Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois prize money and purse: How much will fighters earn?

Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois will enjoy the biggest paydays of their careers regardless of the result of their Wembley mega-fight. All four belts will be on the line as WBA, WBO and WBC holder Usyk and Dubois, the IBF champion, meet for the right to be called undisputed heavyweight champion.

Usyk was victorious during their first meeting in Poland back in 2023, albeit in controversial fashion. The British star and his team were left incensed after he was adjudged to have floored his opponent with a low blow while the Ukrainian was given four minutes to recover. Since that defeat, Dubois has rebuilt his career with impressive knockout wins against Jarrell Miller and Filip Hrgovic before a devastating knockout victory over Anthony Joshua last September. Meanwhile, Usyk has recorded back-to-back wins over Tyson Fury, who could come out of retirement to face Saturday’s winner.

A colossal purse has been agreed for the fight, which even outstrips what the fighters made in either Fury vs Usyk bout last year. Estimates vary but the total purse for Usyk vs Dubois 2 is believed to be in the region of £151.3million. Usyk will take home around two-thirds of the purse, just under £100m, while Dubois has secured a £50m payday.

Those figures dwarf what they made from their first fight two years ago, when Usyk reportedly made £4.4m, with Dubois picking up less than half that amount.

Meanwhile, the purse for the first fight between Usyk and Fury was around £115m, of which the Gypsy King took £85m, with Usyk banking the rest. For the second fight, the purse rose to approximately £150m, with Usyk securing more than half courtesy of his victory in the first fight. However, those figures appear to have been surpassed by Saturday’s Wembley extravaganza.

Dubois has vowed to do whatever it takes to become the first British undisputed world heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 2000. He said: “Right now I just want to get it on, I’m going to write my own script. They have their own script, I am going to write my own and win these belts and be the man.

“I’ve prepared right. I’m just on a different level now, I’m ready to come through whatever I need to on Saturday and get all them belts. I am chasing glory and I am chasing greatness. This is history-making and I have just got to do a real demolition job. I’m hungry and ready for it.”

Usyk said: “Listen, I respect this guy, this young guy. This guy is motivated but I am too. I am not an old guy. 38 is not old, you know? We will see on Saturday.”