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    Default Re: Kovalev apparently only got 100k for fighting B Hop

    Quote Originally Posted by bradlee180 View Post
    $500 thousand was Kovalev' purse, but half goes right off the top for taxes.
    Trainer's standard rate of 10%.
    His manager gets a cut.
    He took home $125 thousand, a quarter of his check.


    I remember Buster Douglas' interview on Howard Stern.
    1.3 million purse.
    After taxes and trainer/manager fees, expenses, return airfare to tokyo, hotel fare; he said he took home about 15 grand for knocking out Mike Tyson in the biggest upset in boxing history.
    is it fifty percent tax bracket for that kind of money. Seems higher than I thought, when you do well, the government does well.

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    Default Re: Kovalev apparently only got 100k for fighting B Hop

    Hopkins didn't have large purses throughout his career either.

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    Default Re: Kovalev apparently only got 100k for fighting B Hop

    You would think for a three belt unification , probably one of the biggest fights of the year, he would have been better paid. Hope the risk pays off for him now and he gets more money.

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    Default Re: Kovalev apparently only got 100k for fighting B Hop

    Quote Originally Posted by Tam Seddon View Post
    You would think for a three belt unification , probably one of the biggest fights of the year, he would have been better paid. Hope the risk pays off for him now and he gets more money.
    yeah beating hopkins must give him the potential for big paydays tho now eh

    especially battering him the way he did
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    Default Re: Kovalev apparently only got 100k for fighting B Hop

    This may very from contract to contract but as a ball park answer....


    Do the after tax bods take a percentage of what's left after tax, or what's left when it's their turn in the queue?


    For example, if Kovolev got 500k, paid say 250k tax he's left with 250k. Does the manager then take his 20-30% or whatever it might be, then the trainer take his 10-15% from what's left, or does the trainer take a 10-15% share of the 250k?


    Kovolev has got to be worth 1 - 2 million per fight, if he's not getting that something is wrong. If Kovolev took home 125k from a 500k purse, he's done alright I reckon.
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    Default Re: Kovalev apparently only got 100k for fighting B Hop

    Quote Originally Posted by Memphis View Post
    This may very from contract to contract but as a ball park answer....


    Do the after tax bods take a percentage of what's left after tax, or what's left when it's their turn in the queue?


    For example, if Kovolev got 500k, paid say 250k tax he's left with 250k. Does the manager then take his 20-30% or whatever it might be, then the trainer take his 10-15% from what's left, or does the trainer take a 10-15% share of the 250k?


    Kovolev has got to be worth 1 - 2 million per fight, if he's not getting that something is wrong. If Kovolev took home 125k from a 500k purse, he's done alright I reckon.
    It's all based on the % of the main purse. If you make 100k and your manager's take is 20%, that's 20k.

    From what I've read, I believe the manager/promoter usually takes 25% and trainer takes 10%. So let's say 45% is gone to taxes already, that leaves the boxer - the guy who's putting on the show and taking the risks - a 20% cut of the money, or 20k in Kovalev's case. And that's not taking into account any lawyer fees and the expenses incurred during the training camp - feeding a world class athlete for an intense training camp can't be cheap.

    It's easy to see why guys get in such big tax trouble. Someone hands you a check for 1 million dollars and you think "oh my god, I'm rich" and you go out and start buying houses and fancy cars and jewelry, and then tax season comes and it's like "oh, by the way, you still owe the government 400k of that. Hope you didn't spend it all."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Memphis View Post
    This may very from contract to contract but as a ball park answer....


    Do the after tax bods take a percentage of what's left after tax, or what's left when it's their turn in the queue?


    For example, if Kovolev got 500k, paid say 250k tax he's left with 250k. Does the manager then take his 20-30% or whatever it might be, then the trainer take his 10-15% from what's left, or does the trainer take a 10-15% share of the 250k?


    Kovolev has got to be worth 1 - 2 million per fight, if he's not getting that something is wrong. If Kovolev took home 125k from a 500k purse, he's done alright I reckon.
    It can be done however the person chooses. It's in everyone's best interest to take all expenses out first for simplicity. But many fighters don't trust to do it this way. That's why they get into financial problems. They get a check and don't realize how little they keep.

    The smart way to do it if you are making big money is to not pay taxes and pay a settlement. The government is so eager to get a big check they will take a fraction of what you should pay them.

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