The insane amount Horn, Mundine earned per second

Moments after Jeff Horn knocked out Anthony Mundine in just 96 seconds, the Queenslander was asked whether he was disappointed to have beaten his 43-year-old rival so easily.

“No, not really, because it saves my brain that little bit more,” Horn said.

“I’m happy to get it over and done quickly.”

One of Anthony Mundine’s great strengths as a boxer was his ability to get rivals paid, but he almost always put up a fight. More than that, he almost always went the distance.

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It didn’t happen on Friday night as the 30-year-old Horn attacked from the opening bell to win halfway through the first round.

It made for perhaps the easiest night of his boxing career on what was his most lucrative, a reported cheque of up to $3 million awaiting the former WBO welterweight champion.

Whether the final numbers changed with pay-per-view or ticket sales remains to be seen but the two fighters would have left Suncorp Stadium last night at least $2m richer.

That is a whopping $21,000 per second at a minimum. Increase their pay day to $3m and it’s an incredible $31,250.

Those figures compare very favourably to his previous three fights.

Horn reportedly picked up $1m for his fights against Manny Pacquiao and Gary Corcoran, with those going 12 and 11 rounds respectively.

He went on to earn $1.7m against American Terence Crawford in June – a relatively paltry $1154 per second for the nine-round defeat.

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The pay-per-view put punters out $59.95 and pubs around the country paid plenty more for just 96 seconds of action in the main event at Suncorp Stadium.

At least the venues could make their money back on drinks and grub – those at home averaged a gold-coin donation for every second.

With all due respect to the undercard fighters, it was a high price to pay to watch Jeff Horn, a 30-year-old at the peak of his powers, take on a 43-year-old Anthony Mundine.

No one will begrudge the likable former schoolteacher his pay day but the first-round knockout left a sour taste in the mouth of Australians sports fans.

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