Canelo Alvarez
Estimated
AGE
35 Years
Last Fight Purse
$ 100m
Weight Class
Middle-weight
Nationality
Mexican
Total Earnings
$ 493m
Canelo vs Crawford (September 2025)
Canelo Alvarez is set to earn his career best purse of $150 million against Terence Crawford. It includes guaranteed $100 million plus another $50 million from PPV share and other sponsorship deals.
| Fight | Purse ⬍ | PPV ⬍ | Total ⬍ | Year ⬍ | Source | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canelo vs Crawford | $ 75m | $ 25m | $ 100m | 2025 | ESPN REPORTED | |
| Gennadiy Golovkin 3 | $ 45m | $ 5m | $ 50m | 2022 | Ring Magazine (X) |
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| Caleb Plant | $ 35m | $ 5m | $ 40m | 2021 | Number of Sources including ESPN | |
| Billy Joe Saunders | $ 15m | $ 20m | $ 35m | 2021 | Mike Coppinger (X) | |
| Callum Smith | $ 20m | $ 5m | $ 25m | 2020 | Guardian (UK) | |
| Sergey Kovalev | $ 35m | $ 0 | $ 35m | 2019 | Nevada State Athletic Commission | |
| Daniel Jacobs | $ 10m | $ 25m | $ 35m | 2019 | Dan Rafael (ESPN) | |
| Rocky Fielding | $ 10m | $ 23m | $ 33m | 2018 | The Times | |
| Gennadiy Golovkin 2 | $ 5m | $ 35m | $ 40m | 2018 | ESPN | |
| Julio César Chávez Jr. | $ 5m | $ 20m | $ 25m | 2017 | Dan Rafael (ESPN) | |
| Gennadiy Golovkin | $ 5m | $ 25m | $ 30m | 2017 | ESPN, CBS Sports | |
| Liam Smith | $ 5m | $ 3m | $ 8m | 2016 | ESPN (UK) | |
| Amir Khan | $ 3.5m | $ 10m | $ 13.5m | 2016 | Dan Rafael (ESPN) | |
| Miguel Cotto | $ 5m | $ 2.5m | $ 7m | 2015 | Wikipedia via ESPN | |
| James Kirkland | $ 3.5m | $ 500k | $ 4m | 2015 | Wikipedia via BoxingNews24 | |
| Floyd Mayweather Jr. | $ 5m | $ 7.5m | $ 12.5m | 2013 | Dan Rafael (ESPN) |
Canelo vs GGG (Trilogy)
In the first fight back in 2017, Canelo earned guaranteed $5 million purse and $25 million in PPV and other sponsorships. In the second fight his disclosed purse was $5 million against but he cleared around $40 million from second fight. The third fight was under DAZN and Canelo deal which guaranteed Canelo $45 million regardless of PPV results.
Billy Joe Saunders
Canelo earned gauranteed purse of $15 million plus around $20 million from PPV and other sponsorship deals making it $35 million earnings from this fight.
Julio César Chávez Jr.
Canelo earned disclosed purse of $5 million from Chavez Jr fight. However the PPV earnigns take his total from this fight to around $25 million.
FAQs
Canelo Alvarez earned his biggest purse in the Gennadiy Golovkin trilogy. The second fight earned him a total of $40 million which included $5 million guaranteed purse and another $35 million in PPV share.