Top 10 Richest Boxers in History - Part 2

Top 10 Richest Boxers in History - Part 2

Here are the competitors who made a fortune fighting in the ring

Boxing is a sport in which the competitors are quite well paid. Especially when they have good promoters and a lot of success in the professional ring. What exactly are the amounts and who are the richest boxers of all time? That's a question we answer by presenting the top 10 highest earners of all time. We've already introduced you to Wladimir Klitschko, Anthony Joshua, Sugar Ray Leonard, Tyson Fury and Lennox Lewis, but the five richest remain. We reveal them in the second part of the top 10 richest professional boxers in history.

#5 – Canelo Alvarez – £105 million

Still an active boxer, holder of world titles in four different divisions and with the potential to accumulate more success and finances, Santos Saul Alvarez Barragán is in the top five richest boxers in the world right now. The Mexican is only 31 and has already reached light heavyweight, starting from welterweight. Since the retirement of Floyd Mayweather, he is the biggest star in boxing and given his background, there are millions of fans willing to pay to watch him in the ring. It was his clash with Mayweather nine years ago that is the third most watched fight in boxing history. Since then, 15 of his matches have been watched by over 1 million pay per view subscribers.

#4 – Oscar de la Oya – £148 million

And now that we know who the boxer who succeeded Floyd Mayweather is, it's time to remember what happened before him. Then Oscar de la Oya ruled the world of boxing, but in the slightly lighter categories. The "Golden Boy" competed between 1992 and 2008 and won a total of 11 world titles in six different divisions from super featherweight to middleweight. For 45 matches in the professional ring, he has 39 wins and only 6 losses. It is not by chance that he got his nickname because he is a competitor who knows how to fight for money, really a lot of money. And now he is also a promoter of Canelo.

#3 – Manny Pacquiao – £163 million

If only Floyd Mayweather wasn't around, we'd be talking about Manny Pacquiao as the greatest of all time. Or at least in his division. But Pacquiao has always remained second, and in this ranking he even takes another step back. The Filipino is the only boxer to win 12 world titles in 8 different categories. Also, within 4 decades, he always has a championship belt around his waist. Truly remarkable for a boxer who has played 72 bouts in the professional ring. He lost 8 of them and won 62, but his victories are not only in the ring. Only in 2021, when he was already 42, he gave up professional boxing to start politics.

#2 – George Foreman – £222 million

And speaking of people who know how to make money from fighting in the professional ring, we come to George Foreman. An absolute legend in the sport and one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. Matches with legends such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and Evander Holyfield significantly help the millions to exceed 200. However, the fact that the American has 81 matches as a professional, of which he won 76 and lost only 5 matches, is important. And among his 68 knockouts, the most memorable is the one against Frazier in 1973, when Joe was still undefeated. However, Foreman managed to take him down in the second round with his powerful punch. And just imagine if Foreman was racing in our time...Wouldn't he be first?

#1 – Floyd Mayweather – £400 million

Hardly. Because in our time we have a boxer whose nickname is "Money" or "Money". Yes, that's Floyd Mayweather. Undefeated in 50 bouts in the professional ring in five different divisions from super featherweight to light heavyweight, the American has hardly fought a match in which he was not paid double figures in the millions. In every single division, he won the world title, and his match with Manny Pacquiao was called the fight of the century, and not by chance. Four of the most watched matches in the entire history of boxing are with his participation. In addition to the one with Pacquiao, meetings with Conor McGregor, Canelo Alvarez and Oscar de la Oya have tens of millions of subscribers paying to see Floyd destroy everything in his path. Hardly anyone will ever surpass that £400 million, hardly anyone will make such a fortune from 50 fights in the professional ring. One thing is certain, Mayweather has no way to increase this amount, since he is already boxing and enjoying his expensive car fleet, private jet and a number of other expensive items that such a rich athlete can enjoy.

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