The full fight card salaries are in for Canelo Alvarez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
The fight salaries for Saturday night’s Canelo Alvarez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. HBO pay-per-view card have been released. Here’s what’s been written on the Nevada Athletic Commission bout info sheet, courtesy of ESPN’s Dan Rafael.
HBO PPV card
164.5 lbs catchweight (12 rounds)
Canelo Alvarez: $5 million
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr: $3 million
163 lbs catchweight (10 rounds)
David Lemieux: $200,000
Marcos Reyes: $45,000
147 lbs (10 rounds)
Lucas Matthysse: $200,000
Emanuel Taylor: $40,000
126 lbs (10 rounds)
Joseph Diaz Jr: $150,000
Manuel Avila: $67,000
Preliminary Card (streamed live on Youtube)
122 lbs (10 rounds)
Ronny Rios: $25,000
Daniel Noriega: $8,000
132 lbs catchweight (6 rounds)
Ryan Garcia: $6,000
Tyrone Luckey: $3,000
111 lbs (4 rounds)
Marlen Esparza: $4,000
Samantha Salazar: $3,000
149 lbs catchweight (4 rounds)
Raul Curiel: $4,000
Jesus Sanchez: $2,500
135 lbs (6 rounds)
Joseph Aguirre: $3,000
Angel Aispuro: $3,000
As Rafael notes, the guarantees for both Canelo and Chavez Jr. is much higher than what’s written on the sheet. Beibut Shumenov once had a purse of $1 for a fight against Enrique Ornelas, and that was a FOX Sports main event, so don’t take these numbers at face value.
Alvarez has a TV deal with Azteca, while Chavez Jr. is with rival Mexican network Televisa. They’ve both switched networks in recent years, and once upon a time Canelo did better ratings on Televisa when going head-to-head with Chavez Jr vs. Sergio Martinez. Presumably the money that’s guaranteed from their respective networks has been left off the payout sheet. This is such a major fight that both Televisa and Azteca will televise Saturday’s contest, which is something they’ve only done for Mayweather vs. Pacquiao.