Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk fight purses revealed

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The fight purses for Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk have been revealed in a report by the Daily Star.

While AJ was insistent before of the fight that he was not looking ahead to a potential unification bout with Tyson Fury, the evidence suggests that he underestimated the threat of Oleksandr Usyk.

Joshua had no clear plan as to how he was going to nullify the threats posed by Usyk, notably that left-hand, which landed several times without any apparent intervention from AJ or his corner.

As a result, Usyk was crowned heavyweight champion of the world on the night, with Joshua’s career now in tatters.

Oleksandr Usyk was crowned heavyweight champion of the world on Saturday night

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At least, though it’ll be little consolation to him right now, he earned a quite obscene amount of cash from taking the fight, considerably more than Usyk did, despite the Ukrainian securing the victory.

As reported by the Daily Star, Joshua will bank around £15m once PPVs are taking into account, with his opponent unlikely to receive more than £3m.

Ultimately, Usyk would rather the belts than the cash, as would AJ.

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