Okay, so I gotta tell you about this whole Haney Garcia purse thing. I was so hyped for this fight, right? Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia, two of the best going at it. I was expecting fireworks, and man, did it get messy, but not in the way I thought.
First off, I started digging into what these guys were gonna make. I mean, we’re talking big bucks here. I saw some stuff online about how they were gonna rake in tens of millions. Tens of millions! Can you believe that? It got me thinking, how do they even figure this stuff out? I read that they even talked about their earnings publicly, with Garcia stating the figures clearly. How crazy is that? You don’t see that every day.
Then came the weigh-in. Oh boy. This is where it started to get wild. I was following the updates, and boom – Garcia missed weight. By a lot! I’m talking 3.2 pounds over. I was like, “What?!” I knew there was gonna be some kind of penalty, but it was way more than I expected.
So, here’s where it gets interesting. I found out that before the fight, Garcia had agreed to pay Haney $500,000 for every pound he was overweight. I did the math, and that’s $1.6 million! On top of that, I heard that Garcia’s share of the purse is around $1.1 million, which is a lot of money, and I also heard he had to forfeit a chunk of his purse. It’s not even going to Haney, it’s going to the promoter or something. I don’t know who to believe but I feel as if Ryan Garcia lost more in this whole situation. I mean this is just insane! I don’t know the exact number. An attorney for Haney, Pat English, was talking about this, and the New York Department of State was also mentioned, but they wouldn’t tell anyone the number.
- I was following the whole thing, trying to piece together what was happening.
- I was so confused about how this money stuff works in boxing.
- It’s like, one minute they’re talking about millions, and the next, it’s all about penalties and forfeitures.
- I was just a fan trying to understand, and it felt like I needed a law degree to get it!
Anyway, I was glued to my screen, trying to make sense of it all. I even saw that the fight was gonna be on DAZN, and it was like $69.99 for subscribers, I was just curious about how much they will make. I mean, I love boxing, but the money side of it is just a whole different world. It’s like, one minute you’re watching these guys go at it in the ring, and the next, you’re trying to understand this crazy financial mess.
Honestly, the whole thing left me with more questions than answers. Like, how common is this in boxing? Do fighters always end up losing money like this? And how do they even come up with these numbers in the first place? It’s a wild, wild world, this boxing business. I’m still trying to wrap my head around it all.
What I learned
This whole Haney Garcia purse situation taught me that boxing isn’t just about what happens in the ring. There’s a whole lot of money and drama behind the scenes. I mean, millions of dollars on the line, and it can all change in an instant. It’s a crazy business, and I’m still trying to figure it all out.
