Purse Report for Zbik vs Chavez Jr Card

by Scott Christ on Jun 5, 2011 12:55 AM EDT in Business of Boxing

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr made $600,000 for Saturday's fight. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

ESPN.com's Dan Rafael posted the purses for tonight's Sebastian Zbik vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr card at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Here's what the lot pulled in:

Sebastian Zbik	$292.5K	Julio Cesar Chavez Jr	$600K
Mikey Garcia	$110K	Rafael Guzman	$20K
Vanes Martirosyan	$50K	Saul Roman	$12.5K
Christy Martin	$25K	Dakota Stone	$3.5K

About as expected for everyone. Chavez is already paid quite well, but is well on his way to being a really serious money player, for at least a few fights. Eventually he'll have to take what probably amounts to an unwinnable fight, but they'll do that the smart way, too, and get major money out of it. If they can get that fight with Miguel Cotto this September, Top Rank is in basically a no-lose business situation. Everyone will make good money, the fight will sell, and they come out of it either with Chavez knocking off a well-known, very popular fighter, or young Chavez loses to the veteran and they are able to say, "He lost to a great fighter, so what?"

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The loser is Dakota Stone.
She’s ugly….and still poor.

Zbik is the clear winner.
Nice work for a powerless paper champion.

"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali

by pakinpower on Jun 5, 2011 1:22 AM EDT reply actions

Harsh

Not a bad payday for a 9-8 womans fighter probably. I’m sure she’ll be able to milk this year into a career as well.

And wow did Martin’s hand look awful. Can’t blame her at all for stopping there. Her hand looked like it was literally snapped in half.

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by Brickhaus on Jun 5, 2011 1:59 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Martin has had a tough year....to say the least

"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali

by pakinpower on Jun 5, 2011 3:02 AM EDT up reply actions

That paper champ at least is a better boxer than the new paper champ, for what so little that might mean.

"Sure, there have been injuries and deaths in boxing – but none of them serious." Alan Minter

by DrHenrik on Jun 5, 2011 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions

if they fight heavy enough

i think chavez could stand a chance against coto.. hes gonna get hit a lot but i dont think cotos power is carrying up… that seems like the obvious next fight for both guys tho

"After this, I'm gonna kick Bob Arum's ass."
-George Lopez

by Eddie Gonzalez on Jun 5, 2011 1:30 AM EDT reply actions

It might be competitive

Simply ecause Cotto is faded and belongs at 160 about as much as Timothy Bradley does, but it’s still not a fight I’m looking forward to. Cotto’s been a great fighter and is a future hall of famed in my opinion, but this just seems like an ultra cheap way of getting him a title in a fourth weight class.

Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."

by Brickhaus on Jun 5, 2011 2:02 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Didn’t he fight against Calderon in the amateur ranks? Just to show that Cotto doesn’t exactly have a large frame and asking him (a small WW) to go up to MW is stupid/absurd.

"The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."
-Bob Verdi

by Waldo Rastel on Jun 6, 2011 4:54 AM EDT up reply actions