The YouTuber-turned-boxer, Jake Paul, has been slowly but confidently setting his foothold in the world of boxing. Paul recently revealed how he out-earned the world champion, Canelo Alvarez, in 2021.

Jake Paul was talking at HBO’s ‘Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel’ with correspondent David Scott. In conversation, Scott asked Paul how much he made from the sport the previous year.

In response, Paul said, “Uh 45 million.”

Scott who was taken aback by the reply, tried to reassure the number by exclaiming, “45 million dollars?”

Regaining composure, Scott further gave Paul a statistical update. He said, “According to Forbes Magazine, by purse, you are the number one professional boxer in the world today.”

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However, Paul, who was unaware of this fact, was pleasantly surprised. When asked how he managed to earn the massive fight purse. Paul replied, saying, “You know innovation I think, doing things differently, knocking people out.”

According to Forbes, Alvarez made USD 34 million in the year 2021. Out of this, $32 million were his earnings from the sport. Alvarez’s fights with Caleb Plant and Billy Saunders were major contributors to his earnings in 2021.

Highest fight purses in boxing

Boxing has paved the way for some of the biggest purses in the world of sports. In fact, boxers are some of the highest-paid athletes in the world.

The rematch between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson in 1997 was one of the most expensive fights at that time. Even though the fight is still known for the infamous ear bite incident, it sold almost two million subscriptions.

Holyfield earned $36.9 million and Tyson earned $31.5 million from the fight.

Talking about boxing purses will be incomplete without mentioning one of the richest athletes in the world, Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather Jr.

One of his most memorable and expensive fights was ‘The Money Fight’ against the UFC superstar Conor McGregor in 2017. McGregor earned $90.9 million from the fight. However, Mayweather’s earnings were a whopping $290.9 million.

Similarly, Mayweather also earned a massive fight purse from his fight against Manny Pacquiao in 2015. The long anticipated fight sold over 4.6 million pay-per-view subscriptions. Pacquiao earned $158.8 million while Mayweather earned $290.9 million from the fight.

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