Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, says the British-Nigerian boxer’s paycheck for the clash with Deontay Wilder in Saudi Arabia this December, will be £47.3m. That is N45.5bn.
When Skills Challenge Promotions first disclosed their interest in staging Joshua vs Wilder over in Saudi Arabia they promised that all parties involved would receive a ‘premium price’ for their services.
Hearn revealed the figure in an interview with Froch on Fighting while discussing the ongoing negotiations for Joshua’s rematch with Dillian Whyte.
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Whyte has accepted the financial side of the deal but was concerned about his career being held up by a rematch clause inserted into the initial contract.
Eddie Hearn has since revealed that the clause was removed at Joshua’s request in order to get the fight on in August with a blockbuster showdown against Wilder expected to follow in December.
Meetings for the Wilder fight are scheduled to take place this week in London as they look to finalise the paperwork for the mega-money clash.
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