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Largest Fight Purses
This list features the highest boxing purses of all time, highlighting the major fights and star matchups behind them.
RANK | BOXER | PURSE | OPPONENT | YEAR |
1 | Floyd Mayweather | $280 million | Conor McGregor | 2017 |
2 | Floyd Mayweather | $250 million | Manny Pacquaio | 2015 |
3 | Manny Pacquaio | $150 million | Floyd Mayweather | 2015 |
4 | Conor McGregor | $130 million | Floyd Mayweather | 2017 |
5 | Tyson Fury | $100 million | Oleksandr Usyk | 2024 |
6 | Floyd Mayweather | $80 million | Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez | 2013 |
7 | Oleksandr Usyk | $75 million | Anthony Joshua | 2022 |
8 | Tyson Fury | $60 million | Deontay Wilder | 2021 |
9 | Oscar De La Hoya | $52 million | Floyd Mayweather | 2007 |
10 | Anthony Joshua | $50 million | Francis Ngannou | 2024 |
11 | Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez | $45 million | Gennadiy Golovkin | 2022 |
12 | Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez | $40 million | Caleb Plant | 2021 |
13 | Jake Paul | $40 million | Mike Tyson | 2024 |
14 | Mike Tyson | $35 million | Lennox Lewis | 2002 |
15 | Evander Holyfield | $35 million | Mike Tyson | 1997 |
16 | Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez | $35 million | Sergey Kovalev | 2019 |
17 | Mike Tyson | $30 million | Evander Holyfield | 1997 |
18 | Jake Paul | $30 million | Tommy Fury | 2023 |
19 | Anthony Joshua | $25 million | Andy Ruiz Jr. | 2019 |
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