There seems to be a misconception of how fighters are paid. They are cut a check from the promoter the night of the fight for the amount they are guaranteed. In GBP case that is not out of Oscars pocket it is the company GBP. Same with Arum and TR. No TV money is in at that point so they aren't being paid by TV. Sponsorship money, that's tricky some is in some is coming. There are many other revenue streams some come in before, some during, some after.

What's key to these big events to keep in mind is PPVs are the only events that risk losing money if promoters are smart. Any other event you have enough indicators to determine if it will profit and if it won't you cancel the event. There are many excuses to cancel an event. PPVs you get an idea from presales but you really just don't know until the numbers come in. That's why fighters are so picky about the guarantee, no BS from promoters about what came through and what didn't. They simply get that immediately.

Sidenote-Hopkins said to boxingscene that Richard built the company and Oscar was a "figurehead". And more importantly he said that while he is a shareholder he is not contractually tied to GBP either.