Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s reported contracted purse for his 2017 fight with Conor McGregor is the largest individual payout in the current Salary Sport table, at $260 million. The largest combined two-corner total is Mayweather–Manny Pacquiao in 2015, whose two listed purses add up to $400 million.
These are reported one-fight purses, not career earnings, total event revenue or endorsement income. Salary Sport’s figures include contractual bonuses but exclude pay-per-view points, sponsorship, ticket revenue and later promoter settlements.
How “payout” is defined here
For this ranking, a payout means the reported contracted purse for one fighter in one bout. Salary Sport describes its figures as what a boxer was paid to fight for that night. That definition matters because a boxer’s eventual income can also include back-end pay-per-view points, sponsorships, ticket revenue, promotional settlements and other business interests.
- Included: the reported contracted purse and contractual bonuses.
- Excluded: pay-per-view points, sponsorship income, ticket revenue and later promoter settlements.
- Not measured: career earnings, annual income or the event’s total gross revenue.
Salary Sport’s table is dynamically updated; the figures below reflect the table accessed in 2026. They should therefore be read as a current reported compilation, not as an audited ledger of every confidential boxing contract. When both fighters’ figures appear, the same bout is listed twice because this ranking is ordered by individual purse.
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The 19 biggest reported individual purses
The “two-corner total” column adds the two individual figures only when both fighters from the bout appear in the ranked table. “Not stated” means the table lists only one corner, so a complete combined purse cannot be established from these figures.
| Rank | Bout (fighter’s listed purse) | Reported individual purse | Date | Result for listed fighter | Two-corner total in listed figures | Figure type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Conor McGregor | $260 million | 26 August 2017 | Mayweather won by TKO, round 10 | Not stated (McGregor’s figure is not listed) | Reported purse |
| 2 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Manny Pacquiao | $250 million | 2 May 2015 | Mayweather won by unanimous decision | $400 million | Reported purse |
| 3 | Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford | $150 million | 12 September 2025 | Crawford won by unanimous decision | Not stated (Crawford’s figure is not listed) | Reported purse |
| 4 | Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather Jr. | $150 million | 2 May 2015 | Pacquiao lost by unanimous decision | $400 million | Reported purse |
| 5 | Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois | $132 million | 19 July 2025 | Usyk won by knockout, round 5 | $203 million | Reported purse |
| 6 | Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury | $114 million | 21 December 2024 | Usyk won by unanimous decision | $219 million | Reported purse |
| 7 | Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk | $114 million | 18 May 2024 | Fury lost by split decision | $219 million | Reported purse |
| 8 | Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury | $105 million | 18 May 2024 | Usyk won by split decision | $219 million | Reported purse |
| 9 | Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk | $105 million | 21 December 2024 | Fury lost by unanimous decision | $219 million | Reported purse |
| 10 | Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz Jr. | $88.5 million | 1 June 2019 | Joshua lost by TKO, round 7 | Not stated (Ruiz’s figure is not listed) | Reported purse |
| 11 | Canelo Alvarez vs William Scull | $80 million | 3 May 2025 | Alvarez won by unanimous decision | Not stated (Scull’s figure is not listed) | Reported purse |
| 12 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Canelo Alvarez | $76.5 million | 14 September 2013 | Mayweather won by majority decision | Not stated (Canelo’s figure is not listed) | Reported purse |
| 13 | Daniel Dubois vs Oleksandr Usyk | $71 million | 19 July 2025 | Dubois lost by knockout, round 5 | $203 million | Reported purse |
| 14 | Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua | $70 million | 19 December 2025 | Paul lost by knockout, round 6 | $120 million | Reported purse |
| 15 | Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou | $62 million | 28 October 2023 | Fury won by split decision | Not stated (Ngannou’s figure is not listed) | Reported purse |
| 16 | Gervonta Davis vs Ryan Garcia | $55 million | 22 April 2023 | Davis won by knockout, round 7 | Not stated (Garcia’s figure is not listed) | Reported purse |
| 17 | Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Márquez | $51 million | 8 December 2012 | Pacquiao lost by knockout, round 6 | Not stated (Márquez’s figure is not listed) | Reported purse |
| 18 | Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley | $51 million | 9 June 2012 | Pacquiao lost by split decision | Not stated (Bradley’s figure is not listed) | Reported purse |
| 19 | Anthony Joshua vs Jake Paul | $50 million | 19 December 2025 | Joshua won by knockout, round 6 | $120 million | Reported purse |
Who had the biggest one-fight payday?
Mayweather is the answer on an individual basis. His McGregor crossover bout occupies the top position in the current reported-purse table, ahead of his listed purse for the Pacquiao fight. The ranking concerns the contracted amount attributed to Mayweather for each fight; it does not attempt to add pay-per-view participation, endorsements or other revenue streams.
Which bout had the biggest combined purse?
Mayweather–Pacquiao leads when the two listed corners are added together. The table attributes $250 million to Mayweather and $150 million to Pacquiao, producing a $400 million combined reported purse.
That is different from the contemporaneous event forecasts. A 2015 Forbes report called Mayweather–Pacquiao the richest boxing event at the time and said the fighters could split as much as $300 million, with Mayweather entitled to 60%. The Forbes figure was a projected split, not the same thing as the two individual contracted-purse figures in the Salary Sport compilation.
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The ranking is by fighter, not by event. A bout appears twice whenever the source table supplies a purse for both participants. That is why Mayweather–Pacquiao, both Usyk–Fury meetings, Usyk–Dubois and Joshua–Paul each occupy two rows.
Those duplicate rows are not extra fights or extra money. They show each boxer’s reported corner separately; the combined figure is obtained by adding the two rows for that bout. Conversely, a “not stated” combined total does not mean the opponent earned nothing. It means the opponent’s purse is not included in the ranked figures used here.
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Reported contracted purse
This ranking uses Salary Sport’s reported contracted-purse figures. A contract can also contain performance or other contractual bonuses, which the source says are included, but the published number still does not represent every dollar connected with the event.
Guaranteed money
A guarantee is a specific contractual commitment. Public boxing reporting often combines guarantees, estimated back-end shares or later settlements, and the available table does not certify every listed amount as an independently verified guarantee. Treat the values as reported purses and keep that qualifier attached to each figure.
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Event revenue and career earnings
Pay-per-view sales, sponsorships, gate receipts and promoter economics describe the event or the business around it. Career earnings add income from many fights and endorsements. Neither measure should be substituted for the single-fight purse ranking above.
Quick Recap
What the ranking shows
- Mayweather remains central to the top of the list: his McGregor and Pacquiao bouts occupy the first two individual positions, and his Pacquiao event is the largest two-corner total shown.
- Modern mega-events dominate: Canelo, Usyk, Fury and Joshua account for many of the highest reported purses, alongside crossover contests involving McGregor, Ngannou and Jake Paul.
- Both sides can rank highly: a fighter’s position reflects the negotiated purse, not whether that boxer won. Several high-value rows belong to defeated fighters, including Pacquiao, Fury, Dubois, Joshua and Paul.
- The table is not a revenue league table: a lower reported purse does not prove that a fighter’s total event compensation or career income was lower once excluded revenue streams are considered.
- Future updates can change the order: because the source table is dynamic, a later revision to a reported purse may alter the ranking.
How to use these figures responsibly
- Identify whether you are comparing one fighter’s purse or both corners combined.
- Keep the fight date and the source’s “reported purse” qualification with the dollar figure.
- Do not add pay-per-view, sponsorship or ticket estimates unless you are deliberately measuring a different concept, such as event revenue.
- For a current publication or financial comparison, check the dynamically updated Salary Sport table again because reported figures may be revised.
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