TYSON FURY has made a whopping $1million (£726,000) selling an NFT of his world heavyweight titles.
The WBC king partnered with artist George Rollo and FomoLabs in May to launch his premium boxing NFTs (non-fungible tokens).
An NFT is a unique digitised piece of work that is stored on a blockchain, making it unreplicable.
Fury kickstarted his NFT journey by dropping the ‘Lineal by Tyson Fury’ token, the first of six open editions.
And the inaugural token sold for a whopping $987,000 ($717,000).
In a press release after the sale, Fury said: “Huge thanks to all of the bidders, buyers, and the platform, HoDooi.com, for this NFT drop
“It was great working with the HoDooi team and I’m happy we are all a part of history with one of the highest bids on a single sporting NFT!”
HoDooi’s CEO – Matt Luczynski – said: “We are delighted to have been able to break records with Tyson’s NFT launch.
It was great working with the HoDooi team and I’m happy we are all a part of history with one of the highest bids on a single sporting NFT
Tyson Fury
“HoDooi.com has only just begun its journey and we have a lot more in store for our users and for the crypto space!
“The HOD token will give our users the most exclusive access moving forward.”
Fan favourite Fury, 32, was due to be back in the ring this weekend for a trilogy fight with rival Deontay Wilder.
But the pair’s Las Vegas showdown was postponed earlier this month after The Gypsy King tested positive for Covid-19.
The third instalment of Fury vs Wilder will now take place in Sin City on October 9.
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Fury said of the delay: “I wanted nothing more than to smash the Big Dosser on July 24, but I guess the beating will have to wait.
“Make no mistake, I will be back and better than ever. We will fight October 9, and I will knock him spark out.”
Fury ended Wilder’s five-year-long reign atop of the WBC heavyweight division last February, stopping the American in the seventh round of their Vegas rematch.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
