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Amir Khan gets just £600k for Vegas headline fight

ESPN staff
December 12, 2014
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Amir Khan is seeking a £6 million pay day to fight Floyd Mayweather but he will receive just over £600,000 for his bout against Devon Alexander at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday.

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Indeed, Khan's purse will pale in comparison to that picked up by Mayweather at the same venue in September, when he was guaranteed a $32m (£20m) payout for his rematch against Marcos Maidana, who is said to have received $5m (£3.1m).

Mayweather also infamously posted an image on his Instagram account earlier this year showing off two cheques totalling $72m (£45m) from his first fight against Maidana and his win over Saul Alvarez in 2013.

The payout that Khan will receive is also dwarfed by the £8m Carl Froch is reported to have taken home from his rematch in May against George Groves, who picked up £2m himself.

Khan's will not even be the biggest pay day in Vegas that weekend, with Timothy Bradley Jr making twice as much with a $2m (£1.2m) purse over at the Cosmopolitan for his headline fight against Diego Chaves, who will collect just $35,000 (£22,000).

Still, at least Khan will be picking up more than his opponent at the MGM Grand, with Alexander making $600,000 (£80,000) for their main event, which is in essence an eliminator for a possible shot at Mayweather.

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