Ring of Fire is one of the biggest boxing pay-per-view that will take place in May 2024. Previously it's reported that the event will take place on 17 February 2024 at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. However, later the fight postponed due to facial injury sustained by Fury in training as per reports. Now it's confirmed that fight will be held in the mid of May 2024. The co-main event for the Fury and Usyk fight reported take place between Jai Opetaia and Mairis Briedis.
How Much Is Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk Purse?
Top media outlets of UK and US reported different figures with small margin, some reports claimed that $115m including ppv share paid to Tyson Fury and opponent Oleksandr Usyk will earn guaranteed share of the $50m which highest of his boxing career. Another sources, reported that Tyson Fury will earn guaranteed purse share of $20m and his earnings hike to $80m based on pay-per-view sales on fight while opponent Oleksandr Usyk will earn share of $8m guaranteed and further earnings upto $25m based on ppv sales share.
| Boxers | Guaranteed Purses | PPV Share | Total Payouts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyson Fury | $15m | 65% | $120m | Based on reported figures if ppv sales crossed more than 1 million sales |
| Oleksandr Usyk | $5m | 35% | $40m | Based on reported figures if ppv sales crossed more than 1 million sales |
Before this fight, Tyson Fury already made more than $70m from the pay-per-view fight Francis Ngannou. As per reports guaranteed purse for the fight reported to be $10m for Fury and $4m for Ngannou. According to some top news sources this is one of the richest boxing fights for Tyson Fury where he will make maximum money from the fight.
Oleksandr Usyk continue his undefeated streak in boxing and already made millions from his previous fight. He is now listed among the richest boxers in the world with earnings more than $100m a year from boxing fight which include pay-per-view revenue. On 18, May 2024, when he will fight Fury for the world heavyweight titles in Saudi Arabia, he will earn guaranteed money $5m for the fight and earnings figure crossed $40m if ppv sales increased to 1m on fight day.
| Ring of Fire Complete Fight Card |
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| Title fight: Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury, 12 rounds, for the undisputed heavyweight championship |
| Title fight: Joe Cordina vs Anthony Cacace, 12 rounds, for Cordina’s IBF junior lightweight title |
| Title fight: Jai Opetaia vs Mairis Briedis, 12 rounds, for the IBF vacant cruiserweight title |
| Agit Kabayel vs Frank Sanchez, 10 rounds, heavyweights |
| Mark Chamberlain vs Joshua Oluwaseun Wahab, 10 rounds, lightweights |
| Sergey Kovalev vs Robin Sirwan Safar, 10 rounds, cruiserweights |
| Isaac Lowe vs Hasibullah Ahmadi, 8 rounds, featherweights |
| David Nyika vs Michael Seitz, 8 rounds, cruiserweights |
| Moses Itauma vs Ilja Mezencev, 8 rounds, heavyweights |