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Anthony Joshua Set For Mammoth Payday For Wladimir Klitschko Title Fight

Anthony Joshua Set For Mammoth Payday For Wladimir Klitschko Title Fight

It's the fight of his life and he'll be well paid.

Ryan Sidle

Ryan Sidle

It's fight week of the one we've all been waiting for, Joshua vs Klitschko. The undefeated Britain and the veteran heavyweight go toe-to-toe on Saturday and Joshua is set to earn a very healthy pay packet.

On Saturday night Carl Froch is going to be in tears as his boast of knocking George Groves out in front of 80,000 people at Wembley won't be quite as impressive as Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko face off in the same venue in front of 90,000!

Last time there was boxing at Wembley Carl Froch apparently knocked out George Groves, never mentions it though. Image: PA Images

The two heavyweights, both figuratively and physically, could have met in December but an injury to the 41 year old Ukrainian and no guarantee of a WBA title on the line put paid to it but it just made us even more excited for the fight.

Finally on Saturday the pair will get it on with the IBF, WBA (Super) and IBO world titles all on the line in London.

The fight is set to generate a record breaking £50 million revenue, making it the UK's richest ever fight, and according to reports that mean former Olympic champion AJ is set to pocket £15 million for his night's work.

Antony Joshua
Antony Joshua

AJ wins his first world title. Image: PA Images

Speaking ahead of the fight Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn said he thinks the pair of fighters won't be considering money, "Of course there is a lot of money at stake. With all these things, you can do the maths.

"I don't like breaking it down to figures - but you know the pay-per-view price and you know the capacity of Wembley.

"Anthony and Wladimir know the levels of income that could be achieved - but I don't think it's in their minds."

Pay-per-view buys are thought to be likely to be at the one and a half million mark, beating the amount of buys in the country for Ricky Hatton's loss to Floyd Mayweather loss in 2007.

Fury Klitschko
Fury Klitschko

Last time Klitschko was in the ring he lost his world titles to Tyson Fury. Image: PA Images

A further £8 million, on top of the apparent £30 million for PPV buys, is likely to come out from a sold out national stadium, which normally sees football fans bored to tears by the England team!

£7 million will be made from tv stations in Germany, the US and elsewhere buying rights for the fight and sponsorship and merchandising will be worth an extra £1 million for the fight.

Saturday night could be a truly epic night for boxing and the heavyweight division, with the return of Tyson Fury and the prospect of the winner facing Deontay Wilder down the line it's really exciting right now.

Who do you think will win?

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