Erislandy Lara the most prominent names in the (light middleweight) boxing category. He start earning big money from the fight purses. In 2008 he made professional debut in boxing after defeating (Ivan Maslov) in Turkey. How much rich (Erislandy Lara) after winning back to back fights.
Per Fight Purse : $1 million (2018)
After defeating Tim Connors in a title fight on 2010 become the new champion (WBA Fedelatin light middleweight title). He get paid purse money $100k after winning the title. He suffered two fight defeates in his career once from (Canelo Alvarez) and other one Paul Williams. Lara getting big opportunities after winning his fight from the boxers (Yuri Foreman, Terrell Gausha, Ishe Smith).
His upcoming fight is with Jarrett Hurd where he will be defending his WBA (Super) and IBO light middleweight titles. If he wins the fight he will become new IBF light middleweight champion. The split of purse money will be 60/40 in his upcoming fight which means he will make a million. In last five fights of boxing Lara earn ($2.5 million) from the purse payouts.
| Opponent | Purse Money Bonus | Year |
| Jarrett Hurd | $1 million (estimated) | 2018 |
| Terrell Gausha | $700,000 | 2017 |
| Yuri Foreman | $550,000 | 2017 |
| Ishe Smith | $300,000 | 2014 |
| Canelo Álvarez | $500,000 | 2014 |