ANTHONY JOSHUA and Tyson Fury could earn a staggering £100million EACH from just the first fight of their heavyweight unification showdown.
The Times claim the deal, which will include a split 50-50 purse between the two British stars, remains dependent on both of them winning their next bouts.
Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury could reportedly earn as much as £100m each from their unification showdown
Joshua, 30, is first set to fight Kubrat Pulev, with Fury taking on Deontay Wilder in the third fight of their trilogy.
WBA, IBF and WBO champion AJ is said to have raked in around £45m after beating Andy Ruiz Jr in Saudi Arabia last December.
While Fury, 31, reportedly earned in the region of £8m for capturing the WBC title when he stopped Wilder in February.
But the two British heavyweights stand to eclipse those numbers with their two-fight deal that will become one of the richest bouts in history.
A source told the Times: “It’s impossible to predict how much a second fight could command because it really depends on how the first fight goes.
“But I think the two of them could expect to earn between £150 million and £200 million for the first fight.”
Joshua and Fury’s bout, now pencilled in for 2021, is expected be the most lucrative fight EVER to not feature Floyd Mayweather.
Watford-born AJ is already estimated to be worth over £100m while the Gypsy King is at around the £70m mark.
But their highly-anticipated clash has been surrounded in controversy following the involvement of Fury’s adviser Daniel Kinahan, who has been accused of managing an organised crime group.
The Gypsy King praised Kinahan in helping to strike a deal with his heavyweight boxing rival for two fights next year.
And Ireland’s prime minister Leo Varadkar has since been urged to intervene by Taoiseach Varadkar following the namecheck.
Fury’s camp has defended Kinahan’s role even though the US has banned him from entering the country.
The Dubai-based businessman, who formed the MGM boxing stable with ex-fighter Matt Macklin that morphed into MTK, has no criminal record.
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Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
