Okay, so I’ve been digging into this whole “lomachenko purses” thing, and let me tell you, it’s a bit of a rabbit hole. I was curious about how much money this guy, Vasiliy Lomachenko, makes for his fights. You know, he’s a big name in boxing, so I figured it must be a lot.
I started by just poking around online, seeing what I could find. There are tons of articles and stuff about his upcoming fight with George Kambosos Jr. Apparently, it’s happening this weekend in Perth, Australia, and they’re fighting for some IBF lightweight title. Sounds important, right?
Then I started seeing some numbers getting thrown around. One site, I think it was called “NY Fights,” said that the total purse for the Kambosos vs. Lomachenko fight is somewhere around $9 million. That’s a huge number! They said Kambosos is supposed to get the bigger chunk of that, like $5 million, and Lomachenko would get around $3.5 million.
- Start with a simple online search.
- Find articles about the upcoming fight.
- Look for numbers related to the purse.
But then I realized it’s not that simple. That $3.5 million for Lomachenko? It doesn’t all go straight into his pocket. I found out that these fighters have to pay their team, their managers, their trainers, and their promoters. It’s like running a small business. This article I found mentioned that the promoter usually takes about 25%, the trainer gets 15%, and the manager takes another 10%. So, a big chunk of that money goes to other people.
I also stumbled upon some older info about a fight Lomachenko had with Guillermo Rigondeaux. Back then, Lomachenko was supposedly guaranteed $1.2 million, while Rigondeaux got $400,000. It shows that these numbers can change a lot from fight to fight.
And just to make things even more confusing, I saw something about Devin Haney’s purse for a fight he had with Lomachenko. Apparently, Eddie Hearn, some big-shot promoter, spilled the beans on that one. But I couldn’t find the exact amount.
Conclusion:
Honestly, figuring out how much these boxers actually make is a headache. It’s not like they just get a paycheck with a nice, round number on it. There are so many factors involved, and it seems like nobody really knows the exact figures except for the people directly involved. It’s all very hush-hush. But hey, at least I learned a bit more about the business side of boxing. It’s definitely more complicated than I thought!
