Queensberry outbid Matchroom to win purse bids for Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte
Queensberry Promotions have won the purse bids for Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte
Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions have won the purse bids to stage the Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte WBC World heavyweight title fight with an offer of $41million, which trumped Matchroom Boxing's attempt at $32million.
Fury is expected to earn £24.5million with Whyte pocketing a considerably dwarfed but sill incredibly lucrative £6.1million.
Previously, Bob Arum (Fury's US promoter) had earmarked the Principality Stadium in Cardiff for March 26, with heavyweight rivals Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk set to fight a few weeks later in April.
The WBC released this statement: This Friday the purse bid to promote the fight between the World Boxing Council heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury; and interim champion Dillian Whyte, was held virtually.
The winner of the rights to stage this important clash was Queensberry Promotions, with an amount of US $41,025,000.00. Matchroom Boxing made an offer of US $32,222,222.00.
Tyson Fury (31-0-1, 22KOs) comes from defending his crown on October 9, by defeating former world champion Deontay Wilder in a great fight.
Dillian Whyte (28-2-0, 19KOs) will come to this fight after defeating Russian Alexander Povetkin via a rematch in March of last year.
The World Boxing Council implemented an innovation some years ago, by having 10% of the amount as a bonus to the winner of the fight, thus giving great additional incentive interest. In this case, the winner will receive a bonus of US $4,102,500.00!
Queensberry Promotions will release more details on the highly anticipated match between Fury and Whyte soon.
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