During a conversation with Max Kellerman on Ring Magazine<\/a>, the WWE President opened up about fighter pay, the lack of a middle class in boxing, and how WWE structures its talent income differently.<\/p>\nKellerman made a pointed observation about how boxing has historically failed to support a mid-tier of fighters\u2014guys who aren\u2019t main-event draws but still deserve sustainable careers. That opened the door for Khan to draw comparisons between boxing, UFC, and WWE when it comes to financial opportunity. Khan broke it down like this:<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, if it\u2019s a meritocracy, if you make it to the top and you\u2019re marketable, you get paid. That\u2019s how any job should be. Your job, my job, any job.\u201d<\/p>\n
He then turned to WWE\u2019s current structure, making it clear that while not everyone is living like a megastar, life is still good in the middle of the pack.<\/p>\n
\u201cSimilarly, in WWE\u2014if you\u2019re Roman Reigns, if you\u2019re Brock Lesnar, if you\u2019re Cody Rhodes, all the guys at the top of our game, CM Punk\u2014they\u2019re getting rich. They\u2019re getting rich, right? They\u2019re getting rich.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re in the middle, you\u2019re not getting rich, but you have a really good life.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s a strong contrast to the boxing world, where Khan says only a few fighters get truly rich\u2014and the rest barely scrape by. His comments came while discussing the launch of Zuffa Boxing under the TKO banner, where he emphasized building a better system with stronger fighter protections and long-term earning potential.<\/p>\n
Nick Khan\u2019s vision points to a model where everyone\u2014not just the champions\u2014can make a decent living. In WWE, that dream appears a lot more realistic than in boxing\u2019s fractured, title-cluttered ecosystem.<\/p>\n
What do you think about Nick Khan\u2019s take on WWE pay versus boxing? Do you agree that WWE\u2019s system creates a more stable future for athletes? Drop your thoughts in the comments and let us know how you\u2019d fix fighter pay.<\/p>\n
Please credit Ringside News<\/a> if you use the above transcript in your publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nick Khan has no illusions about how money flows in combat sports\u2014but when it comes to WWE, he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,104530,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-326139","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-nick-khan","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}