If you want to get paid good for kickboxing you should go overseas to Japan or Thailand or China, they all have major leagues over there.
I am a MMA fighter and I have taken a fight with the UFC for a undercard fightnight and I won by submission in the 2nd and I was paid $3,000 for the fight, (before taxes). If anybody tells you UFC pays they are a liar unless you are a top star like Courture, Liddel, Jackson to name a few.
Go to a MMA message board, they usually have the fighter payouts and you will see you don't make much money at all. That's why most fighters also work 9-5 jobs.
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Registered USA Boxing amateur boxers are not paid for competing - pro boxers are. Amateur boxers may receive a daily per diem if competing in a major tournament.
The k-1 fighters typically get paid per fight. However, some sponsors will give a fighter a monthly payment to help with training. The K-1 Grand Prix will get you about $400k.