Side note:
People often buy into propaganda coming from promoters and fighters without taking a step back and thinking (is this accurate?) because the sport's complete lack of coverage from the top sports writers/reporters even on a part-time basis.
For example:
A Floyd PPV event generates 1.2 million buys at $60 each and the headlines say Floyd Mayweather generates $72m in revenue. The sports few fans eat that up and believe Floyd just made even more than the $35 million guaranteed his team boasted about prior to the fight. But...
1. The distributor (Time Warner, Comcast, etc.) is the one actually booking $72 million in revenue.
2. HBO charges the distributor per consumer purchase.
3. The promoter then receives a percentage of HBO's slice of the pie.
4. The fighters share,negotiated in advance, is taken from the promoters portion of that revenue.
If the distributors maintain the actual customer base (along with the infrastructure costs associated with it) and HBO owns the broadcast rights and costs associated with creating said broadcast (energy, production, on-air talent, satellite feed etc.), who do you think earns the largest percentage of the $60 final purchase price? Now that leaves the rest to the promoter(s) to allocate between all of their costs, every fighter on the proposed card and a mandatory potential return commensurate with their risk. Player associations in the big 4 sports collectively bargain for a maximum portion of "sport revenue"* which is approximately 45-50% currently in the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL. There is no such union in boxing, so it's safe to assume that if a promoters share of ppv. proceeds is 25-33% 1 fighter on a card will not receive half. My guess is that leaves a headliner like Floyd $5 per view at most before his expenses are accounted for.
Think of it this way; if top fighters actually earned $30-40 million a fight within 10-12 fights they could have a net worth large enough to easily generate $10m a year in income the rest of their life. You will be hard pressed to find ANYONE on this planet that would be willing to still fight after accumulating a $400m net worth.
*What's included as "sport revenue" has been a contentious fight for sports unions, but ownership seems to win that battle every time.
Oscar dela hoya is the Bill Gates of boxing. Bar none.
is Floyd Mayweather Jr. a bigger money maker than Oscar De La Hoya?
- When the two fought in 2007, Floyd had to take the lesser purse. That explains all
Absolutely. Floyd holds the PPV records of any fighter of any era. That's why they call him the PPV king. This new deal he landed with showtime is the single most lucrative contract any athlete has ever made in the history of sport. So yeah, he's a bigger cash cow than anyone, including Tyson.
ppv kings
1.Mike Tyson
2.De la Hoya
3.Mayweather
4.Holyfield
5.Pacquiao
roy jones had his time but it left quickly, Oscar had it till about 2007 becuase he still has the mexican fans support, Flyod is the fighter of the 2000s , the biggest money maker of them all is tyson
mid to late 80s- Tyson
early 90s -tyson
tyson come back in 95 till 97- records broken
tyson from 99 till 2005- sold out arenas still
2006 youngstown ohio exbticon- sold out
if tyson comes back he will still break records
Absolutely . He's is the highest paid athlete to ever live (i think)
