Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk fight purses: How much AJ & Ukrainian rival could bank from world title clash
ANTHONY JOSHUA could bank a massive £30million for Saturday night’s defence against Oleksandr Usyk.
The 60,000-plus seater Spurs stadium sold out in just about 30 minutes – and could have done so three more times over.
If the average price of those seats is £250 then the standard gate alone could be as much as £15million.
And that is without totting up the 80 VIP hospitality boxes in the stadium that go for around £10,000 a pop and could coin in an extra £800,000.
The Sky Sports Box Office Show is priced at £24.95 and if it hits the magic 1,000,000 mark then that’s around another £25million in the kitty.
That equates to a conservative sum of around £40million.
And it will be split between champion AJ – who is fighting on a home show as the unquestionable A-side of the equation – and the brilliant but certainly B-side challenger.
With Joshua, 31, taking home the lion’s share, it could leave Usyk, 34, still with a handsome £10m payday.
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Joshua’s rematch with Ruiz sold 1.2m pay-per-views, Parker in 2018 did 1.1m, Povetkin sold 800,000, and the first Ruiz fight drew around 500,000 – even at 4am.
AJ banked close to £20m against Kubrat Pulev, his last fight in December, and that was behind closed doors with just 1000 fans.