By Daily Sports Nigeria on November 5, 2024

Anthony Joshua has been named among the top three highest-earning boxers in 2024 despite suffering a shocking defeat to Daniel Dubois in September, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.

The former two-time heavyweight champion earned a guaranteed purse of £6m from the Wembley Stadium bout, with additional pay-per-view revenue, potentially pushing his earnings beyond £25m if PPV buys reached 850,000.

Only Tyson Fury and Canelo Alvarez earned more than the British-Nigerian pugilist this year, with the Gipsy King banking an enormous $100m from his historic undisputed heavyweight clash against Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in May.

Mexican superstar Alvarez secured “north of $35m” for his successful undisputed super middleweight title defence against compatriot Jaime Munguia at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, according to boxing journalist Dan Rafael.

Anthony Joshua has been named among the top three highest-earning boxers in 2024 despite suffering a shocking defeat to Daniel Dubois in September, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.

The former two-time heavyweight champion earned a guaranteed purse of £6m from the Wembley Stadium bout, with additional pay-per-view revenue, potentially pushing his earnings beyond £25m if PPV buys reached 850,000.

Only Tyson Fury and Canelo Alvarez earned more than the British-Nigerian pugilist this year, with the Gipsy King banking an enormous $100m from his historic undisputed heavyweight clash against Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in May.

Mexican superstar Alvarez secured “north of $35m” for his successful undisputed super middleweight title defence against compatriot Jaime Munguia at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, according to boxing journalist Dan Rafael.

Joshua’s opponent, Dubois, had a guaranteed purse of £3.5m, with potential earnings of up to £8m based on PPV performance. The fight ended dramatically with Dubois knocking down AJ four times before securing a fifth-round stoppage.

The lucrative payday ranks highly as Joshua plots his return to the ring, with his promoter Eddie Hearn suggesting a potential showdown with Fury could be next for the British star.

“I think Fury, win or lose, will want to fight AJ next, and that’s something we’ve got to decide,” Hearn told Sky Sports.

Source Punch Ng

Posted November 5, 2024

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