On May 18, local time, a history-changing heavyweight boxing fight will be held in Saudi Arabia, when WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight boxing champion Usyk will face off against WBC champion Tyson Fury, and the winner of this fight on the night of the fight will become the first boxer in history to unify the four major heavyweight organizations, so the importance of this fight is self-evident, and the distribution of remuneration around this match has also become a topic of public concern.
According to a number of foreign media disclosures, the duel between Fury and Usyk was sponsored by a Saudi tycoon, who contributed 150 million US dollars to the two as an appearance fee, of which Fury accounted for 70%, about 100 million US dollars, and Usyk took another 50 million US dollars. In addition, Fury's co-promoter Arum also said that Fury's total revenue is much more than $100 million, and if you include tickets and PPV sharing, Fury's total revenue may be as high as $200 million!
Everyone knows that Zhang Zhilei lost to Parker by a close number of points last month and lost the WBO transition belt, and after the game, many netizens who don't know boxing poured dirty water on Zhang Zhilei and slandered him for playing fake boxing, which can only show that the popularity of boxing in China is too poor, and there is no boxing culture at all, and Chinese people don't understand all aspects of professional boxing.
What the author needs to popularize here is that Zhang Zhilei's loss to Parker does him no good, if he can kill Parker last month, he will continue to have the WBO mandatory challenge qualification against Usyk, if Fury changes his mind again before the May 18 game, Usyk's substitute opponent will be Hrgovic, because Helgovic is the IBF legal challenger, has the first pick to challenge Usyk, but Helgovic has confirmed that he will face the former WBA ordinary boxing champion Dubois on June 1, so Hrgovic can not fight Usyk for the time being, so only Zhang Zhilei is left。
However, Zhang Zhilei lost to Parker, which made him lose the possibility of fighting Usyk in May, and Parker became the lucky one. If Zhang Zhilei still retains the right to challenge Usyk, then Zhang Zhilei will get the highest honorarium in his career in the peak duel with Usyk on May 18, which may exceed 10 million US dollars, plus commercial sponsorship and other income, Zhang Zhilei will not have a problem getting more than 100 million yuan in a game.
And once he upsets and defeats Usyk, Zhang Zhilei will rise geometrically because he is backed by a market of 1.4 billion Chinese people, and if he can be matched to compete with Fuli and Joshua, it is entirely possible for Zhang Zhilei's annual pre-tax income to exceed 1 billion yuan. Regrettably, Zhang Zhilei was unable to continue the miracle and surrendered the transitional belt.
Here, the author also needs to emphasize that Parker, a boxer, is actually a chicken thief, not only trying not to rematch with Zhang Zhilei, but also calling other fighters everywhere, Parker's intention is very obvious, that is, he doesn't want to give Zhang Zhilei a chance to take revenge, but also to improve his exposure, and he can also wait for Fury VS Usyk to have an unexpected situation before the game, he can replace Fury to play, so that he will make a lot of money.
To sum up, Zhang Zhilei's loss to Parker last month was definitely not a fake boxing, and it was impossible for him to lose a watermelon and pick up sesame seeds for that little profit. As for who Zhang Zhilei will fight next, and whether Fury will retire before the game again, thus giving Parker a chance to climb to the sky, let's wait and see.