Julio Cesar Chavez is one of the boxers that generated the most money during his career, it cannot be compared to the purse that is paid today, but undoubtedly the Mexican did not do badly at all.
Chavez's fortune is very high, with what he earned in boxing he bought houses and sports cars and he has a classic collection in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico.
The specialized boxing website izquierdazo.com made a count of Chavez's fights and how much he won in each one of them, here we are going to present the main ones.
1984
Mario "Azabache" Martinez: 30 thousand dollars. His first world championship fight.
1985
Roger Mayweather I: $100,000
1989
Roger Mayweather II: $750,000
1990
Meldrick Taylor: 1.2 million dollars
1992
Héctor "Macho" Camacho: $3 million dollars official, $5 million unofficial
1993
Greg Haugen: $3 million
Pernell Whitaker: $5 million
1994
Frankie Randall I: $5 million
Frankie Randall II: US$5 million
Meldrick Taylor II: US$5 million
1996
Oscar de la Hoya I: $9 million guaranteed + $6 million (35% of pay-per-view) The biggest purse of his entire career.
1998
Miguel Angel Gonzalez: $3 million
Oscar de la Hoya II: $6 million dollars
2000
Kostya Tszyu: $1.2 million
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