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Martin Domin

Tyson Fury net worth after earning £31million for Deontay Wider rematch

Tyson Fury will see his bank balance go through the roof after his rematch with Deontay Wilder.

The former heavyweight world champion will earn at least £31million regardless of the result against his American rival.

And that will make him one of the highest-paid athletes in the sport, capping a stunning comeback following his three-year battle with depression.

When Fury returned to the ring in 2018, few would have predicted he would go on to face Wilder twice in less than two years.

But victories over Sefer Seferi and Francesco Pianetta set up him for a shot at the world champion.

Fury earned around £7m from his first fight but claims he gave his entire purse to the poor - something which has never been coroborated.

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder (AFP via Getty Images)

Rather than signing for an immediate rematch, however, Fury penned a five-fight deal with ESPN which was said to be worth £80m.

The first fight of his bumper deal saw him net £10m for knocking out Tom Schwarz inside two rounds and £12m for taking on Otto Wallin, a fight which was far harder than Fury predicted with the Brit suffering a nasty cut in the third round.

If that wasn't enough, Fury earned £12m from a brief stint in the WWE in which he beat Brawn Strowman in Saudi Arabia on Halloween.

That means Fury's net worth will hit £70m after his bout with Wilder - not bad for a man who claimed he was skint before he returned to the sport.

He has said: “To be honest, I’m skint. I don’t have any money in the bank. I’m on the dole.

Fury is a very rich man (PA)

“I’m on Jobseeker’s Allowance at the moment. I’m not winding you up – I’m being truthful. Seriously, I didn’t make any money out of boxing at all. Don’t feel sorry for me – it’s not a bad thing.

“I give my promotional team half of the money and I donate the other half to charity or give it to people in need because I don’t think people should make money out of punching other people in the face. I fight because I love to fight.

“I’ll continue boxing until I’m 50 – until I can’t box any more.

“I help a lot of people with my money from boxing. I create homes, take homeless people off the streets, I give it to children’s charities. You can’t take money with you.”

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