What Did We Learn From The Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou fight?
Channel: Septic-Savlon
Date: 10/03/2024

Anthony Joshua took on Francis Ngannou on Friday night with one of the biggest fights in heavyweight boxing once again landing in Saudi Arabia.

Former UFC heavyweight champion Ngannou fights in a boxing ring for just the second time having taken Tyson Fury to deep waters in his thrilling debut last October.

Joshua meanwhile is fighting for the fourth time in under a year, beating Jermaine Franklin and Robert Helenius in London last year before dismantling Otto Wallin in Saudi in December.

He is back in Riyadh to take on Ngannou with the pair set to benefit from the huge prize money and fight purse on offer, thanks to Turki Alalshikh, the head of Saudi’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA), who is driving efforts to make Saudi the new home of boxing.

How much money will Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou make from their fight?
Saudi’s involvement in boxing’s biggest fights has seen fighters of Joshua’s calibre profit from huge fight purses.

While the exact figures have not been made public, Forbes report Joshua is set to bank $50million [£39million] from his fight against Ngannou, a number which doesn’t factor in PPV sales.