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's impact on combat sports goes well beyond his 5-0 professional boxing record.<br>He didn't change the economics of the industry by out-boxing some ex-MMA fighters and 5-foot-9 former star Nate Robinson. <br>Paul did, however, promote one of the most-watched women's boxing matches ever in April when beat his fighter, , in a main event at Madison Square Garden. Both fighters would take home $1 million purses — until now, an unthinkable payday for women's boxers. <br> <br /> Now the YouTube star-turned boxer/promoter is cutting UFC legend Anderson Silva in on the profits.<br>'I think this could end up being one of Anderson's biggest paydays,' Paul told DailyMail.com of against Silva in Glendale, Arizona.<br>It's too early to say how much Silva will take home from his fifth pro boxing match and his manager did not respond to inquiries from DailyMail.com. But Showtime has already announced that Saturday's bout is the highest-grossing boxing event in the Desert Diamond Arena's 19-year history. And if that's any indication of PPV sales, then Silva's take could rival or surpass any purse he earned as an MMA fighter.<br>'That's the goal, to get everyone I fight paid and everyone on my undercard paid the most amount they've ever been paid,' Paul said.<br> (image: ) Jake Paul (left) thinks Saturday's boxing match with Anderson Silva could be one of the biggest paydays of the former UFC star's career - and that doesn't look good for https://togelshiohk.com/ White <br> (image: ) Paul promoted one of the most-watched women's boxing matches ever in April when Katie Taylor beat his fighter, Amanda Serrano, in a main event at Madison Square Garden (pictured). Both fighters would take home $1 million purses — until now, an unthinkable payday for women's boxers<br> (image: ) Paul (right) has signed one of the top women's boxers, Amanda Serrano (left), to MVP<br>Silva's largest UFC purse came in 2017 when he got a reported $820,000 for his bout with Derek Brunson.<br>The possibility of beating that now, as a 47-year-old boxer, does not reflect well on UFC president Dana White, who has long been criticized for underpaying his fighters.<br> RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share 'It doesn't make any sense,' Paul said. 'It shouldn't be that way, and there's a lot of UFC guys, who should be getting paid way, way more for their fights, and it's sad to see that they don't. The fighter minimum pay is so low, even the people lower in the company are just getting taken advantage of, so it's just a massive, massive problem.'<br>For comparison, an NFL player on the league minimum can clear more than $700,000 per season, or about $41,000 per game. Meanwhile, the UFC offers minimum fight purses of just $12,000 with the opportunity for another $12,000 bonus, according to Yahoo Sports.<br>Incredibly, UFC elites have been making more in their crossover fights into boxing.<br>Conor McGregor, arguably the biggest star in UFC history, reportedly earned as much as a $20 million fighting for White, but was paid a whopping $130 million for his largely unwatchable boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2017.<br> (image: ) The possibility of beating that now, as a 47-year-old boxer, does not reflect well on UFC president Dana White (right), who has long been criticized for underpaying his fighters<br> (image: ) Silva stands to make more boxing now, at 47, than he did as one of the UFC's top attractions<br>And beyond creating some bad PR for the UFC, Paul has also used his rivalry with White to attract MMA fans to his boxing matches.<br> In fact, three of his five wins as a pro boxer have come against former UFC stars: a first-round TKO over Ben Askren as well as split-decision and knockout victories against Tyron Woodley.<br>What's more, Askren earned a reported $500,000 for his fight with Paul while both Woodley's paydays came in at a reported $2 million and $1 million, respectively.<br>For his part, Paul reportedly cleared seven figures for each of his bouts with Woodley, and another $690,000 for beating Askren in 2021.<br>Additionally, he would have made $1 million more had White honored his bet that 'Paul loses this f***ing fight.' (White mentioned the offer on Mike Tyson's Podcast, only to deny making that and anoth DM.later('bundle', function() DM.has('external-source-links', 'externalLinkTracker'); );
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