Miguel Cotto is the bigger star in Saturday nights matchup against Canelo Alvarez, and the purses reveal that as well.
According to According ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael, Cotto will make a purse of $15 million, while Alvarez is set to earn $5 million — in addition to revenue from Mexican television.
Official purses for #CottoCanelo per NSAC: Cotto $15M, Canelo $5M. Both can make more on upside, Canelo likely getting more via Mexico TV.
— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) November 20, 2015
Cotto, will defend both the Lineal and The Ring Middleweight Championships, but will be stripped of the WBC title if he wins for failing to pay a $300K sanctioning fee.
After several weeks of communications, countless attempts and good faith time extensions trying to preserve the fight as a WBC world championship, Miguel Cotto and his promotion (Roc Nation Sports) did not agree to comply with the WBC rules and regulations, while Saul Alvarez has agreed to do so. Accordingly, the WBC must rule on the matter prior to the fight. The WBC hereby announces that effective immediately it has withdrawn recognition of Miguel Cotto as WBC world middleweight champion.
The WBC champion has a mandatory against Gennady Golovkin.