Part of the reason that the event didn’t generate more revenue is because it wasn’t available on pay-per-view.Įllin explained, “Austin was so arrogant, and so egotistical about this, that he refused to put it on cable and satellite. And as we got into the last couple of days, he was getting it every 15 minutes.” And, as it got closer to the fight, he was getting it every hour. The problem McBroom faces is that the event didn’t generate enough revenue to pay all of the fighters and investors. McBroom estimated that the event would generate $200 million to $500 million but the event only sold 136,000 subscriptions for packages starting at $49.99 and going up to $89.99.īut fighters were unaware that the sales were going to be less than expected.Įllin said, “He was telling Bryce and Tayler that he didn’t know any of the numbers. Then, guaranteed the money was wired and never paid the full amount.” He told us the monies were wired and then changed the number. It’s certainly quite a time to be an influencer.The only two investors in the event were James Harden and LiveXLive.Įllin continued, “The reason that we put up money is Austin was supposed to pay for the entire production. Add in the ticket sales and ridiculous amount of advertising, and both fighters came away in solid financial shape. At $49.99 that’s roughly $50 million in sales, which means Mayweather claimed another $25 million and Paul claimed another $5 million. The card is expected to break the 1 million sales mark. Mayweather reportedly took home $10 million for showing up plus 50% of PPV sales while Paul claimed $250,000 for his appearance and 10% of PPV sales. We saw some snippets of action here and there, but much of the fight involved Mayweather dancing his way out of Paul’s extended reach.įor all that, both fighters came away earning sizable chunks of change. A week ago, Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul fought for eight rounds and made some serious change for what was not exactly a compelling fight. It’s certainly a profitable time to be a social media influencer. In another interview, Hall indicated he would pay a $1 million knockout bonus to McBroom if the latter scored the KO. McBroom said if he gets knocked out, he’ll pay Hall’s $1 million knockout bonus out of his own pocket. McBroom has not offered quite as much detail, although he did confirm some of Hall’s information in an interview with The Hollywood Fix. Later, in an interview posted on TikTok, Hall said he’s getting the $5 million appearance fee plus 4% of PPV sales, and a $1 million bonus if he knocks out McBroom. Hall posted a picture of what appears to be a fight contract that indicates he will earn $5 million for the fight. Regardless of PPV sales, it appears both fighters will make some serious coin for facing off. The PPV card will cost $49.99 and plenty of tickets are available for those looking to watch this in person. The main event for the card features Austin McBroom facing off against Bryce Hall. The stadium is hosting “Social Gloves: Battle of the Platforms, which will showcase notable personalities from the world of YouTube and TikTok in boxing matches. Update June 12 11:25 p.m.: Because of his third-round knockout of Bryce Hall, Austin McBroom will add $1 million to his purse because it was a win by stoppage.īoxing returns to Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday, although maybe boxing should be in quotation marks.
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