Celebrity boxing comes with the fame, the cameras and the bragging rights, but there is another part of the business that fans rarely see: the payday.
Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF) president Moses Muhangi has revealed that organisers do not always agree on a celebrity fighter’s final payment before the bout.
Instead, they watch the fight, assess what happened in the ring and then sit down to decide how much each celebrity should receive.
Usually, it is after the fight that we sit down and look at the outcomes.
Muhangi explained that organisers use the outcome of each contest when they work out the payments.
It is from there that we know who is paid what amount, depending on the game.
His comments pull back the curtain on the money side of a format that has become increasingly popular in Uganda.
The Uganda Boxing Federation has organised or sanctioned at least four celebrity and corporate boxing matches, bringing familiar faces into the ring and attracting audiences who might not normally follow the sport.
But the celebrity name alone does not determine the final cheque, according to Muhangi.
Organisers first let the celebrities fight, then they sit down and work out what each participant gets.
The crowd may leave talking about the punches, but the money conversation starts after the action ends.
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