Quote Originally Posted by chamiley
Quote Originally Posted by clean
Cooney didn't even make $20 million in his entire career earnings.

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=5613&more=1
eastside boxing's articles are written by guyz like you and me. Larry Merchant was the HBO broadcaster for that fight and he said in Legendary nights that cooney made $20 million, I think Larry is the more credible source. plus the fight drew huge attention worldwide. Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney was one of the biggest closed-circuit/pay-per-view productions in history, broadcast to over 150 countries.
Chamiley, I have Legendary Nights on tape. Larry didn't say Cooney made $20 million. The commentator said the fight GROSSED more than $20 million. There was no ppv back then, only closed circuit, for which fighters did not get a percentage of. And just for the record, at that time the biggest single pay day for any athlete in history was Sugar Ray Leonard the year earlier, when he earned $12 million for his fight against Hearns. Sorry but Cooney didn't make no $20 mil. By the way, here's another source saying he didn't even make $3 mil.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Cooney