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Sport Boxing Anthony Joshua vs Charles Martin
Anthony Joshua's world title challenge set to earn the Olympics hero £25m-plus THIS YEAR — if he wins
22:30, 2 APR 2016
BY TOM HOPKINSON
Saturday's bout in London is likely to earn the Brit £8m and his camp hope he'll take the IBF heavyweight crown, then defend it twice before New Year
Anthony Joshua will pocket at least £25MILLION this year... if he beats Charles Martin to lift the IBF world heavyweight crown.
Britain's 2012 Olympic champion Joshua takes on American Martin next Saturday night in front of a capacity 20,000 crowd at London’s O2 Arena.
Tickets for the show sold out in little more than NINETY seconds when they went on sale in February.
Sunday Mirror Sport understands challenger Joshua, 26, will pick up around £8m if he wins after negotiating a share of pay-per-view sales, with nearly a million buys expected by broadcaster Sky Sports.
A victory over Martin, who will himself earn around £6m for making his first defence of his title in the UK, is likely to see Joshua make two more defences this year.
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One would be in the early summer, with the other just before Christmas.
In pictures — Joshua's most recent win, over Dillian Whyte:
VIEW GALLERY Anthony Joshua celebrates victory over Dillian Whyte with his belts after the British and Commonwealth heavyweight title contest at The O2 Arena
Joshua will hope to make similar figures from those fights as he will
from this weekend’s career-defining bout.
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And, of course, on top of his purse monies there will be plenty more money to be earned through endorsements and advertising.
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