Francis Ngannou's purse for Tyson Fury fight revealed
Francis Ngannou's purse for the Tyson Fury fight. The Cameroonian will earn at least 8 million euros for the bout.
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"Oh my God, I can tell you, it is far more. By a very long way, in fact. Even as champion, he would have had to fight several times just to be in that range," enthused Marquel Martin, Francis Ngannou's manager, in the middle of last week when asked whether his man's purse for the fight against Tyson Fury is bigger than what he earned at the UFC.
A few days later, The Mirror went a little further. The British outlet revealed the jackpot the Cameroonian fighter will earn. "Ngannou will receive 8 million dollars (7.12 million euros) excluding bonuses," reported the English press. It is a handsome sum when you consider the Cameroonian earned only 4 million dollars for his 14 fights in the UFC. That is why he had always wanted to leave the American combat sports organisation.
The fight between Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury, the unbeaten boxing champion, is scheduled for October in Saudi Arabia. The rules and the exact date of the bout have not yet been announced.