fight. In modern boxing, fights are divided into professional and semi-professional. If everything is clear with the participants of the first, then in the second there are usually amateurs and novice fighters.
Lovers
Once, professional boxer Manny Macquiao said that he earned only two dollars for his first entry into the ring. The phrase fully reflects the reality of novice athletes: they do not earn anything for work, training and injuries. Some sign up for fights in dubious projects, someone participates in underground tournaments without rules. The average earnings of a Russian athlete in one round reaches two thousand rubles, with experience the fee reaches 30 thousand for a fight of six rounds. In America, novice fighters start with the same numbers. The only difference is that the fee is calculated in dollars, not rubles. You can also hope for money from the prize fund, when you get first place.
Amateurs with a lot of experience work in a semi-professional league. It is they who secure the right to participate in the Olympic Games. If the promoter is experienced, then the fighter can get from 200 thousand or more.
Professionals
The pro fee is often 60-70% of the total prize fund for a fight. The sum is divided by the winner and the loser in different shares. The remaining 30-40% remain with the organizations and people who created the fight. The amounts for fights are always different, it depends on the prize fund, the generosity of the sponsors and the fame of the athletes. At the same time, a fight for a title or a belt may not always be more expensive than a fight between two champions. And this is not even half of their total earnings. Champions and sports stars make most of their fortune from advertising and starting their own business. So, well-known in MMA, and after boxing, Conor McGregor opened his own whiskey distillery. The drink was advertised by the athlete literally at every press conference and soon brought the Irishman the first pot of gold. Other stars prefer not to invest their own money. Instead, they become the face of a particular brand and live advertising at major events.
Income level of Russian stars
Novice fighters can receive 8,000 rubles per fight, that is, 2,000 rubles per round. With experience, the salary also increases. Thus, the Olympic champion Alexander Usik earned 800 thousand dollars. Despite this, Wladimir Klitschko still holds the palm, earning $ 22 million in one season.
Russia does not encourage boxing with a monetary unit, although there are sports connoisseurs and unsurpassed masters in the country. Because of this, stars from Russia and the former CIS countries are looking for earnings in America, where sports are sponsored a cut above that in other countries.
Income level of world stars
Professionals in world sports have much more prestige. Their earnings per battle are made up of the prize fund, the purchase of premium accounts on closed sites by viewers and bonuses. The price of one fight is unpredictable. It can be 10 million, or, as in the case of Conor McGregor and Mayweather Jr. 100. The whole amount is divided among the participants, the winner gets a larger share, the loser a smaller one.
Also in boxing there is the concept of “season”. This is the period of time during which the largest number of tournaments and fights between athletes takes place. Therefore, some boxers calculate wages not for one fight, but for the season as a whole. So, Manny Pacquiao, who started his career with two dollars per fight, earned 160 million in a season in the ring.
What determines the level of income?
The salary level of a professional athlete depends on several reasons:
- Having a business, advertisers, personal brand;
- Professionalism;
- Number of victories and defeats;
- Having a championship title;
- The entertainment of the duel;
- The ability of the agent and the athlete himself to present a star;
- Weight category.
The highest fee in boxing history
Many athletes throughout the history of professional boxing have pursued the title of the highest paid professional in the ring. This has been done by several people:
- Mike Tyson: $38 million, $46 million and $52 million between 1995-1997
- Mohammed Ali 40 million;
- Oscar De La Lee Hoya 41 million;
- Floyd Mayweather Jr: $41 million, $60, $82, $100 and $180 between 2007-2017