Canelo Alvarez
AGE
35
Years
VERIFIED
Estimated
Weight Class
Middle-weight
Last Fight Purse
$ 100m
Total Earnings
$ 493m
Canelo Alvarez is one of the highest paid boxers around and he will recently signed a bumper 4-fight deal to find in Saudi Arabia which also include highly anticipated fight against Terence Crawford. We look back at Canelo Alvarez career and breakdown each of his fight purse over the years.
| 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) |
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| Sergey Kovalev | $ 35m | $ 0 | $ 35m | 2019 | Nevada State Athletic Commission |
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| Daniel Jacobs | $ 10m | $ 25m | $ 35m | 2019 | Dan Rafael (ESPN) | |
| Rocky Fielding | $ 10m | $ 23m | $ 33m | 2018 | The Times |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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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.