Fame and financial reward. The connection that applies to athletes who are exceptional can attract fans, club owners, managers and sponsors. They can reward them properly and generously. The vast majority of other athletes will not reach such amounts. How much do the best earn in one match, action, race? It is up to hundreds of millions of crowns.
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Boxer Canelo Alvarez swung to the top of the financial ladder. He collected over 800 million crowns for one boxing duel!
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In this comparison, those who have a few matches a year, sometimes even just one, have the upper hand. Boxers and MMA wrestlers. They go to the fight against football players and Formula 1 drivers with less knowledge.
If we count the financial reward for one sharp action in the past twelve months, there are four boxers and one MMA fighter in the top five. In this comparison, football player Lionel Messi is out on his billions.
| Athletes and their income for the past 12 months | ||||
| Athlete | Sport | Total earnings | Number of races, matches | Reward for 1 match, race |
| Canelo Alvarez | box | CZK 825,660,000 | 1 | CZK 825,660,000 |
| Conor McGregor | MMA | 754 380 000 | 1 | 754 380 000 |
| Deontay Wilder | box | 1 078 000 000 | 2 | 539 055 000 |
| Anthony Joshua | box | 849 420 000 | 2 | 424 710 000 |
| Tyson Fury | box | 1 179 090 000 | 3 | 393 030 000 |
| … | ||||
| Lionel Messi | football | 1 698 840 000 | 42 | 40 448 571 |
| Cristian Ronlado | football | 1 416 690 000 | 41 | 34 553 414 |
| Source: US-Bookies.com, thesun.co.uk | ||||
A comparison of revenues came from the server www.us-bookies.com and was taken over by The Sun. This is income from June 1, 2019 to June 1, 2020. The list included 100 athletes from 22 countries.
One match, and a reward of 27.8 million pounds, in terms of 825,660,000 crowns. Boxer Canelo Alvarez recorded such an income. MMA wrestler Conor McGregor reached £ 25.4 million. Boxers Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury complete the top five. They have managed two to three duels between the ropes in the last year. The five earned more than £ 10 million in one match.
This is followed by a great decline. The reason is simple. Footballers and F1 drivers have completed up to dozens of matches or races. For example, Messi played 42 games and collected £ 1.4 million for one, Cristiano Ronaldo for 41 matches and £ 1.2 million for one.
Federer replaced Messi in the position of the highest paid athlete
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In fact, according to Forbes magazine, these two are in second and third place among the world’s highest paid athletes overall.
At the head is tennis player Roger Federer. The Swiss has collected 2,577,000,000 crowns in the past 12 months, yet he did not get among the best in one match, due to the large number of duels played. One match earned him an average of £ 71,000.
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