As one of Britain’s most popular fighters, here at SportsLens we have decided to take a deep dive into the career of Josh Warrington. Read on to find out all about the Leeds man’s net worth, career earnings and sponsors from boxing.
Josh Warrington Net Worth
Josh Warrington became world champion for the first time way back in May 2018, defeating Lee Selby as a huge underdog at Elland Road, home of his beloved Leeds United. Warrington then lost his titles but became a two-time world champion in 2022, before once again losing his titles to the best featherweight in the world in Luis Alberto Lopez.
Here at SportsLens, we have decided to take a deep dive into the career earnings and net worth of Josh Warrington. It’s fair to say that the 1990-born boxer has made an absolute fortune in his career so far and won’t be worrying about his bank balance anytime soon!
As of today, Josh Warrington’s net worth is said to be around £5 million (source: All Famous Birthdays).
The British boxing superstar has gradually made more and more money as his career has progressed up to world level right now. Warrington has been boxing at world level for several years now. With that comes big pay-days and great money.
‘The Leeds Warrior’ has been earning lucrative purses these past few years since stepping up to world level back in 2018. Warrington has proved he is one of the best fighters in the division and has been paid millions to back this up.
The majority of the Warrington’s income of course comes from boxing. He is one of the biggest stars in the featherweight division and has a huge following in Leeds with incredibly passionate fans. Warrington is a British boxing success story, as well as being an incredibly rich man.
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Josh Warrington Career Earnings & Purses
Josh Warrington has been a professional boxer since he made his debut way back in October 2009 – 15 years ago. Since then, Warrington has had 34 more pro fights, earning more money as his career has progressed. Now, he is earning the biggest purses of his career by quite some distance.
‘The Leeds Warrior’ has seemingly earned tidy purses throughout his career, but has began to make serious money these past few years. Now, Josh Warrington gets paid incredibly well every time he steps into the ring.
All in all, this means that Josh Warrington’s total career earnings inside the ring equates to roughly £8.5 million.
This makes the Leeds man one of the highest paid fighters in the featherweight division, as well as one of the biggest draws at 126-pounds.
It is unknown the exact purse amount that Josh Warrington has made for each of his 35 professional fights to date. However, for his maiden world title challenge against Lee Selby back in July 2018, it is reported that Warrington took home a purse of £500,000 (source: Total Sportal).
In his first defence against Carl Frampton, a fight in which Warrington stunned fans by winning comfortably on points despite being the pre-fight underdog with UK bookmakers, Warrington reportedly earned a purse of £1.2 million (source: DAZN). This is the biggest purse of Josh Warrington’s career to date.
The Leeds man has also taken home plenty of six figure purses throughout his career. Warrington pocketed over £600k for his two fights with Mauricio Lara, £750,000 for his bout with Luis Alberto Lopez and around £1 million for his grudge match with Sheffield’s Kid Galahad back in 2019 (source: Sports Payouts).
He also reportedly earned half-a-million pounds last time out in his world title defeat to Leigh Wood. These are just some of Warrington’s biggest career purses. More on his earnings outside of the ring next.
Josh Warrington Fight Purses (Last 10):
| Fight | Fight Purse |
|---|---|
| Josh Warrington vs Leigh Wood | £500,000 |
| Josh Warrington vs Luis Alberto Lopez | £750,000 |
| Josh Warrington vs Kiko Martinez | £500,000 |
| Josh Warrington vs Mauricio Lara 2 | £325,000 |
| Josh Warrington vs Mauricio Lara | £300,000 |
| Josh Warrington vs Sofiane Takoucht | £250,000 |
| Josh Warrington vs Kid Galahad | £1 million |
| Josh Warrington vs Carl Frampton | £1.2 million |
| Josh Warrington vs Lee Selby | £500,000 |
| Josh Warrington vs Dennis Ceylan | £120,000 |
Purse info per Sports Payouts
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Josh Warrington Sponsorship Deals
In terms of endorsements and sponsorships, Josh Warrington has a fair few. Given the fact he is a great fighter and is incredibly marketable, sponsors have been queuing up to get on board ‘The Leeds Warrior’ hype-train in recent years.
Of course, the 1990-born boxing superstar makes the majority of his money from competing inside the ring, but he also has various sponsorship deals outside of the ring that help boost his net worth too.
The 33-year-old is sponsored by at least seven companies that we know of for certain. Warrington’s biggest endorsement deal is with clothing brand 11 Degrees, whilst he also has partnerships with the likes of 32Red, Footasylum, Sanctuary Bathrooms, Dakota Hotels, MAM Roofing Services LTD and FCI Markets.
Due to these sponsors, Josh Warrington earns a tidy sum outside of the ring, as well as earning a pretty penny in it. Now he is competing at world level in the featherweight division, his earnings outside of the ring will continue to grow with various sponsors wanting to get on ‘The Leeds Warrior’ hype-train.
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