I'm going with Foreman and his grill ;D
Leonard maybe or Oscar (post PBF) and Ali must have made a fair bit.
Who do you think has made the most purely from fight purses?
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I'm going with Foreman and his grill ;D
Leonard maybe or Oscar (post PBF) and Ali must have made a fair bit.
Who do you think has made the most purely from fight purses?
I would guess Tyson. He had several fights where he made in the 25-30 million range per fight.
Tyson would also be in first place if you made a list of which fighters have blown the most money.
Don King ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Smashup
He was a champ of double manslaughter ;)
Tyson must have been well up there as it goes ;)
Evander must have made a pile.
Big george did make more off the grill than in boxing.
If i remember it was 100 million vs 300 million? can that be right?
Larry Holmes made a pile too. i think he owns like 1/2 of his hometown in Louisville,Kentucky (I think)
In terms of off boxng its Evander Holyfied and Tyson.
I think De La Hoyas still the highest paid outside of the heavyweights.
As far as the richest its got to be Scmelling
Oh really how comes!?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrap
I would of said Leonard, DLH, Tyson (before he went off the rails), Holyfield, Mayweather will be making his way up soon enough though.
He had the franchise for Pepsi, I beleive he got it by helping the jews escape Germany
You sure you don't mean Schindler? :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Scrap
I cant beleive they havent made a film out of his lifestory to be honest, some life.
There too busy making the life story of Guy Goma ::**Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrap
Whose he
Gotta be ODLH without a doubt......
With all the promoting on top of being a huge draw it's gotta be De La Hoya...Quote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMicK
Well for fights there is no doubt that is Evander Holyfield who has made the most money as these numbers are concrete, and its just comparing data, but who's made the most money with boxing, and other things is either Foreman and Oscar, but probably Oscar in terms of making boxing related money, but the man in boxing who has made more than anyone else is Don King.
The question was who has made the most strictly from fight purses. The answer to that is definitely Tyson.
A quick google search reveals that De La Hoya's total purse earnings are more than $200 million, while Tyson is believed to have made somewhere between $300-400 million. So Tyson clearly earned more. This isn't surprising, since Tyson was making $25-30 million dollars not just in his big fights, but also against the B-level guys he fought right out of prison. De La Hoya has only pulled in that type of money in his big fights.
Tyson deserved to make the most, since virtually all of the highest grossing PPV's in history are his fights.
Now if you were to account for all boxing related income, then DLH would almost certainly be #1, since I'm sure he making tons of money with his promotional company. Tyson obviously never started a promotional company, although the thought of him managing and promoting other fighters is pretty funny.
But just fight purses, it's Tyson who has made the most.
Last I read ODLH has made over $220 million in purses.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taeth
And I bet he kept most of it
Lennox must be up there :-\
Have you seen Lennox on the new RAC adverts on TV ;D
According to sunday times rich list I think Lewis was on £100 million.
I did read somewhere that Foreman is the richest fighter ever (because of the grill) - how come he actually owns all rights to the grill ??
Ali I seem to remember is not actually worth that much but is technically loaded because he gets everything for free - nobody charges the greatest for anything.
And so they shouldn't
Acording to this artical Tyson earnt 500 million dollars in his career, thats more than George has whith his grill and boxing combined
http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...ike_tyson.html
I dont think anyone will ever come close to that amount again
Especially Tyson ! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ross
As far as purses go I remember back in like 2002 I read Tyson had made
Mike Tyson..$335,000,000 and some change..
And in 2004 DLH had
De La Hoya...He has Racked up $400,000,000+
After that I am not sure....
I do know up untill the creation of Golden Boy Productions...DLH had made a Whopping $665,000,000 off of purses and promotional items (boxing related only could not say anything about his glorious career as a singer ::**)
Of course they have both fought since then I ust remember those numbers because they were so astonishing...and like I said it was from boxing only not outside interest?....Right or wrong I dont know but I am sure the numbers are close
Mike Tyson, has to have SPENT the most money of any fighters ever. How in the fuck do you go negative from $335,000,000 ? I don't make very much money, but I still have money to save every week. It really boggles my mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaxxKahn
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Originally Posted by killersheep
Thats because guys like you and me know we need to save money...Guys like that figure "well if I spend it all I'll just go KO a bum and put another 20 mil in my pocket" :D
But seriously it is not as hard as you would think....especially when you have heangers on that are sucking every penny from you...Buying 10 and 12 cars in excess of $100,000
$10,000,000 homes....$20,000 watches ect...then the IRS!!!!!...Also what they made and what they keep are two different things....$335,000,000...means $200,000,000 after expenses and paychecks...plus Tyson never really invested in anything to generate more money...
OH YEAH 2 EX-WIVES DON'T HELP!!!!!!
It isn't like he is penniless though once you get that rich broke is when you only have 2 million left and the IRS can't touch it once you get to a certin amont...You have to be allowd to live in a lifestyle somewhat acustomed to living...?....All sound crazy..
I saw a movie on Schmeling's life.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrap
Was that a documentry.
No a biography. I think it was called "Joe and Max."Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrap
Add on "alledgedly" 10 years of grade A cocaine every day. There's no way Tyson ain't a cocaine addict. A little birdie told me he was doing foot long lines before he faught Holyfield in the rematch.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaxxKahn
Yes Speck, Saw that thought it was qiute good.
I also liked it very much.
I forget to multiply it x2 ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMicK
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Originally Posted by DaxxKahn
How you ask? Thats easy....Quote:
Originally Posted by killersheep
3 mansions
15 cars (The most expensive)
1 white tiger
5 security guards
4 Lawyers
and the biggest cash eating machine EVER Don King.... ;)
I think tyson, Ali, Foreman because of the grill, OScar de la Hoya of course, Tito made good money as well and of course as well Sugar Ray Leonard.
Fighters tha can make money but some are not there yet or people hate them so much or what ever.
Cotto, PBF, Vladi, Hopkings was lucky when Tito decide to fight him and make him popular but he was too late but he as smart as he is he make partners with Golden Boy
When Tyson filed for bankruptcy, ESPN reported what he had spent all his money on, the usual suspects and whatever but according to them..h spent half a million dollars on CELL PHONE BILLS.
Hmm...being from Louisville, its weird that he would pick the nickname the "Easton Assassin" ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by landmine950