Tyson Fury will shockingly LOSE $35 million of his massive purse to UK taxes in Oleksandr Usyk rematch
Report: Former WBC lineal Tyson Fury will lose $35 million of his huge payday to UK taxes in shock move against Oleksandr Usyk.
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Tyson Fury will shockingly forfeit $35m purse to UK taxes vs. Oleksandr Usyk (Source: X)
Ex-WBC lineal boxing heavyweight Tyson Fury will bank around $85 million against heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk later today. This is his second go at the 4-belt era’s first undisputed champ, Live on DAZN pay-per-view (PPV) from inside Kingdom Arena in Riyadh. However, whichever way it goes, Fury is returning with a lighter purse.
The grit Brit (kidding…he’s bloated over the edge) sleeved up to $50 million in revenue, with $40 million in sponsorship and $3 million in gates the last time. Additionally, ESPN’s Boxing Insider Mike Coppinger (@MikeCoppinger) noted that the first clinical trade-off made a humongous 1.5 million PPV buyouts! Tyson Fury himself banked £45 million more on a 70-30 split, with Oleksandr Usyk leaving with the WBC, WBO, WBA, and IBF belts in hand.
This time around, however, Fury will cough up around $35 million when he returns to the UK. This is according to a recent report in The Mirror, which has taken information from data analyst JeffBet.
If you are a resident in the UK you have to pay tax on overseas earnings in the same way, and that remains the same no matter how much someone might earn, …Good tax advice is always important and in this case you can be sure the Fury camp will have looked at an agreement that would be the most beneficial
A JeffBet spokesperson for the DAZN PPV OLEKSANDR USYK VS. TYSON FURY 2 Media
Saturday’s main event rematch is expected to draw huge crowds for 2024’s final event. As a result, Fury and Usyk are set to share a massive pot of $190 million in purse money. Last time round, DAZN, TNT Sports Box Office (MMA and Boxing in the UK, Ireland region), and Sky Sports Box Office streamed the affair. A similar punter of fans will congregate to see the Morecambe native vs. Oleksandr Usyk again.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury 2 will have a whopping, record breaking $190 million dollar purse split for their fight. pic.twitter.com/jyhNI9Ezm9
— Timothy Wheaton MMA (@TimWheatonMMA) December 1, 2024
Fury will have to pay around 47 percent to His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs for fighting in Saudi Arabia. Earning $85 million for half an hour of fighting is incredible in itself. But to pay $35 million in taxes on the money made is downright wild. Fury paid the same tax structure on his previous $100M bank, but this revenge bill stings more.
Repetition or redemption? Giant Tyson Fury to utilize size for rematch with Oleksandr Usyk
Seven months after a thrilling first fight, unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) has his second pounce. ‘Cat’ defends his WBC, WBA and WBO titles against Tyson ‘The Gypsy King’ Fury, live on DAZN PPV.
The first Usyk vs. Fury fight was an instant classic. Fury dominated the first half of the fight before Usyk took over in the second. The Ukrainian heavyweight did receive a blunt upper in R7. But, otherwise, Usyk worked it out in the stretch. So – what’s the solution? Double the size and anger issues for Tyson Fury.
The 6’9″, 281-pound Fury looked like a giant when he faced the 6’3″, 226-pound Usyk. The 36-year-old Fury, a former WBC heavyweight champion, is a year and a half younger than Usyk. The Ukrainian turns 38 on the 17th of January.
Fury’s size and youth will give Oleksandr a hard time unless he can stay outside the range of Fury’s punches, He can also use Fury’s huge suction maul against him. So says boxing promoter Frank Warren, under whose didactics the Englishman triggered a rematch clause.
They both know they can hurt each other. Tyson has fabulous recuperative powers, as you saw in the ninth round. In the tenth and eleventh rounds, he couldn’t capitalize on it, Usyk, but in the 12th round, …He finished as the stronger of the two…Whoever takes the center of the ring and pushes the other guy back, that guy is going to struggle. That’s the type of fight. Tyson can do something that Usyk can’t do, …Tyson can fight on the back foot
Frank Warren to DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) – OLEKSANDR USYK VS. TYSON FURY 2 | REIGNITED | WEIGH IN LIVESTREAM
He presents that the former champ, the larger of the two, can balance it out on his back feet and be a sturdy challenge. Oleksandr Usyk’s elite boxing skills, footwork, and ring IQ make him a matchup nightmare. His opponent, Tyson Fury, is an expert at making the necessary adaptations. For now, it’s a literal puncher’s chance.
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