On August 20, Boxing fans around the world will witness the expected rematch between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk. The winner in this match will collect all 4 Boxing championships WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO.
Tomorrow match worth about 83 million pounds. In which, the organization from Saudi Arabia paid 66.4 million pounds to host the match, as well as hold the entire television rights.
Initially, Joshua and USYK plans to receive remuneration from the amount of 66.4 million pounds in the ratio of 60-40 in favor of British boxers. However, the rate of profit division has been changed to 50-50. It is estimated that each boxer can earn £ 33.2 million (including image copyright).
For Anthony Joshua, this amount can be considered as a step back compared to when he remained against Andy Ruiz 3 years ago. In the match taking place in 2019, the 2012 Olympic champion pocketed up to 46 million pounds, the largest amount he received for a match in his career.
In the upcoming competition between Joshua and USYK, in addition to the amount of profit, the winner also received a few bonuses based on the paid turn to watch the match on the two Sky Sports channels in the UK and on Dazn around the world. Meanwhile, the remaining 16.6 million pounds from 83 million pounds will be paid for other matches in this event.
In the first match between Joshua and USYK in September 2021 in London, USYK defeated Joshua after 12 rounds with the score of 117-112, 116-112 and 115-113 to win 4 championship belts from the opponent.