On Saturday, Joshua (24-1, 22 KOs) will face Oleksandr Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs) at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England. The fight will be broadcast on Sky Sports Box Office. Joshua is looking to defend his WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles, which he lost to Andy Ruiz Jr.
Profiles. Anthony Joshua pocketed up to £15million following his epic heavyweight victory over Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday evening. The Brit stopped his 41-year-old opponent in the 11th round at Wembley Stadium in what was one of the best heavyweight title bouts the sport has witnessed in years.
The brilliant, operatic bout saw four knockdowns—three suffered by Klitschko and one by Joshua. Joshua got to Klitschko first, knocking him down in the fifth round, but Klitschko came back and sent Joshua to the canvas for the first time in his career in the sixth.
Anthony Joshua’s victory win against Wladimir Klitschko will forever be etched into the history books of British boxing. In front of 90,000 fans at Wembley and millions of viewers across the globe, AJ clambered off the canvas to stop the two-time world champion in the 11th round in a gruelling heavyweight contest.
Watch Joshua v Usyk on Saturday, live on Sky Sports Box Office, from 6pm. Book it via your Sky remote or book it online here. Non-Sky TV subscribers can book and watch it here.
The fight will be broadcast exclusively by Sky Sports Box Office in the UK. The pay-per-view event will cost £24.95, which is slightly more expensive than average.
Fighter | Purse Earnings | Year |
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Wladimir Klitschko | $6,000,000 | 2015 |
Sefer Seferi | $1,000,000 | 2018 |
Chris Arreola | $1,500,000 | 2018 |
Deontay Wilder | $7,000,000 | 2018 |
Net Worth: | $80 Million |
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Date of Birth: | Oct 15, 1989 (32 years old) |
Place of Birth: | Watford, Hertfordshire, England |
Gender: | Male |
Nationality: | British |
He made something short of $25 million for his first fight against Ruiz in June. In 2018, Joshua ranked No. 25 on Forbes’ list of athletes by earnings, having made $39 million in the previous calendar year.
45 years (March 25, 1976)
Every British boxing fan will remember where they were when Anthony Joshua beat Wladimir Klitschko in 2017. The famous night at Wembley stadium in front of 90,000 people will live long in the memory for the drama and excitement.
Vitali Klitschko is leaving boxing to concentrate on Ukrainian politics and his role as an opposition leader. Klitschko vacated his WBC world heavyweight title on Monday and said he doesn’t expect to fight again as he pursues a presidential bid in his home country.
The Joshua vs. Usyk card takes place on Saturday, September 25. The main card begins at 1 p.m. ET/6 p.m. BST in the UK. They are expected to make their walks to the ring at around 5:10 p.m. ET/10:10 p.m. BST, depending on the outcome of the earlier main card fights.
The ring walks for the main event are expected at 9.55pm local time on Saturday night, according to international broadcaster DAZN. That means the fight itself will begin at around 10.15pm once the introductions have taken place. The stacked card of undercard bouts kicks off at 6pm at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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The main card will start at 7pm time with the main event expected to begin around 10pm, depending on how the result of the undercard plays out. The event will be shown live on DAZN, with the main broadcast starting at 7pm. A subscription to DAZN costs £7.99 a month and you can purchase one here.
Klitschko was entitled to a rematch per the fight contract. Despite this, Fury was stripped of the IBF heavyweight title for agreeing to the rematch instead of facing the IBF mandatory challenger, Vyacheslav Glazkov.
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4,382 days
Klitschko holds records for the longest cumulative heavyweight title reign of all time, with 4,382 days as world heavyweight champion, and most fighters beaten for the world heavyweight championship, at 23.
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Tyson Fury’s net worth was estimated in 2021 as standing at between £80 million and £120 million. His thrilling third fight with Deontay Wilder in October – which Fury won in dramatic style, stopping Wilder in the 11th round – is thought to have earned him around £22 million.
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