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Your Boxing Technic is Better than Chisora, you should have won 100k per match in your second year.!! Come Back Champ 👊 still you can do it. as a Cruiser weight.!!
Seems like having a solid amateur background makes a huge difference. I know plenty off life long gym rats that turned pro and never made a penny, even with winning records.
Really cool to see what your income and expenses were. Being realistic and responsible with the money. Would like to see boxers and fighters learn from you.
@@Tony_Jeffries have you done a video about your hand injuries? If not would be interesting to hear your story and if you could have prevented it, might help other fighters look after their hands abit better as well
Realistically you got a lot money for your first two years. If you compare that to other fighters starting you was very lucky but your fan base and amateur background helped you making more money than the average Joe starting out
A real question what do you think how much money would i earn if I start being a pro in England in my first two years. I have little to no amateur background with 3 fights (3 wins) 27 years old born and raised in Germany (half African) so probably no fans rooting or coming to see me in England. I really want to come over to the UK to start a career since i need a good gym and a lot of different Sparring partners to get the experience in. Let's say I'm a talented boxer without experience how much can i expect and how to find the right Promoter?
B A A guy i know got paid around 20€ in his first few fights, he was a foreigner in france but locally was a good amateur with around 120 fights, no international acomplishments though. But it should get better as you go up in the rankings, but there's a huge risk you'd be used as a sacrificial lamb for some prospects. Best thing you could is atleast win the nationals, there you'd atleast get some experience and maybe get reconized by some promoter, or even better get the chance to get into international fights and maybe become the next great thing. Best of luck.
Not paid nearly enough for a pro, particularly a successful fighter. At the end of the day you're putting your health on the line for the entertainment of others. Exeptional set of videos for us Novices in particular, and you have motivated me to take up the sport again at age 62, 36 years after I last boxed in the Navy. Decent bloke, with no over inflated ego, just gets on with achieving. Many thanks mate 👍
the way you phrased that hit me pretty hard "you're putting your health on the line for the entertainment of others" as a profession circus artist who performs up to 5 shows a week and risks the lives of others and myself every show, i would love ot be paid this much
This video is sooo great, and yes, you definetely deserved more - you risked Your whole life entering the ring and spend whole life getting to that point. Money is not All tho and your credibility much more than the money you earned, much love
Not enough by a long way but you have your health, some proud memories and those houses. And you have that priceless thing, an optimistic happy outlook.
Too little? He earnt 12k for less than 3 minutes work in his debut, 20k in his second fight was 10k a round and he was fighting opponents with big losing records. I mean no disrespect to Mr Jeffries but if you understand the opposition he was fighting, he's laughing to the bank.
Thank you Tony for talking openly about how things work in professional boxing. It's hard to say wether you deserved more money or not- I think moste people feel underpaid no matter who they are and what they do. Respect for working your way up and investing your money the way you did. good luck for this channel and further projects
@@Tony_Jeffries Thanks for getting in touch Tony and hope you had a good Christmas mate...continuing with the transparency theme, a video on the politics of boxing would be brilliant 👍
Really enjoyed this video, keeping track of money is such an important lesson for us all especially when we're young. Tony you'd make a great boxing/sports advisor for any youngster wanting to live that life. Great advice, best wishes.
For the amount of years training hours in the gym early mornings running. Lucky you were doing something you loved and had a passion for. So many put that time in and dont make it. Yes you do deserve the money you recieved and probably deserved more.
Cracking videos Tony. U never see content like this breaking everything down from a financial perspective. Everyone just thinks of being a pro boxer making millions. Very humble mate keep up the good work brilliant channel 👍
Hey Coach Tony, I wish you were here on the East Coast, your videos and speeches are really inspiring!!! Thank you so much for your openness, honesty and inspiring talks! You are a true Champion!!! Happy Holidays to you and Nurse Sarah
Love these kind of videos, they give me a good idea of what the reality is of being a professional. Obviously there’s a difference between being a prospect and an Olympian but that’s just motivation. Cheers for the video 💯
I think you were paid quite well for 10 pro fights, considering that the early fight tend to be less skilled opposition and if you were fortunate enough to stay in the sport longer, you would have made over a million probably 10-15 fights later depending on if bigger fights were made. Love the channel!
Just stumbled across your channel, great stuff Tony. Here's my old-fashioned view: I've never illegally streamed a fight in my life. I moan about having to pay, but I pay for 24-hour fight passes, I subscribe to DAZN, I'll pay for every pay-per-view fight in the UK and some from abroad. I love my boxing. I want every penny I pay to go to the fighters (even though I know it doesn't.) And when I met someone at my work who told me he did exactly the same thing, that he never illegally streamed fights, I knew the man was a solid upstanding citizen. And I've been proved right ever since. But the best bit of this video is your story about investing in property. You look great, you look happy and you have looked after your finances. Great stuff.
Very proud of Tony, excellent amateur pedigree, yes you deserved more as all fighters do, it is you that is taking the risks with your health. Thoroughly enjoyed watching you, a Mackem legend.
This is the first time in all my life doing TH-cam I've see a video with no dislikes..... Shows your audience is no fuck around all boxers or want to be boxers watching no haters, no trolls no BS. Thanks a bunch Tony best of the best
*It should be noted that, I remember, you also had a good amateur (Olympic) career?* Hence, if you went professional from Day 1 - and didn’t have an Olympic career, then I don’t think you would get close to $12,000 for a first fight unless you’ve got some social following and can bring tickets (e.g. a TH-camr or “celebrity” etc). *Boxers and MMA fighters should be getting paid more as a sport!* NOT only by the companies and promoters, but in general as a sport. Basketball, etc get paid so much more. Plus, fighters pay for their own recovery etc, whereas sports teams usually have free physio etc for their players.
Anyone who puts the gloves on to earn a living deserves every penny they get is not enough for most. Glad to see you are ok and getting on, it shows it can be done.
Great video.I like “behind the scenes” stuff. I reckon the money you got paid was decent .Sometimes it can take up to 5 years before the boxers start making proper money.
Love your videos bro! I’m 27 and starting to train seriously. Technically I have been fighting since like 15-16. But I returned now that I left my home town and I’m more isolated and can focus. Ima enjoy the Journey a learning process. Buttttttt, im tranna be a pro 😎.💪🏾
making sandwiches while being a professional fighter. you are my hero. all the respect for a champ like you. and yes you got paid very little for the number of fight!!!
Such an honest video. Great to see you invested and found stability, something not many do. Footballers earn thousands a week and still end up skint having squandered it all negligently or via manipulation.
Not enough considering you were an Olympic and national champion coming into the Pros, but considering the recession and the fact boxing had fallen kinda into a niche sport at the time apart from super fights, makes sense, this is inspirational for a young fighter like me though, shows even if I don’t hit the upper echelon this is a career path worth pursuing if I put my all into it
I guess you deserved more than that mr. Tony. I used your techiques a little in the boxing gym, they worked well . Anyways thank you for educating amateur boxers like us ,with all your precious contents and i wish you all the best with your plans in future. Best wishes from sri lanka 🇱🇰
Did you have to pay sparring partners as well? I may have missed it. I’ve heard that’s a pretty decent expense too when you’re prepping for a fight at your level.
You are a amazing boxer, i learnt a lot from your videos. You definitely was paid too little, you deserve more than that. Btw i have one question after watching this video. How did you sell your tickets?
I appreciate that! means a lot mate! If u don’t mind, could u please share this vid on ya social media please. Will really help me out 😀 All good if not 🥊
Telling someone they deserved more after they put it a ton of time and effort preparing and negotiating is not the compliment you think it is. It's insulting and arrogant.
Under paid without a doubt. Turned pro as an Olympic medalist. Strong ticket seller, great chance for a promoter to build in the North East on the back of your success. Well done for handling not receiving your full signing on fee with dignity and honesty. Good to highlight the importance of buying a ticket from a fighter if you can, it helps them financially, even more so for small hall fights. Many thanks for your videos, always enjoyable
Getting into a ring knowing that the guy wearing boxing gloves in the opposite corner, really wants to hurt you.... this dude Jeffries, earned every penny. Respect from Canada.
I hope more boxers and all athletes in general learn from your story. Any athlete can never know if their career will be cut short at any moment. Very smart that you took what you made and invested. Now you are living your life happily teaching and staying in great health.
It sucks that we live in a world/society that says you have to have money to live but again so glad to know you invested with your super hard earned money and understood that you also need a future and then be able to leave us with not only fantastic knowledge but also to be able to leave a legacy and have shared the knowledge with the future athletes and people who can use the info as guidance and help with their own futures 😊 thank you young man!!
Too little given the extreme physical risks and requirements. I am been following your channel since since the beginning...great content...Merry Christmas
I think we’re paid vert well. Especially as them purses are very similar in boxing today in the UK. Also don’t tend to see signing on fees at all from UK Promotions or Managers just Top Rank in the US what know of.
Not to mention all the charity work you did in the Northeast... I remember training with you outside HMV in the bridges with lampton Street boxing club
That's really interesting, thanks. Seems you can earn what amounts to a decent professional wage BUT of course you have to work very hard, be very talented and lucky to reach the top AND even then an injury or losing your way mentally can end it all very quickly. And going into it you know you're only going to have a short career to earn in.
Although it's not a huge amount of money compared to the millions made by some boxers, you did alright out of it from a cash in-cash out net gain perspective, but the key point is obviously how you wisely spent / invested that money. Well done. Some guys who earn 100x what you made end up with nothing after 10+ years of boxing because they choose to spend their cash on cars, jewellery, partying, women, gambling etc etc. From down here in Australia, I can say that unless you're a world champion boxer or an ex-rugby league player-turned boxer (i.e. Paul Gallen or Sonny Bill Williams) , you're not making much money at all. Good on you Tony, keep posting great content.
Sometime I disagree with your technical aspects but that was very honest you wouldnt see any boxer reviling that in eastern europe. Respect you as a person sir.
This was a very interesting video indeed given we only ever usually hear about the millions earned by the tiny percentage at the top. Good work, in the hardest sport! Well invested! Enjoy all your videos!
You deserved a lot more. Sucks that you never got the full signing on bonus. Is it normal for a trainer to ask for 10% of sponsorship money? I get 10% of the fight purse but a training asking for 10% of sponsorship money sounds unfair. Really interesting video though, Tony. It's a good salary for a normal job but not so good when you consider you're putting your life at risk, racking up injuries, putting yourself through the stress of fighting in front of thousands of people.
I agre Tony, you definitely got paid too little, nevertheless you earned very decent money (I know fighters with similar backgrounds in other countries that got paid far less) and you were cleaver to invest it wisely... now look at you, combining passion, experience and entrepreneurial spirit…I admire you mate, thanks for the enthusiasm and the good content you provide to the boxing community, cheers and keep it up 🥊
Thank you for the comment mate, ur the best! Hope you share my new vid to ur social media! You can check all my videos here: th-cam.com/users/TonyJeffries1videos
Damn shame you are worth millions based on the knowledge you possess. Here's to a successful 2022! Your content has helped me improve my boxing tremendously.
I'm from a small island in the middle of nowhere where we have our own boxing commission who sanctions fights under our country's laws but there are currently no active promoters licensed. Wanna know of you have ever considered getting into the promotion business. Perhaps you could do a video on the promotion business and what it was like interacting with them as a fighter. Were there lawyers involved etc. great channel bro
Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful wife. A trainer wanted me to turn pro in Phoenix back in 1986, but I chickened out. Another guy, same gym got 500 dollars for one fight in Phoenix.
Wow, incredible how in Mexico you don't get even a fraction of that. For comparisons, Canelo Álvarez got paid 800 MXN in his first professional fight, that's about 40 to 45 Euros...
@@Tony_Jeffries this one as its the only one I've watched so far lol. It's great content this video from a boxing fan perspective giving us a insight into a subject we know little about. Can't judge if you should've made more, or less but working 2 jobs and training at the same time, fair play to you
It's such a shame you had to retire Tony. You were deprived of the big pay days, and we lost out on some great fight entertainment. Anyway, you kept in good health and your accumen outside the ring enables you to reach your financial goals.
Clearly for the amount of work and danger is involved I’d say it might be not as much as people wish for - but it’s definitely much better than what you can earn in many other countries (even in Europe), the amount you said was very surprising to me (expected it much lower)
Glad you invested wisely and unlike most boxers didn't end up skint being an Olympic medalist meant you earned decent money where most pros without great amateur careers earn peanuts .boxing is a very precarious sport earnings wise only a tiny percentage make decent money. That Jeffrey's got out with his faculty's and some good investments is quite rare but good luck to him.
I was curious about purses and extras. Thanks for sharing. I think you got paid too little. The effort to not only get in that kind of shape, let alone honing your skill set must have to be factored in. Also the sad fact that anything can happen inside a ring must be considered. Glad you used the cash wisely!
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Your Boxing Technic is Better than Chisora, you should have won 100k per match in your second year.!! Come Back Champ 👊 still you can do it. as a Cruiser weight.!!
You deserve more
@@timmussmann5143 waiting for Rice vs Coffie 2 👊 ALİ vs Washington 👊 Sanchez vs Negron 👊 Martin vs Ortiz.. will be Great Heavyweight Boxing night 👊
You got just about right or little less but still you did well and you was smart with your money!
You should of been payed a little more.
Great to see a local boxer who didn't end up skint, alcoholic, criminal, or druggie, well done Tony and you have a great channel.
Shut ya lips dude
@@Zeeman519 very common issue
Thank you 🙏🏼 means alot
@@Zeeman519 tough guy 🤣🤣
Seems like having a solid amateur background makes a huge difference. I know plenty off life long gym rats that turned pro and never made a penny, even with winning records.
Really cool to see what your income and expenses were. Being realistic and responsible with the money. Would like to see boxers and fighters learn from you.
Thank you 🙏🏼 menas
@@Tony_Jeffries have you done a video about your hand injuries? If not would be interesting to hear your story and if you could have prevented it, might help other fighters look after their hands abit better as well
i love how he’s straight into it and doesn’t go off on tangents
As a 68 year old entrepreneur
I must say that your work ethic was wonderful. Allow me to say I am very proud of you. Bill
Thank you Bill, and ur right I put huge effort to create my videos. And what business u in Bill? if u don’t mind.
You should have got a lot more for what you put yourself through, Tony
Thank you 🙏🏼 I agree
couldn't agree more, well said. Tony, you're a legend sir !
Realistically you got a lot money for your first two years. If you compare that to other fighters starting you was very lucky but your fan base and amateur background helped you making more money than the average Joe starting out
A real question what do you think how much money would i earn if I start being a pro in England in my first two years.
I have little to no amateur background with 3 fights (3 wins)
27 years old born and raised in Germany (half African) so probably no fans rooting or coming to see me in England.
I really want to come over to the UK to start a career since i need a good gym and a lot of different Sparring partners to get the experience in.
Let's say I'm a talented boxer without experience how much can i expect and how to find the right Promoter?
B A A guy i know got paid around 20€ in his first few fights, he was a foreigner in france but locally was a good amateur with around 120 fights, no international acomplishments though.
But it should get better as you go up in the rankings, but there's a huge risk you'd be used as a sacrificial lamb for some prospects.
Best thing you could is atleast win the nationals, there you'd atleast get some experience and maybe get reconized by some promoter, or even better get the chance to get into international fights and maybe become the next great thing.
Best of luck.
Not paid nearly enough for a pro, particularly a successful fighter. At the end of the day you're putting your health on the line for the entertainment of others. Exeptional set of videos for us Novices in particular, and you have motivated me to take up the sport again at age 62, 36 years after I last boxed in the Navy.
Decent bloke, with no over inflated ego, just gets on with achieving. Many thanks mate 👍
Thank you 🙏🏼 means alot
the way you phrased that hit me pretty hard "you're putting your health on the line for the entertainment of others"
as a profession circus artist who performs up to 5 shows a week and risks the lives of others and myself every show, i would love ot be paid this much
@@peterfreeman170 🤡🤡🤡🤡
my dad was 2 times european champ and got paid 1000 euro
@@fabiApologetics Same sentiments apply Fabi. Respect to your Dad mate 👍
This video is sooo great, and yes, you definetely deserved more - you risked Your whole life entering the ring and spend whole life getting to that point. Money is not All tho and your credibility much more than the money you earned, much love
So true! I appreciate it ma man!
Not enough by a long way but you have your health, some proud memories and those houses. And you have that priceless thing, an optimistic happy outlook.
Very true mate Thank you 🙏🏼
Too little but your openness has motivated me even more to make it knowing now that it can be a well paying career if I’m good enough
Good luck King Banjo 👍
Too little?
He earnt 12k for less than 3 minutes work in his debut, 20k in his second fight was 10k a round and he was fighting opponents with big losing records. I mean no disrespect to Mr Jeffries but if you understand the opposition he was fighting, he's laughing to the bank.
Good luck with your career King Banjo. I'll remember your name x
@@Tarteh the work is done in practice genius... not in the ring.
@@Daniel-yo5es No, he's getting paid for the in-ring appearance - not his training thus allowances and sponsorships.
Thank you Tony for talking openly about how things work in professional boxing. It's hard to say wether you deserved more money or not- I think moste people feel underpaid no matter who they are and what they do. Respect for working your way up and investing your money the way you did. good luck for this channel and further projects
LOVE THE OPENNESS TONY!!!
I appreciate it ma friend! Got any vid request or questions mate?
You can check all my videos here: th-cam.com/users/TonyJeffries1videos
@@Tony_Jeffries Thanks for getting in touch Tony and hope you had a good Christmas mate...continuing with the transparency theme, a video on the politics of boxing would be brilliant 👍
Love your videos Tony. My coach always sends me your videos.
Glad you like them! I appreciate it ma man.
You can check all my videos here: th-cam.com/users/TonyJeffries1videos
Thanks for being so open with us. Every time i talk to someone who is into or wants to get into boxing i tell them about your channel
Really enjoyed this video, keeping track of money is such an important lesson for us all especially when we're young.
Tony you'd make a great boxing/sports advisor for any youngster wanting to live that life. Great advice, best wishes.
Indeed mate, that's the purpose of the video as well. Thanks for the support mate.
Wow I absolutely love how you went straight into it. Pretty rare to see these days with all the intros and sponsors at the start of every video.
For the amount of years training hours in the gym early mornings running. Lucky you were doing something you loved and had a passion for. So many put that time in and dont make it. Yes you do deserve the money you recieved and probably deserved more.
Thanks for sharing!!
Cracking videos Tony. U never see content like this breaking everything down from a financial perspective. Everyone just thinks of being a pro boxer making millions. Very humble mate keep up the good work brilliant channel 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hey Coach Tony,
I wish you were here on the East Coast, your videos and speeches are really inspiring!!! Thank you so much for your openness, honesty and inspiring talks!
You are a true Champion!!!
Happy Holidays to you and Nurse Sarah
I appreciate that!
Love these kind of videos, they give me a good idea of what the reality is of being a professional. Obviously there’s a difference between being a prospect and an Olympian but that’s just motivation. Cheers for the video 💯
I think you were paid quite well for 10 pro fights, considering that the early fight tend to be less skilled opposition and if you were fortunate enough to stay in the sport longer, you would have made over a million probably 10-15 fights later depending on if bigger fights were made. Love the channel!
What a guy . So down to earth . Bless you Tony . Keep up the good content . ❤️🙏
Thank you 🙏🏻
I think you could have been a world champion. Love your videos Tony
Thank you 🙏🏼
Just stumbled across your channel, great stuff Tony.
Here's my old-fashioned view:
I've never illegally streamed a fight in my life. I moan about having to pay, but I pay for 24-hour fight passes, I subscribe to DAZN, I'll pay for every pay-per-view fight in the UK and some from abroad. I love my boxing.
I want every penny I pay to go to the fighters (even though I know it doesn't.) And when I met someone at my work who told me he did exactly the same thing, that he never illegally streamed fights, I knew the man was a solid upstanding citizen. And I've been proved right ever since.
But the best bit of this video is your story about investing in property. You look great, you look happy and you have looked after your finances.
Great stuff.
The investments are crucial no matter your work
Very proud of Tony, excellent amateur pedigree, yes you deserved more as all fighters do, it is you that is taking the risks with your health. Thoroughly enjoyed watching you, a Mackem legend.
This is the first time in all my life doing TH-cam I've see a video with no dislikes..... Shows your audience is no fuck around all boxers or want to be boxers watching no haters, no trolls no BS. Thanks a bunch Tony best of the best
*It should be noted that, I remember, you also had a good amateur (Olympic) career?* Hence, if you went professional from Day 1 - and didn’t have an Olympic career, then I don’t think you would get close to $12,000 for a first fight unless you’ve got some social following and can bring tickets (e.g. a TH-camr or “celebrity” etc).
*Boxers and MMA fighters should be getting paid more as a sport!* NOT only by the companies and promoters, but in general as a sport. Basketball, etc get paid so much more. Plus, fighters pay for their own recovery etc, whereas sports teams usually have free physio etc for their players.
Anyone who puts the gloves on to earn a living deserves every penny they get is not enough for most. Glad to see you are ok and getting on, it shows it can be done.
Great video.I like “behind the scenes” stuff.
I reckon the money you got paid was decent .Sometimes it can take up to 5 years before the boxers start making proper money.
Brilliant video mate breaking down the different parts. A lot for young fighters to take away from this.
Love your videos bro! I’m 27 and starting to train seriously. Technically I have been fighting since like 15-16. But I returned now that I left my home town and I’m more isolated and can focus.
Ima enjoy the Journey a learning process. Buttttttt, im tranna be a pro 😎.💪🏾
Good guy with the best tips! Pure Genuine!
He earnt every cent of that money. Good on you mate glad to see hardwork rewarded.
Straight to the point, respect mate.
making sandwiches while being a professional fighter. you are my hero. all the respect for a champ like you. and yes you got paid very little for the number of fight!!!
Such an honest video. Great to see you invested and found stability, something not many do. Footballers earn thousands a week and still end up skint having squandered it all negligently or via manipulation.
Thank you 🙏🏼 means alot
Not enough considering you were an Olympic and national champion coming into the Pros, but considering the recession and the fact boxing had fallen kinda into a niche sport at the time apart from super fights, makes sense, this is inspirational for a young fighter like me though, shows even if I don’t hit the upper echelon this is a career path worth pursuing if I put my all into it
I'm gobsmacked you earned so little considering how well you done in the Olympics
I guess you deserved more than that mr. Tony. I used your techiques a little in the boxing gym, they worked well . Anyways thank you for educating amateur boxers like us ,with all your precious contents and i wish you all the best with your plans in future. Best wishes from sri lanka 🇱🇰
Thank you 🙏🏼 means alot
Bro . Where you are ? 🙌🏻
@@nethvirusenanayake4161 brother from matale. Where are you from?
Congratulations sir! Your channel is booming!
I'm happy you still have your health :) your money is fine because you came out the other side healthy
Did you have to pay sparring partners as well? I may have missed it. I’ve heard that’s a pretty decent expense too when you’re prepping for a fight at your level.
Yes mate it was like £20/round but only did it a few times
@@Tony_Jeffries £20 for 3 mins
You are a amazing boxer, i learnt a lot from your videos. You definitely was paid too little, you deserve more than that. Btw i have one question after watching this video. How did you sell your tickets?
I appreciate that! means a lot mate! If u don’t mind, could u please share this vid on ya social media please. Will really help me out 😀 All good if not 🥊
It's all about exposure mate, media and press was on me at the time.
@@Tony_Jeffries I don't use social media(maybe i should start using it😂), but i always share your videos in my whatsapp groups.
Telling someone they deserved more after they put it a ton of time and effort preparing and negotiating is not the compliment you think it is. It's insulting and arrogant.
Just the video I need because I have dreams of becoming a boxer
Under paid without a doubt.
Turned pro as an Olympic medalist.
Strong ticket seller, great chance for a promoter to build in the North East on the back of your success.
Well done for handling not receiving your full signing on fee with dignity and honesty.
Good to highlight the importance of buying a ticket from a fighter if you can, it helps them financially, even more so for small hall fights.
Many thanks for your videos, always enjoyable
Getting into a ring knowing that the guy wearing boxing gloves in the opposite corner, really wants to hurt you.... this dude Jeffries, earned every penny. Respect from Canada.
Thank you 🙏🏼
Every time you fought you put your life at risk - good for you - well done
Loved this, also thank you for the tips and help in previous videos love from London 🤘🏻
I hope more boxers and all athletes in general learn from your story. Any athlete can never know if their career will be cut short at any moment. Very smart that you took what you made and invested. Now you are living your life happily teaching and staying in great health.
It sucks that we live in a world/society that says you have to have money to live but again so glad to know you invested with your super hard earned money and understood that you also need a future and then be able to leave us with not only fantastic knowledge but also to be able to leave a legacy and have shared the knowledge with the future athletes and people who can use the info as guidance and help with their own futures 😊 thank you young man!!
Well done on your investments , I think you got paid quite good for 2yrs pro. A lot of boxers don’t get that money as a pro 🥊
Too little given the extreme physical risks and requirements. I am been following your channel since since the beginning...great content...Merry Christmas
Thanks for caring mate! means a lot. And have a happy holiday!
Man I love you just went into it no soem BS click bait and long intro thanks mate good to seeing u do well
Tony you invested wisely, Your advice could be a great asset to other up and coming boxers.
tony i thought you are a good boxer, and a good trainer. now i see you are better entrepeneur than a boxer or coach
😄😄😄😄
Thank you 🙏🏼 means alot
Dude, you’re the best. If you read this, please pat yourself on the shoulder. The video quality and concepts are unmatched.
Thank you mate and I will.
Can see why you was a big ticket seller. Your a character and a likeable geezer. Good channel 👍 👌🏻
Great video tony, great to hear your honesty and to give an insight into fighters expenses, you were defo short changed mate!
A great video, it give the fans a look at how money flows in boxing. You presented the video very well and you got an extra subscriber.
Honest and open thanks
I think we’re paid vert well.
Especially as them purses are very similar in boxing today in the UK.
Also don’t tend to see signing on fees at all from UK Promotions or Managers just Top Rank in the US what know of.
To Little, Glad you were smart enough to monetize your earnings . All the best .
Tony, Blessings to you and your family
Really great breakdown and genuine man well said 🥊🥊🥊
Enjoy watching your videos.
Good to see you invested your money properly!
Good to know I help these numbers here watching you fight in Sunderland bud many years ago. All the best
Not to mention all the charity work you did in the Northeast... I remember training with you outside HMV in the bridges with lampton Street boxing club
Great decision to get invested. Thanks for sharing Tony… another great video.
I fought on the same show you made your debut mate. All the best to you, hope all is well.
That's really interesting, thanks. Seems you can earn what amounts to a decent professional wage BUT of course you have to work very hard, be very talented and lucky to reach the top AND even then an injury or losing your way mentally can end it all very quickly. And going into it you know you're only going to have a short career to earn in.
Good point mate, That's why I got big respect to all fighters out there.
Although it's not a huge amount of money compared to the millions made by some boxers, you did alright out of it from a cash in-cash out net gain perspective, but the key point is obviously how you wisely spent / invested that money. Well done. Some guys who earn 100x what you made end up with nothing after 10+ years of boxing because they choose to spend their cash on cars, jewellery, partying, women, gambling etc etc. From down here in Australia, I can say that unless you're a world champion boxer or an ex-rugby league player-turned boxer (i.e. Paul Gallen or Sonny Bill Williams) , you're not making much money at all. Good on you Tony, keep posting great content.
I agree mate, use your money wisely for the future. Thanks for the comment Chris it helps the viewers.
Sometime I disagree with your technical aspects but that was very honest you wouldnt see any boxer reviling that in eastern europe. Respect you as a person sir.
you are my favorite "fighting trainer" youtuber
Great content, great video, amazing man! An Olympic boxer, a medal winner - should have been paid much more. Glad you are doing well now..
Much appreciated! And thanks for the comment Mher.
This was a very interesting video indeed given we only ever usually hear about the millions earned by the tiny percentage at the top. Good work, in the hardest sport! Well invested! Enjoy all your videos!
One of the best bits of content I’ve seen in a long time
I Appreciate it Jason, If u don’t mind, could u please share this vid on ya social media please. Will really help me out :) All good if not 👊🏻
@@Tony_Jeffries sure will , keep the behind the scenes boxing info coming lol , brilliant how you broke it all down
To little Tony ❤️ but now you are ours coach 🙏🏻
So it worked out well… Thank you 🙏🏼
I don't have any comment other than it's great that you're putting this information out then when many wouldn't.
Thank you Ed, means a lot! If you got boxing questions and vid request just comment it down below mate 👇🏻
Class jaffa 🤜🏾
Thanks Paul
My man, we need more financial talks lol! My muscles are big but my bank is small.
Good to see a pro sportsman using his head n thinking for the future
I like this kind of honesty and transparency, thanks!
Glad you liked it Paolo.
You can check all my videos here: th-cam.com/users/TonyJeffries1videos
You deserved a lot more. Sucks that you never got the full signing on bonus. Is it normal for a trainer to ask for 10% of sponsorship money? I get 10% of the fight purse but a training asking for 10% of sponsorship money sounds unfair.
Really interesting video though, Tony. It's a good salary for a normal job but not so good when you consider you're putting your life at risk, racking up injuries, putting yourself through the stress of fighting in front of thousands of people.
I agre Tony, you definitely got paid too little, nevertheless you earned very decent money (I know fighters with similar backgrounds in other countries that got paid far less) and you were cleaver to invest it wisely... now look at you, combining passion, experience and entrepreneurial spirit…I admire you mate, thanks for the enthusiasm and the good content you provide to the boxing community, cheers and keep it up 🥊
Thank you for the comment mate, ur the best! Hope you share my new vid to ur social media!
You can check all my videos here: th-cam.com/users/TonyJeffries1videos
Honestly that's actually good your showing us this
well done for investing in your future! love your vids always to the point!
I am indian . Learn a lot from your video. Because of you I am 8-0 . 5 by knock out. 🙏 Thank you and I am a amateur boxer 17 year old. 🙏
Damn shame you are worth millions based on the knowledge you possess. Here's to a successful 2022! Your content has helped me improve my boxing tremendously.
Top video and congrats on everything you achieved
I'm from a small island in the middle of nowhere where we have our own boxing commission who sanctions fights under our country's laws but there are currently no active promoters licensed. Wanna know of you have ever considered getting into the promotion business. Perhaps you could do a video on the promotion business and what it was like interacting with them as a fighter. Were there lawyers involved etc. great channel bro
Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful wife. A trainer wanted me to turn pro in Phoenix back in 1986, but I chickened out. Another guy, same gym got 500 dollars for one fight in Phoenix.
For getting punched in the face for my entertainment... you got paid way to little! Respect to you and welldone.
Wow, incredible how in Mexico you don't get even a fraction of that. For comparisons, Canelo Álvarez got paid 800 MXN in his first professional fight, that's about 40 to 45 Euros...
That is obviously too little for a fighter with such great amateur achievements.
He’s a pro lmao
@@zwurka6826 he means the amateur background he had by the time he turned pro, especially having an olympic medal
No idea why this come up on my you tube, great video and a fantastic insight of the break down expenses.
Thanks mate, what's ur fav vid so far?
@@Tony_Jeffries this one as its the only one I've watched so far lol. It's great content this video from a boxing fan perspective giving us a insight into a subject we know little about. Can't judge if you should've made more, or less but working 2 jobs and training at the same time, fair play to you
It's such a shame you had to retire Tony. You were deprived of the big pay days, and we lost out on some great fight entertainment. Anyway, you kept in good health and your accumen outside the ring enables you to reach your financial goals.
Clearly for the amount of work and danger is involved I’d say it might be not as much as people wish for - but it’s definitely much better than what you can earn in many other countries (even in Europe), the amount you said was very surprising to me (expected it much lower)
Glad you invested wisely and unlike most boxers didn't end up skint being an Olympic medalist meant you earned decent money where most pros without great amateur careers earn peanuts .boxing is a very precarious sport earnings wise only a tiny percentage make decent money. That Jeffrey's got out with his faculty's and some good investments is quite rare but good luck to him.
I was curious about purses and extras. Thanks for sharing.
I think you got paid too little. The effort to not only get in that kind of shape, let alone honing your skill set must have to be factored in. Also the sad fact that anything can happen inside a ring must be considered. Glad you used the cash wisely!