Tyson Fury reportedly made excess of Francis Ngannou of their high-profile boxing match final month.
Final month in Saudi Arabia, ‘The Gypsy King ‘and ‘The Predator’ confronted off. The boxing match was the primary within the profession of Francis Ngannou, whereas the bout was the one factor standing between Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk. The heavyweight title unification was tentatively slated for December twenty third.
Nevertheless, that bout has now been moved to February. Within the heavyweight bout final month, Francis Ngannou carried out significantly better than anybody anticipated. He scored a uncommon knockdown of Tyson Fury, in addition to slicing open the boxer. In the end, the Brit escaped the evening with a split-decision victory.
That being stated, it was onerous for both man to essentially really feel like a loser. Publish-fight, Francis Ngannou revealed that the boxing match earned him excess of his complete MMA profession to that time. Whereas no official purse was ever launched, stories have alleged that the PFL heavyweight made $10 million dollars.
Nevertheless, that’s only a drop within the bucket in comparison with Tyson Fury’s payout. On the press convention saying his bout with Oleksandr Usyk earlier this week, ‘The Gypsy King’ alleged that he made upwards of $50 million {dollars}. The proper quantity is probably going in that ballpark, given Saudi Arabia’s fame for overpaying for sporting athletes, and occasions.
When it comes to profitability, the jury remains to be out on Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou. Dave Meltzer alleged that the occasion bought round 1oo,000 pay-per-view buys. In the meantime, Ariel Helwani later provided up an estimate of 400,000 pay-per-view buys. Estimates apart, it appears the 2 heavyweights have been compensated effectively.
What do you make of this information? Did you watch Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou final month?
