Following nearly a year-long hiatus, unified Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is set to make his comeback by facing WBA (Regular) Heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois on August 26th. Let's look at five of the highest purses in Usyk's career!
Usyk earned a sum of $1.5 million in his first heavyweight bout against Chazz Witherspoon in 2019.
Usyk defeated Murat Gassiev, retaining multiple cruiserweight titles and winning more, including The Ring title. He also clinched the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight final, earning a purse of $400,000.
Usyk earned approximately $1 million when facing Tony Bellew, successfully defending his undisputed cruiserweight titles from WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring.
In the initial Anthony Joshua bout, Usyk garnered around $4.1 million, which encompassed an additional 40% share of the pay-per-view revenue.
In the rematch with Anthony Joshua, the earnings were evenly split, resulting in Usyk receiving $75 million once more. In discussions with Tyson Fury, Usyk agreed to a 70/30 purse split in favor of Fury.