Chris Algieri (C) of the U.S. falls after taking a punch from Manny Pacquiao (L) of the Philippines during their World Boxing Organisation (WBO) 12-round welterweight title fight at the Venetian Macao hotel in Macau November 23, 2014.
Chris Algieri (C) of the U.S. falls after taking a punch from Manny Pacquiao (L) of the Philippines during their World Boxing Organisation (WBO) 12-round welterweight title fight at the Venetian Macao hotel in Macau November 23, 2014. Reuters/Tyrone Siu
Chris Algieri (C) of the U.S. falls after taking a punch from Manny Pacquiao (L) of the Philippines during their World Boxing Organisation (WBO) 12-round welterweight title fight at the Venetian Macao hotel in Macau November 23, 2014. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu (CHINA - Tags: SPORT BOXING)

For all the battering that his handsome face got, just-beaten American boxer Chris Algieri got a minimum guaranteed purse of $1.67 million for his Nov 22 bout against Manny Pacquiao.

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That would be more than double the $1 million he got for wresting the WBO junior lightweight title in July from Ruslan Provodnikov, which in turn is a 10-fold hike from his previous fight, according to Bleacher Report.

But of course, the bigger purse went to Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao who got a minimum guaranteed purse of $25 million. That's more than 1 billion pesos when converted to Philippine currency, which means Pacquiao will remain the richest congressman in the country.

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That's a mean feat for the 35-year-old boxer who took to boxing as a way out of poverty. When he started in boxing, Pacquiao had to work as a construction worker paid probably even below the minimum wage. But living a hard life was not new to Pacquiao whose mum, Dionesia, had to sell peanuts to survive and feed her big brood from two failed relationships.

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The above amounts are just the minimum for the two boxers since both would still get their share of the pay-per-view buys. Fightsaga doubts the 750,000 to 900,000 estimate made by Top Rank Promotions boss Bob Arum and said it would be a surprise if the bout would generate 350,000 PPV buys.

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In turn, Forbes reckoned that Pacquiao's career earnings after Saturday's epic match, wherein the Filipino champ knocked out the King of New York six times, would reach $335 million, including new endorsements.

Those amounts should send the Philippine tax agency sniffing for more money it could collect from Pacquiao.