American YouTuber and presenter Wade Plemons, or as he is known on his channel, The W.A.D.E Concept, took to Twitter to give his take on the massive discrepancies in the pay scale between fighters in the recently concluded influencer boxing event by Social Gloves.
The event was held at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, California. The main event featured Austin McBroom and Ali "Gib" in a 180-pound contest. McBroom, who made his professional debut, lost in the fourth round as a result of a knockout.
Speaking about the disclosed fees of the influencers, Wade Plemons said:
As shared by the Twitter account Jedi Goodman, the Social Gloves 2 event featured some topsy turvy pay scales among the influencers contesting the event.
According to the disclosed data, the headline-making fighters, Gib and Austin, made $50K and $10K, respectively. Former basketball player Nick Young, who defeated TikTok star Malcolm Minikon, made $100K compared to the latter's $25K.
The biggest discrepancy between the match fees came between LeVeon Bell and Adrian Peterson. The former reportedly made a whopping $250K compared to Adrian's measly $15K. Both are NFL athletes.
Austin's younger brother Landon was also featured on the fight card as he took on YouTuber Adam Saleh. The duo made $5K and $100K, respectively.
The rest of the competitor's match fees were fairly close. For instance, TV personality Cody Wharton and former football player Chase Demoor made $45K and $50K respectively, making it an even fare.
Wade Plemons took to his Twitter account to call out the strange gap between some of the fighters. He said:
However, considering that these are only "disclosed" fees, Wade Plemons also mentioned that there may be certain provisions that allow
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