How much does a pro boxer make a fight in the UK?

[Srebmun]

As a variation on this post - what jobs do pro boxers hold down alongside their fighting careers to pay the bills? We obviously have the binman, Rendal Munroe - any other interesting examples?

You get the odd pro being a posty... Someone on this thread is a boxer/posty... & he is one of the top ten posties in the UK ... Fact

P4P postie 8)

[Gazmac81]

My Bro Kevin Mcintyre is Paisley Punchin Postie

think steve Robinson was too , seem to remeber a wee bit on him on sky leading up to Naz fight maybe

As a variation on this post - what jobs do pro boxers hold down alongside their fighting careers to pay the bills? We obviously have the binman, Rendal Munroe - any other interesting examples?

You get the odd pro being a posty... Someone on this thread is a boxer/posty... & he is one of the top ten posties in the UK ... Fact

P4P postie 8)

[oliverfennell]

ive read these posts a hundred times, and not once have i heard a boxer state how much he gets paid ! pointless asking.

if a stranger walked up to you on the street and asked your earnings, would you reply in detail?

I do believe there's a set minimum per fight, but I don't know what it is now.

[oliverfennell]

As a variation on this post - what jobs do pro boxers hold down alongside their fighting careers to pay the bills? We obviously have the binman, Rendal Munroe - any other interesting examples?

Jamie McDonnell is a plasterer
Josh Wale is a window cleaner
Craig Lyon works in a window factory I believe
John Watson is a sparky
Michael Sprott is a mechanic
Ross Burkinshaw is in the army.
Mark Krence was a butcher (not sure if he still is)
Bob Ajisafe is a student
Jez Wilson is a fireman
Ricky Burns works in a sports shop
Denton Vassell works in a bank

It's par for the course. Probably 90% or more of boxers have another job. But if Audley Harrison fights one, it's "hahaha Audley lost to a taxi driver" etc

[mickey1975]

As a variation on this post - what jobs do pro boxers hold down alongside their fighting careers to pay the bills? We obviously have the binman, Rendal Munroe - any other interesting examples?

You get the odd pro being a posty... Someone on this thread is a boxer/posty... & he is one of the top ten posties in the UK ... Fact

P4P postie 8)

I dont think Jason Cook will be entering those rankings!

[Gazmac81]

yip thats true its liek the plasterers / taxi drivers just put gloves on for first time

there loads of mexican Roadweepers though

As a variation on this post - what jobs do pro boxers hold down alongside their fighting careers to pay the bills? We obviously have the binman, Rendal Munroe - any other interesting examples?

Jamie McDonnell is a plasterer
Josh Wale is a window cleaner
Craig Lyon works in a window factory I believe
John Watson is a sparky
Michael Sprott is a mechanic
Ross Burkinshaw is in the army.
Mark Krence was a butcher (not sure if he still is)
Bob Ajisafe is a student
Jez Wilson is a fireman
Ricky Burns works in a sports shop
Denton Vassell works in a bank

It's par for the course. Probably 90% or more of boxers have another job. But if Audley Harrison fights one, it's "hahaha Audley lost to a taxi driver" etc

[palooka]

Kevin Mitchell - Work(s/ed) as a train driver on the tubes, right?

kev don't drive trains. He worked on the maintenance side. When I'm not fighting every other week, I'm a painter. Also involved in pie & mash shop near whu!

Hey Johnny, hope you're well. I'm a Northern Monkey, what's 'Pie and Mash'? Is it a meat pie and mashed taties? Not been a dick, is it like a fish and chip shop?

[jessi]

ive read these posts a hundred times, and not once have i heard a boxer state how much he gets paid ! pointless asking.

if a stranger walked up to you on the street and asked your earnings, would you reply in detail?

yes i would actually, 40 quid on a shit day and 400 on a good one ! self employed london cabby.

[Counter-puncher]

fair do's

[johnnygreaves]

Pie & mash mate is what it says on the tin. Mince beef pie, mashed pots covered in a parsley source. Straight forward but handsome

[Old bones Ian]

Pie & mash mate is what it says on the tin. Mince beef pie, mashed pots covered in a parsley source. Straight forward but handsome

I always like to go to a pie and mash shop when i go to London.

quite funny when i went to one in Elephant and Castle, this is what i watched.

Tourist "Hello what pies do you do?"

Pie Man "Meat pies"

Tourist "yes, but what sort of meat"

Pie Man "Just meat that goes into pies"

Tourist "Ok, i'll have 1 pie and 1 mash, whats in the liquer?"

Pie Man "You don't want to know, £3 please"

[johnnygreaves]

Yes I go with that too. Really, its not the players fault they get paid silly money . If the bosses didn't pay the money , footballers wouldn't get it. If allegedly wanted to pay me a million a fight in a four rounder, though its silly money, id bite he's hand off. It's a short career & many ballers & boxers for that matter won't end up doing rocket surgery!

[johnnygreaves]

That was allegedly. , not allegedly. It's either autospell or I'm punchey

[Dan Dares]

Pie & mash mate is what it says on the tin. Mince beef pie, mashed pots covered in a parsley source. Straight forward but handsome

418a Leytonstone High Road Johnny, you might know it - My fave Pie and Mash by a country mile. The pies have a dark, crispy lid and squirt gravy and grease into the liquor. They are indeed handsome. If you haven't been, I can thoroughly recommend it.

Where's your one? I'll pop in and check it out.

[saturday_kid]

As a variation on this post - what jobs do pro boxers hold down alongside their fighting careers to pay the bills? We obviously have the binman, Rendal Munroe - any other interesting examples?

Young Mutley has just become a binman, still looking for one last title shot too, was a piece in the local Wolverhampton paper recently

[1southpaw]

My Bro Kevin Mcintyre is Paisley Punchin Postie

think steve Robinson was too , seem to remeber a wee bit on him on sky leading up to Naz fight maybe

You get the odd pro being a posty... Someone on this thread is a boxer/posty... & he is one of the top ten posties in the UK ... Fact

P4P postie 8)

bernard paul was the punching postman he ko'd jason roland in 1

[Teddy's Toupee]

not as much as you might think buddy . boxers shud be paid football players wages FACT

What footballers and boxers are paid is a matter of supply and demand, the "invisible hand" of the market. You could say nurses and teachers "shud" get paid more than, say, bankers, but they don't for the exact same reason. Not saying it's fair, but that's how it is.

When I want to learn anything about the socio-economic and geo-political realities of the world, I look to "superheavy" to teach me. I'm not saying it's fair, it's just the way it is. Or maybe that would be a "fallacy of composition". I'm sure the economics expert that is "superheavy" will let you all know what that means. :geek2:

[palooka]

show off

[ejruane]

Pie & mash mate is what it says on the tin. Mince beef pie, mashed pots covered in a parsley source. Straight forward but handsome

I always like to go to a pie and mash shop when i go to London.

quite funny when i went to one in Elephant and Castle, this is what i watched.

Tourist "Hello what pies do you do?"

Pie Man "Meat pies"

Tourist "yes, but what sort of meat"

Pie Man "Just meat that goes into pies"

Tourist "Ok, i'll have 1 pie and 1 mash, whats in the liquer?"

Pie Man "You don't want to know, £3 please"

"Just meat that goes into pies" - Brilliant!