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"Forbes Money List: Anthony Joshua overtakes Canelo Alvarez, becomes boxing's top earner"

Forbes updated their list of the biggest money-makers in boxing this week and Briton's Anthony Joshua is the new king of the sport.

Earning vast sums from sell-out football stadium bouts and the clout of Sky Sports Box Office in the UK, Joshua recently pocketed £18m ($25m) from his latest title defense against Joseph Parker.

Recent bad news gets worse for Canelo Alvarez as the Mexican drops from first to third on the list, compounding his misery after missing out on a lucrative rematch with Gennady Golovkin.

Here's how the Forbes list looks:

1.Anthony Joshua (Up from 2nd)

2. Gennady Golovkin (Up from 3rd)

3. Canelo Alvarez (Down from 1st)

4. Vasiliy Lomachenko (Non-mover)

5. Deontay Wilder (Up from 7th)

6. Errol Spence (Down from 5th)

7. Terence Crawford (Down from 6th)

8. Sergey Kovalev (Non-mover)

9. Daniel Jacobs (Non-mover)

10. Mikey Garcia (Non-mover)

11. Jermall Charlo (Up from 14th)

12. Jermell Charlo (Up from 13th)

13. Adrien Broner (New entry)

14. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (Down from 11th)

15. Keith Thurman (Down from 12th)

Joshua is expected to announce his US debut in 2018 alongside the might of Showtime Pay-Per-View, which will only cement his place at the top further for many years to come.

Canelo, who is suspended until August, faces a huge fight to claw back the position he took when Floyd Mayweather retired from the sport.

Previous list:

1. Canelo Alvarez

2. Anthony Joshua

3. Gennady Golovkin

4. Vasyl Lomachenko

5. Errol Spence

6. Terence Crawford

7. Deontay Wilder

8. Sergey Kovalev

9. Daniel Jacobs

10. Mikey Garcia

11. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai

12. Keith Thurman

13. Jermell Charlo

14. Jermall Charlo

15. Manny Pacquaio

Thoughts?

The much maligned Deontay Wilder at 5 will likely cause some grief.

Weird list. Hard to believe Errol Spence is a top earner over Kovalev. Spence/Brook did horrific numbers on Showtime.

Like a Boss wrote: ↑16 May 2018, 11:33 The much maligned Deontay Wilder at 5 will likely cause some grief.

how so? his earningz are almost always brought up in comparison to ajs, and the article is about how aj is the king of money now in boxing. 25m vs parker compared to a career high of 2m for wilder vs ortiz.id think ppl maligning wilder if anything would like this list

over 10x even though ajs been pro half the time!!

and ya this list has been a bit strange, it used to have ward number1 when there were still guys like pac,canelo, and i think even floyd around. i think it only deals with a very restricted period. ggg obviously doesnt earn bigger then canelo for example

Like a Boss wrote: ↑16 May 2018, 11:33 The much maligned Deontay Wilder at 5 will likely cause some grief.

I've not seen previous versions of that list. I have to confess I'm surprised to see Deontay so high, although it could be argued that as a joint claimant of the Heavyweight Championship of the world, he damn well ought to be somewhere near to the top.

It's the miserable job that's been done of promoting him that's at the root of my surprise. The gap between first and fifth must be very substantial I would expect.

there are only 2 consstent mega earners on the lst. aj and canelo. guys who now earn around 20m or more per. ggg earned mega money vs canelo (around 20m usd i heard) but apart from that prob lately averaged more around 2.5m or so (5m vs broo. 2.5m vs jacobs. 2m vs wade and lemeux. 1.5m vs monroe). he got only 1m for vanes but that was really a low budget event and he should get sgnfcantly more next tme even if not vs canelo

wlder had been getting 900 thousand to 1.4m for pretty much all hs ttle fghts asde from ortz. the career payday of 2.1m obvously over 10 x less then ajs last payday. but compared to most fghters wlders earnng well of course

spence got a 3.5m vs peterson but i dont expect that to be a regular purse for him. heard there were some internal factors there that wouldnt apply next tme.

loma now i thought was gettng about 1m a fght

What period of time does this list cover?

Mexi-Box wrote: ↑16 May 2018, 13:34 Weird list. Hard to believe Errol Spence is a top earner over Kovalev. Spence/Brook did horrific numbers on Showtime.

A purse is guaranteed before the fight. Also Showtime TV rights. I don't think you get paid less based on bad numbers. Viewing numbers are released after the fight.

Also the fight was in the afternoon on the States, it wasn't going to get the best figures.

candyslim wrote: ↑16 May 2018, 13:54

Like a Boss wrote: ↑16 May 2018, 11:33 The much maligned Deontay Wilder at 5 will likely cause some grief.

I've not seen previous versions of that list.

The article details the current year and the previous year.

jamamb wrote: ↑16 May 2018, 13:38

Like a Boss wrote: ↑16 May 2018, 11:33 The much maligned Deontay Wilder at 5 will likely cause some grief.

how so? his earningz are almost always brought up in comparison to ajs, and the article is about how aj is the king of money now in boxing. 25m vs parker compared to a career high of 2m for wilder vs ortiz.id think ppl maligning wilder if anything would like this list

over 10x even though ajs been pro half the time!!

and ya this list has been a bit strange, it used to have ward number1 when there were still guys like pac,canelo, and i think even floyd around. i think it only deals with a very restricted period. ggg obviously doesnt earn bigger then canelo for example

The figures presented are not just Canelo's and Joshua's.

Like a Boss wrote: ↑16 May 2018, 19:52

jamamb wrote: ↑16 May 2018, 13:38

Like a Boss wrote: ↑16 May 2018, 11:33 The much maligned Deontay Wilder at 5 will likely cause some grief.

how so? his earningz are almost always brought up in comparison to ajs, and the article is about how aj is the king of money now in boxing. 25m vs parker compared to a career high of 2m for wilder vs ortiz.id think ppl maligning wilder if anything would like this list

over 10x even though ajs been pro half the time!!

and ya this list has been a bit strange, it used to have ward number1 when there were still guys like pac,canelo, and i think even floyd around. i think it only deals with a very restricted period. ggg obviously doesnt earn bigger then canelo for example

The figures presented are not just Canelo's and Joshua's.

duh

but wilder being at 5 i doubt causes much grief at all, the ppl whod hate on him can now just point to how much of a small fish financially he is to the king aj. 25m vs 2m career high

wilders earnings were already very well documented anyway. 900K TO 2.1m, with most around 1.4m.

but hey, if it makes you feel better thinking this list is seriously ruffling there feathers, go for it , just like you went for that nonsense about hearn using ortiz as a wilder roadblock, obviously unaware that hearn wasnt working with ortiz at that point

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑16 May 2018, 17:08

Mexi-Box wrote: ↑16 May 2018, 13:34 Weird list. Hard to believe Errol Spence is a top earner over Kovalev. Spence/Brook did horrific numbers on Showtime.

A purse is guaranteed before the fight. Also Showtime TV rights. I don't think you get paid less based on bad numbers. Viewing numbers are released after the fight.

Also the fight was in the afternoon on the States, it wasn't going to get the best figures.

I have to wonder if he's still going to see those purses. He's doing sub-par numbers. Gaymon is known to overpay fighters, but damn, he's overpaying Spence Jr. here by a wide margin.

jamamb wrote: ↑16 May 2018, 20:01

Like a Boss wrote: ↑16 May 2018, 19:52

jamamb wrote: ↑16 May 2018, 13:38

how so? his earningz are almost always brought up in comparison to ajs, and the article is about how aj is the king of money now in boxing. 25m vs parker compared to a career high of 2m for wilder vs ortiz.id think ppl maligning wilder if anything would like this list

over 10x even though ajs been pro half the time!!

and ya this list has been a bit strange, it used to have ward number1 when there were still guys like pac,canelo, and i think even floyd around. i think it only deals with a very restricted period. ggg obviously doesnt earn bigger then canelo for example

The figures presented are not just Canelo's and Joshua's.

duh

but wilder being at 5 i doubt causes much grief at all, the ppl whod hate on him can now just point to how much of a small fish financially he is to the king aj. 25m vs 2m career high

wilders earnings were already very well documented anyway. 900K TO 2.1m, with most around 1.4m.

but hey, if it makes you feel better thinking this list is seriously ruffling there feathers, go for it , just like you went for that nonsense about hearn using ortiz as a wilder roadblock, obviously unaware that hearn wasnt working with ortiz at that point

I knew it would ruffle feathers, and clearly yours are among them.

Some people take this way, way too seriously.

it doesnt bother me at all that hes #5, i actually quite like wilder, im not commenting on him, im commenting on your 'lol hatez gonna get sore' style posting. i really doubt many ppl at all are hurting because of this list on the internet

How is Pacquiao not on the list but Thurman is??
Thurman hasn't even fought since March 2017 whereas Pac last fought in July 2017.

ya its a bizarre list in some ways, for either the 2016 or 2017 version i actually wrote the guy to that effect and he responded with something i forget

FORBES says AJ made 27 million usd vs PARKER https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshkatzow ... 223ef62574

dickbelden wrote: ↑17 May 2018, 01:50 FORBES says AJ made 27 million usd vs PARKER https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshkatzow ... 223ef62574

Forbes hires a lot of outside "contributors" to their website who basically write about whatever the hell they want. Perhaps the OP also includes one of these sites. Your link definitely is one of these. They're basically blogs.

So don't expect any sort of reliability or Forbes' own research behind any of this. Even says so on the fine print: Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑16 May 2018, 17:40

candyslim wrote: ↑16 May 2018, 13:54

Like a Boss wrote: ↑16 May 2018, 11:33 The much maligned Deontay Wilder at 5 will likely cause some grief.

I've not seen previous versions of that list.

The article details the current year and the previous year.

Yes I meant that previously I'd not seen that list.

Some surprises on the list for me. Mostly pleasant ones.

It is good to see Lomachenko that high. It means he will get good matches in the future too

Jacobs is way higher than I would have expected. That's good too

Also nice to see Crawford, Spence and Kovalev high on the list. Nice to see that skills actually get rewarded.

Wilder is that high only because of the Ortiz fight. Good timing for him.

Canelo fights so rarely now days that hes position on the list depends on the number of fights that happen to be on the timeline from which the list was made.

I am bit surprised that Parker is not on the list. He had couple of decent paydays before and that AJ one was huge.

Also Thurman being on the list despite not fighting for ages is bit odd.

except of Joshua, the rest fights in the USA. i thought Povetkin earns more than at least some of these fighters. wonder if CW WBSS winner enters the top 15

Wilder holding a recognised heavyweight belt multiplies his earning level for any fight so wouldn't surprise me for him to be that high.