Joshua, Fury fight would earn £100m – Hearn if things goes as planned

Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, is confident that the British-Nigerian and Tyson Fury would easily earn at least £100m each from fighting one other as the heavyweights could meet in the ring later this year or in 2025, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.

First, Fury faces unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia on May 18 for the undisputed heavyweight championship. Delayed from 17 February due to a cut Fury sustained during training camp, it is due to be the first of a two-fight deal agreed in November last year.

Coming through both of those bouts unbeaten would set the stage for a much-anticipated meeting with Joshua. In the meantime, the two-time champion will seemingly be fighting the winner of Daniel Dubois versus Filip Hrgovic, scheduled for 1 June, later this year.

That bout would likely be for the IBF title, with the winner of Fury vs Usyk expected to vacate that belt before the planned rematch but that fight will come nowhere near earning Joshua as much as finally facing Fury would.

You are talking north of £100 million, for each guy,” H‌earn told Piers Morgan Uncensored. Asked by Morgan if that would make it the richest fight ever, the promoter repeated, “Ever. The biggest fight ever.”

Hearn then expanded on how much Matchroom stands to make saying, “We would do alright. We take a percentage off Anthony Joshua.”

After suggesting that they would receive 20 per cent, Hearn later acknowledged the cut would be around 10 per cent. That scenario would leave Joshua making at least £90m from the fight.