Boxing purse percentage?

Question

what percentage of the purse does the actual fighter recieve after manager trainers etc.

Answer 1

There is a varied batch of results, here in UK its usually 15-20%,  but some managers get more, this happens when they fist sign for him and the manage the fighter a huge sign on fee, the reality is the manger gets it all back again with a above average percentage, I know a fighter who signed on to a well know british manager and got a good sign on fee, the manager got every single penny back plus more, look at the British champs recently who left their managers to go alone, A manager is there for himself not the FIGHTER

Answer 2

depends on the contract and stipulations surrounding the fighter.

A purse is usually split by an agreed upon percentage negotiated by the manager and the promoter. Ex. for championship fights that are mandatory usually the champ is giving 60% depending on the belt that he is defending. Non-mandatory/Interim fights usually are negotiated and everything is divided up at the end since the fight does not have to happen(ex. mayweather vz delahoya). but you have to also look at PPV splits, promoter costs, etc, etc.That is why a lot of fighters are broke at the end because of poor management and breaking of contracts.

fighters have to pay a sanctioning fee for every organizational fight that he has which is a percentage of his purse.

trainers are either paid by the promoter or the fighter on a per fight basis and the end result(whether the fighter wins or loses. if the fighter wins the trainer is paid more usually)

managers usually take 10-15% of the purse depending on any advances given or other fees that the fighter is responsible for.

i managed finances for  a fighter and I remember this was his purse:

purse 12,000

sanctioning fee: 2.5% or 300

managment fee: 10% of gross or 1200

license and other : 375.00

taxes: 18.472% or 2216

trainers and cornerman: 1214.83

end total: 6693.53 fighter 5306.47 cost

and to make it worse the promoter cut 2 checks one for half and the other half 3 weeks later.

AND WE  WON'T EVEN LOOK AT TAX WRITE OFFS!!!