The Canelo Alvarez-Daniel Jacobs fight took place on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Alvarez defeated Jacobs via unanimous decision.
Jacobs had to pay a $250,000 per pound fine for being over 170 pounds at the morning weight check. Both fighters made the contractual weight of 160 pounds. Jacobs came in at 173.6 pounds. Thus, he had to pay $1 million in fines (rounding up from 173.6 to 174) This put a dent into his over $10 million guarantee for the fight.
Canelo made $35 million according to the Nevada Athletic Commission. Jacobs official pay was $2.5 million although he was guaranteed over $10 million per his DAZN deal. Fighters Vergil Ortiz, Jr. made $75,000 while his opponent Mauricio Herrera earned $75,000.
The other salaries as disclosed by the NAC are as follows:
Joseph Diaz, Jr. $100,000
Freddy Fonseca $10,000
Lamont Roach $75,000
Jonathan Oquendo $50,000
Sadam Ali $150,000
Anthony Young $45,000
John Ryder $100,000
Bilal Akkawy $30,000
Payout Perspective:
Although Jacobs lost money on the contractual day of fight weigh-in one has to think he knew he’d lose money in order to win the fight – which would lead to a windfall of future big paydays. We may receive some sort of indication on the viewership for the DAZN event but since it’s a digital platform, it will be hard to see viewership/buy rates unless disclosed by the company.
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