{"id":291757,"date":"2023-09-29T17:19:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T17:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=291757"},"modified":"2023-09-29T17:19:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T17:19:38","slug":"fury-claims-biggest-ever-boxing-deal-vs-usyk-dwarfs-saudis-football-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/boxing\/fury-claims-biggest-ever-boxing-deal-vs-usyk-dwarfs-saudis-football-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fury claims ‘biggest ever boxing deal’ vs Usyk dwarfs Saudi’s football contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyson Fury is set to fight Oleksandr Usyk after sealing the \u201cbiggest boxing deal in history\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Gypsy King will finally put his heavyweight title on the line against the Ukrainian in a highly-anticipated unification bout on December 23 this year. The clash is expected to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, less than 48 hours before Christmas Day.<\/p>\n

Fury and Usyk become the latest in a long line of elite sportspeople to take their talents to Saudi Arabia with the promise of an eye-watering pay-out. But the undefeated Brit has claimed his fight deal in the Middle-East dwarfs even the hundreds of millions being earned by the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk 'finally agreed' with undisputed world title fight this year<\/b><\/p>\n

READ MORE: Tyson Fury will fight Oleksandr Usyk \u2013 but tells Rio Ferdinand it depends on one thing<\/b><\/p>\n

Fury told The Sun: \u201cAll the biggest and best sports stars are now Saudi Arabia-bound,\u201d he said. \u201cThe country is making big moves in sport and everything else.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are taking over boxing and any other sport that they want. They are paying big money for everything they get involved with.<\/p>\n

Do you think the fight will actually take place? Let us know in the comments section.<\/u><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n