Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn are expected to share a purse of roughly $30 million for Saturday’s WBC welterweight title fight, about $15 million apiece, according to reporting cited by The Guardian, bet365 and Heavy. There is no official figure. Nevada no longer requires purses to be disclosed, so every number circulating before the fight is an estimate from the promotion and the fighters’ camps rather than a commission filing.
| Fighter | Reported purse | Previous paydays |
|---|---|---|
| Ryan Garcia | About $15 million | Reported $20 million vs. Mario Barrios (Feb. 2026); around $30 million each for Gervonta Davis (2023) and Devin Haney (2024), the Haney purse reduced after the no contest |
| Conor Benn | About $15 million | Roughly £8 million (about $10 million) for each Chris Eubank Jr. fight; reported $15 million vs. Regis Prograis (April 2026) |
Why the Split Is Even
Garcia is the champion and the bigger draw in the US, but Benn came in as Zuffa Boxing’s marquee British signing and the purse is reported to be jointly funded by Turki Alalshikh and SELA, which is why the number has been described as a 50/50 split rather than the usual champion heavy division. Neither side has disclosed a separate winner’s bonus or a pay per view cut; in the US the card is on Paramount+ with no pay per view at all, which removes the upside boxers usually count on.
How It Compares
$15 million would be a career high for Benn in dollar terms and roughly in line with Garcia’s recent paydays. It is a fraction of what the sport’s biggest fights have paid since Saudi backed promotion reshaped the economics: Canelo Alvarez reportedly cleared $100 million against Terence Crawford last September.
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The Bottom Line
Around $15 million each is the consistent estimate, with no official confirmation and no public pay per view bonus structure. Treat anything more precise than that as a guess.