Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley received the same bag for Sunday’s Showtime boxing match.
Paul and Woodley received $ 2 million each for the eight-round fight at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, according to documents obtained by MMA Junkie from the Ohio Athletic Commission on Tuesday.
Paul defeated Woodley by split decision, improving to 4-0 in his young boxing career. It was his professional boxing debut for Woodley, who was a UFC welterweight champion.
Paul, who has been a vocal advocate of wrestlers’ pay in MMA and boxing, said before the fight that he would take money “straight out of my bag” and distribute it to card fighters so they would receive “the most payday.” great that they have never had as a fighter. ” It is unclear if Paul followed suit.
The list of Ohio commission payments, which can be seen below, reflects only what is stated in official contracts.
Reminder: These numbers are for contracted bags only. They do not include other items such as pay-per-view purchases, percentage of ticket and merchandise sales, or discretionary bonuses that the promoter has paid.
Jake Paul = $ 2,000,000 (no win bonus)
def. Tyron Woodley = $ 2,000,000 (no win bonus)