Fury looks to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis tonight against Usyk and he will earn a massive £80million for t will earn a massive £80million for his undisputed heavyweight world title fight tonight against .
Heavyweight champions Fury and Usyk fight for all four major titles tonight in Saudi Arabia. Their mega-fight will crown the first undisputed champion at their weight class since Lennox Lewis achieved the remarkable feat in 1999. Fury is expected to make 70 percent of the total fight purse as Usyk will likely pocket around £35million for the undisputed clash.
The Brit hasn’t fought since winning a controversial decision against former champion in their crossover bout last October. Fury, whose paydays have skyrocketed since fighting to a draw with in 2018, pocketed an estimated £50million for his nervy win against Ngannou.
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are set to lock horns in a huge bout on May 18 with each fighter attempting to etch their name in boxing history as the first undisputed heavyweight champion since 1999. The stakes couldn’t be higher as the pair will go head to head for the prestigious WBC, WBA, WBO, and IBF titles.
“There is no question he is Britain’s highest earner, by far,” Fury’s promoter Frank Warren said. “He’s made big money; think of all the records. He was in the highest-grossing heavyweight fight ever to take place in Las Vegas between him and The fight at Wembley Stadium against was the highest-grossing event they’ve ever had.
“He sold 60,000 tickets at Tottenham for an open-air show in December against Derek Chisora – come on, that’s what he is. “If he beats Usyk he will have done something no-one else has ever done. He will have unified four belts, nobody has ever done that. “I said to him, ‘You will care about your legacy when you retire – and everywhere you go, if you do the business, they’ll say there’s the man’.
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“I just feel Tyson will show and prove that he is the best heavyweight of his generation by far. I think he will just keep him on the back foot and just break him down.” Fury has an estimated net worth of just under £300million and regardless of tonight’s result, he will earn another massive payday when he fights Usyk for the second time in October.
Fury has been respectable of Usyk throughout fight week but weighing in at his lightest in five years for the fight. “I’m going to knock this little f***er spark out. I’m coming for his heart, that’s what I’m coming for. F*** his belts, I’m coming for his f****ng heart. F*** him and f*** all of his team too, f*** the lot of them. They can all get it if they want too, s***houses,” he said.