A career is short, and the money does not arrive on a regular payslip. Here is how we plan around both.
Most careers build slowly, peak for a handful of fights, then stop. The plan has to be built around that shape, not a steady income that never actually arrives.
Fighting abroad can trigger foreign withholding tax on the purse before it even reaches the fighter, sometimes reducing take-home pay by 20 to 30 percent depending on the country and any tax treaty in place. We plan for this before the fight is signed, not after the money lands short.
We work alongside trusted, independent financial advisors on the investment side. Our job is the structuring: making sure the money is set up correctly before it ever reaches an adviser.