BOXING underdog Josh Padley has seen his payslip revealed for his world lightweight title fight with Shakur Stevenson.
Padley had been working as an electrician last week and had planned to do DIY in his new home when he received a phone call bringing him in as a last-minute substitute to fight Stevenson.
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The Doncaster-born star was then flown out to Saudi Arabia to replace Floyd Schofield after he fell ill through alleged poisoning.
On just four days’ notice, Padley, who had won favour after stunning Mark Chamberlain on the Anthony Joshua v Daniel Dubois undercard in September, fought valiantly against the world champion.
However, after nine rounds of brutal punishment, his coach threw in the towel to stop the fight and confirm the first defeat of his career at 15-1.
A week on from the fight, Padley has revealed he is set to quit his day job to pursue boxing full-time.
It comes after he collected a sizeable fight purse despite the defeat.
According to figures from Sporty Salaries, Padley earned a cool £395,000 ($500,000) which is perhaps the biggest of his young career.
Speaking after the fight, Padley revealed his plans to commit to boxing fully.
He said: “Luckily I am in a position now where I can probably pack that in and fully dedicate my life to boxing.
“I’m grateful for that, thank you to Turki for giving me that opportunity, we’ll be back.
“There’s more of that to come. That was four days’ notice. Eight-week camp and I know I’ll be better.”
He added: “I would have loved to have got the win and there would have been some back story to it, but didn’t get it.
“I tried my hardest, no regrets, I gave it everything I could, but the body wasn’t conditioned to take them shots.”
Padley’s impressive showing last weekend could land him another bout in Riyadh Season.
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