Manny Pacquiao is guaranteed to make at least $26 million on Saturday night for his HBO pay-per-view fight with Timothy Bradley, according to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. His commission-reported purse is $6 million, but that's pretty standard.
Bradley will make a career-high $5 million for the fight, which he's already noted he intends to save so that he doesn't have to stay in boxing forever.
Jorge Arce (60-6-2, 46 KO) will make about three times more than any of the other undercard fighters, with a purse of $300,000 for his fight against Jesus Rojas (18-1-1, 13 KO). Arce, 32, is a reliable undercard attraction because you can pretty much always count on him to provide action, and he's got a real fanbase that has been organically cultivated over the years. Generally, when someone sees Arce fight, they become a fan.
Rojas will make $25,000 for the fight, but more than that, the 25-year-old Puerto Rican is getting a shot to make himself famous. Let's not lie and pretend he's here to be competitive, though. This is a guy who lost to Jose Angel Beranza (a decent fighter), and last time out drew with Jose Luis Araiza (undersized at 122 lbs and just not very good, but ballsy). He's here to lose and showcase Arce, simple as that. That's the plan.
Mike Jones (26-0, 19 KO) will meet Randall Bailey (42-7, 36 KO) for the vacant IBF welterweight title in another featured undercard bout. Jones, 29, will make $105,000, a shade over Bailey's $100,000 purse for the bout. Bailey, 37, is known for his massive right hand, which can knock anyone in the division out, guaranteed, if he can manage to land it clean.
The third featured bout on the undercard will pit WBA super bantamweight titlist Guillermo Rigondeaux (9-0, 7 KO) against Teon Kennedy (17-1-2, 7 KO). The 31-year-old Rigondeaux, a Cuban amateur legend, really only has the belt and his Top Rank connections working for him. He's a lethal mix of really good and often really dull, and making that worse is the fact that he can't draw flies. Kennedy, 25, is 0-1-1 in his last two, but is getting the title shot anyway, because why not? Rigondeaux will make $103,000, compared to Kennedy's $70,000.
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