The highest boxers on the planet proceed to earn absolutely astronomical fight purses and UFC icon Joe Rogan can’t quite get his head around it.
On July 19, considered one of the most important heavyweight boxing showdowns of the last decade will happen as Oleksandr Usyk defends his undisputed heavyweight status in a rematch against Daniel Dubois.
The 2 first met back in 2023 and the fight was covered in controversy after the Brit appeared to rating a stoppage over Usyk, nevertheless his knockdown punch was deemed a low blow.
The Ukrainian went on to mount the comeback and won the fight within the ninth round after landing an enormous straight right hand. Since then, Usyk has accomplished his legendary rivalry against Tyson Fury, scoring two wins over ‘The Gypsy King’.
Joe Rogan left stunned after hearing Usyk’s upcoming fight purse
Despite having beaten Fury twice, retiring the previous heavyweight champion, Fury recently revealed that a possible trilogy will happen in 2026, this time within the UK.
Before that may occur, though, Usyk must once more beat ‘Dynamite’ Dubois, and the anticipation for his or her clash is becoming palpable.
During considered one of their first face offs after the rematch was announced, security needed to quickly intervene as Dubois shoved the undisputed champion.
Nonetheless, that has only added to the magnitude of the fight which is able to happen from the Wembley Stadium in London.
Ahead of their clash, UFC icon Joe Rogan has been left stunned after checking out how much each fighters will take home from their huge fight.
“Bro, did you see the numbers that Usyk and Dubois are getting?” Rogan asked UFC stars Alexander Volkanovski and Israel Adesanya during a recent meeting.
“Bro! $132 million! $132 million and $71 million! Yeah, take a look at the numbers. $132 million and $71 million. Yo! Yo, that’s crazy! Numbers for purses,” Rogan replied as he was left stunned.
It’s unclear exactly where Rogan found his information, nevertheless it’s being reported that the 2 will split a handbag of over $200 million, with Usyk taking home over half of it.
Alexander Volkanovski tells Dana White to take note after hearing fight purse
UFC fighters earn far lower than the highest boxers, nevertheless, Dana White‘s recent TKO Boxing enterprise will see him and Turki Alalshikh try and change the pay structure in boxing.
Despite that, after hearing Usyk’s reported purse, the present UFC featherweight champion Volkanovski told Dana to take note.
“Ay, yo, Dana, Dana!” Volkanovski and Adesanya each said as they began to laugh.