Questions, answered straight.
Everything we know so far — and what's still being decided.
What is The Boxer Fund?
A proposed member-funded future fund for professional boxers. Fighters join before age 22 and sign a binding pact to contribute a small share of their boxing and boxing-adjacent earnings into a pooled fund managed by professionals. Returns support members who didn't end up making money from the sport.
Is The Boxer Fund open now?
Not yet. It is a proposed program in formation. Right now we're building a founding list of interested fighters, gyms and partners. Nothing on this site is an offer of securities, insurance or investment, and all terms are subject to legal and regulatory review.
Why do you have to join before 22?
Because the pact only works if everyone signs before anyone knows who will become a star. If only struggling fighters joined, it wouldn't be insurance — it would be charity. Signing early means every member takes the same deal under the same uncertainty.
How much do members contribute?
As proposed: 2% of overall earnings from boxing and boxing-adjacent careers for every member, and 3% of gross proceeds for top earners above a threshold. The threshold is to be set with actuarial and legal advisors.
What earnings count?
Anything boxing or boxing-adjacent: purses, sponsorships, endorsement and other deals, commercials, media, and any business the boxer gets directly or indirectly as a result of their boxing career.
How are contributions paid?
Members agree to facilitate contributions through their managers and representatives. For example, a manager would remit the contribution to the fund at payout, alongside other standard deductions.
What happens if a member doesn't pay?
The pact is binding. As proposed, a member who fails to contribute faces a penalty: the fund may sue for three times (3x) the amount owed. It's firm because every other member is depending on it — a member who skips out is taking from the fighters the fund exists to protect. The exact terms and enforceability will be set by counsel.
Who manages the money?
The fund is designed to be managed by institutional investors and seasoned fund managers. None have been selected or appointed yet. Selection will follow legal and regulatory structuring.
Who gets paid out?
Fund returns are intended to support members who didn't end up making money from the sport — through payouts, education, and career-transition support. Eligibility criteria and benefit levels haven't been finalized.
Is this insurance or an investment?
Not yet either, legally. The Boxer Fund is a proposed program. Its legal form — and whether it is regulated as insurance, a pension, a trust, a security or something else — will be determined through legal and regulatory review before anything is offered.
Doesn't a pension for boxers already exist?
California runs a Professional Boxers' Pension Plan, which its athletic commission describes as the only boxer pension fund in the world. It counts only rounds fought in California and generally pays at age 50. There is no national boxer pension in the U.S.
Is this only for U.S. fighters?
The launch jurisdiction hasn't been decided. Tell us where you train when you join the founding list — it helps shape where the fund starts.
Does joining the founding list commit me to anything?
No. The founding list is just interest. It doesn't commit you to the pact, and no money changes hands.
Be a founding name in the corner
We are building the founding list of fighters, gyms, and institutional partners who want to shape the pact before it launches. No commitment, no money — just your voice at the start.