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is making from his fight on sat night???

for fighting for the heavyweight title i think he should be on between 250k to 500k

boxerbob wrote:is making from his fight on sat night???

for fighting for the heavyweight title i think he should be on between 250k to 500k

He should be so lucky! Remember, this is in Germany, not Vegas, and isn't on PPV.

I would be surprised if he was getting much in excess of 100,000 to be honest.

TerribleTerry wrote:I would be surprised if he was getting much in excess of 100,000 to be honest.

I'd think it would be around that mark, i remember that Warren turned down a previous shot at Maskaev because they offered only £50,000 to Skelton.

Its a calculated risk on Saturday for Skelton, smaller end of the pay scale for this fight, but win and he's going to earn big.

when a boxer gets paid 100 grand?? do they lose 40 per tax?? and ten per cent to manager? and ten per to trainer??

it's a paltry offer 50k.
he's making up HALF of the fight, they shouldn't take these liberties just cos he's new to that level of boxing.
if they offered me that I'd tell them to beat it. Sod the title. It's disrespectful. Full stop.

Good look Skelts, give it some son!!!!!!

bigped wrote:when a boxer gets paid 100 grand?? do they lose 40 per tax?? and ten per cent to manager? and ten per to trainer??

Depends, there's ways around HRT. I already do it using an offshore trust. Fck Gordon Brown!

bigped wrote:when a boxer gets paid 100 grand?? do they lose 40 per tax?? and ten per cent to manager? and ten per to trainer??

The overheads - manager's and trainer's cuts, training and other expenses - would, I assume, come off the top. Just say, for example, that amounted to 40k, then Skelton's taxable earnings would be 60k which, after tax at 40%, would leave him with 36k in his pocket. There would obviously be many legal ways - such as payments into pension funds etc. - to reduce the liability. I'm not an accountant, by the way. I've just spent many hours in the company of accountants, having run my own business for many years.

Going abroad to box the locals in Germany is supposed to be a lucrative business isn't it?