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Anthony Joshua Is Taking A Huge Pay Cut To Fight Kubrat Pulev

Anthony Joshua Is Taking A Huge Pay Cut To Fight Kubrat Pulev

He's still not doing too badly from it...

Max Miller

Max Miller

Anthony Joshua faces Kubrat Pulev on Saturday night, returning to the ring over a year since his victory over Andy Ruiz in Saudi Arabia.

However, the 31-year-old won't be matching the £66 million payday from the Ruiz bout that was reported by Talksport.

According to the Daily Telegraph, this time round Joshua will be taking home around £10 million - which still isn't a bad wage.

This means that Joshua will be earning a whopping £56 million less than he did when he reclaimed the WBA, WBO, and IBF world heavyweight titles from Ruiz last year.

This may be slightly disappointing to the two-time world heavyweight champion, haing told GQ, "I need to be a billionaire," a few years back.

However, before he starts worrying about his earnings, Joshua will have to concentrate on defeating Pulev.

The Bulgarian holds a similar record to the Brit, with 28 victorys and one defeat - against Wladimir Klitschko. To compare, Joshua has 23 victories and one defeat - conquering Klitschko but falling in a shock loss to Ruiz in 2019.

Joshua spoke ahead of the fight to warn that a year without fighting could leave him rusty: "This year has just thrown every obstacle at us all. I might go in there, I can tell you that I'm a million dollars, I feel good, I've been knocking everyone out in sparring.

"I'm the one that's coming up now and I'm going to be the undisputed champ and I go in there on Saturday night and I [might] get my head punched in because I've got ring rust. Who knows?

Meanwhile, Pulev is confident of the upset: "He's strong. He has power, and that power is very dangerous. But I am technically better and I think this is very important in this fight. We see a lot of mistakes from Anthony. A lot of bad sides to him. I think these mistakes, and the bad sides, have stayed. When I am good, I beat him well."

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