Comments Thread For: Purses: Wilder Gets $1 Million, Stiverne $910,000

[Ahmed_Ismail]

Sad thing is that out of this 910000 Stiverne is making, Don King will still take at least 40%.

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LSC getting paid big monies to fight taxi drivers.

Nice work if you can get it.

[alexguiness]

I can see the argument for Wilder being the money fighter (but it a very weak case).

I can't see why they just can't get an equal purse split.

A million $$$ is a fair and decent payday for both regardless.

[Lou Cipher]

Welcome to Don Kingsville Bermane......Not only are you getting humiliated by your challenger getting paid more of a purse....but if when all is said and done you have more than 200k of that 910k of that in the bank consider yourself damn lucky.

[ragingbull1]

Welcome to Don Kingsville Bermane......Not only are you getting humiliated by your challenger getting paid more of a purse....but if when all is said and done you have more than 200k of that 910k of that in the bank consider yourself damn lucky.

My thoughts exactly...... Stiverne the next man to get exploited by Don King

[Brown Pride]

Good paydays for these fighters! Champ should have gotten a bigger cut, but Wilder is the American hopeful.

[MiguelNG]

I think in this fight they should get paid the same. Wilder brings the hype and excitement and Stiverne brings the title and experience to test the young KO machine so will see it looks like a good heavyweight fight.

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It's amazing how Wilder is getting a 1m dollar payday, despite never fighting a legit opponent. Hats off to his management team, they've done a fine job for him.

[MiguelNG]

It's amazing how Wilder is getting a 1m dollar payday, despite never fighting a legit opponent. Hats off to his management team, they've done a fine job for him.

completly agree he hasn't showed to be world class but his KO record is scary

[kiaba360]

Lol. Showtime spending nearly 10% of their annual budget on their first two fights, that combined might last less than 6 rounds.

$2.71M for Stiverne-Wilder and Santa Cruz-Ruiz. Insane.

I'm going to assume this will affect the match quality or amount of fights we get later in the year.

In comparison, HBO finished off 2014 spending 640k (in purses) on the Lemieux/Rosado card. Their entire card cost less than Santa Cruz's purse! That is ludicrous. LSC is getting paid big and Showtime looks crazy.