Shawn Porter was the clear headliner coming into this fight and even though he lost he definitely commanded his $500k but Bika coming off of a draw getting 700k is a bit excessive, but I can’t knock a man for getting his money.
Al Haymon is Bika’s advisor so it comes as no surprise that he commanded such a high purse. It’ll be interesting to see how much Dirrell commands in his next fight seeing as he just took Bika’s title.
New champ Kell Brook only pocketed 200k for the fight.
Here are the full fight card purses via Dan Rafael’s twitter:
“Carson card purses: Porter $500k, Brook 200k, Bika 700k, Dirrell 500, Figueroa 270, Estrada 130, Wilder 50, Gavern 32,500, Linares 5K, Terry 6,500.”
It really is a shame that a non-PPV card can almost double the best UFC PPV salaries but thats a long conversation that we’ll save for another time.