"His real value": the "ridiculous" fee for Usyk's fight with Dubois was named

Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) will earn about six million dollars for his fight against Britain's Daniel Dubois (19-1, 18 KOs). The fight will take place on Saturday, August 26, in Wroclaw, Poland, and will be the Ukrainian's second defense of the belt he took from Anthony Joshua (25-3, 22 KOs).

According to Dubois promoter Frank Warren, the current numbers are the real market value of Usyk. The functionary said in a talkSport commentary that for his fight against Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24) this summer, Daniel could get more money than Oleksandr for his future fight.

"The fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois went through promoter bidding and the bid was eight million dollars. Usyk will get six million dollars. That's his real value. If the Tyson Fury-Dubois fight went through promoter bidding, it would bring in $30 million, because that's Tyson's real value," Warren said.

It should be noted that in case of a successful defense of the belts Usyk expects to fight with Fury for the title of absolute world champion in the heavyweight division. At the same time Dubois promised to "shock the world" and knock out the Ukrainian.

Saudi Arabia was set to arrange the Usyk-Fury and Joshua-Wilder (43-2-1, 42 KOs) fights on the same night. The media published the boxers' fees for the grand show. That said, Anthony has already confirmed his fight against Deontay.

Later, Fury unexpectedly changed his rhetoric in his remarks about Usyk, wishing him good luck. The former world champion Johnny Nelson slammed the British champion because of his fight with the Ukrainian. For his part, the legendary Hasim Rahman expressed confidence that Usyk would knock out Fury.

Earlier, Warren announced that Tyson would not fight Usyk in Saudi Arabia this December. This decision of the Gypsy King shocked former world heavyweight champion Tony Bellew.

As reported by OBOZREVATEL, the famous Russian promoter Vladimir Khryunov wished Alexander Usyk a defeat in the fight with Daniel Dubois.

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