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This year, a native of Kharkiv made only one battle, in which, according to the decision of the judges, he gave way to American David Benavides. At stake was the title of Temporary WBC Champion in the Light Heavyweight. The battle took place in Mgm Grand in Las Vegas. Despite the defeat, the Ukrainian received a good fee, which, according to the Champion, amounted to $ 1.2 million.
In total, in the asset of the carnation of 4 championship fights in the professional ring. Interestingly, in only one of them, the Ukrainian fee was less than a million dollars. It was a duel with the current WBC world champion Canadian Adonis Stevenson. The fight took place on December 1, 2018 in Quebec, Alexander brutally knocked out a Canadian in the 11th round and received a fee of $ 900,000. After the duel, Stevenson got to the hospital, where he was introduced into an artificial coma.
The first defense of the WBC Championship title was conducted against the Dudu NGUMBU on March 30, 2019 in Philadelphia. The Ukrainian defeated the Frenchman of Congolese origin with a technical knockout and earned $ 1.2 million. By the way, the NGUMBU was well acquainted with Ukrainian boxing fans – on March 16, 2013, Duda arrived in Kiev, where Vyacheslav Uzelkov won in the Sports Palace, taking away his belt of the Intercontinental WBO champion.
On October 18, 2019 in Philadelphia, Alexander played a unifying battle against Chechen Arthur Beterbiyev. At stake, the WBC championship titles, which owned a carnation and an IBF, owned by Bterbiev. Unfortunately, the Ukrainian was defeated, but received the highest career fee – $ 1.5 million.
In total, according to our estimates, Alexander’s fees in four championship battles amounted to $ 4.8 million, which is an unattainable dream for the majority, not only Ukrainian boxers.
The champion asked Alexander Gvozdik to comment on how correct our assessment of the size of fees.
“More or less true – acknowledged the carnation. “But after paying taxes and calculating with the team, I only have about half of these amounts.”
We will remind, the publication of Sportico published a rating of the highest paid athletes in 2024, to which Alexander Usyk came. According to the newspaper, the fees of the world champion last year amounted to more than $ 120 million.
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This year, a native of Kharkiv made only one battle, in which, according to the decision of the judges, he gave way to American David Benavides. At stake was the title of Temporary WBC Champion in the Light Heavyweight. The battle took place in Mgm Grand in Las Vegas. Despite the defeat, the Ukrainian received a good fee, which, according to the Champion, amounted to $ 1.2 million.
In total, in the asset of the carnation of 4 championship fights in the professional ring. Interestingly, in only one of them, the Ukrainian fee was less than a million dollars. It was a duel with the current WBC world champion Canadian Adonis Stevenson. The fight took place on December 1, 2018 in Quebec, Alexander brutally knocked out a Canadian in the 11th round and received a fee of $ 900,000. After the duel, Stevenson got to the hospital, where he was introduced into an artificial coma.
The first defense of the WBC Championship title was conducted against the Dudu NGUMBU on March 30, 2019 in Philadelphia. The Ukrainian defeated the Frenchman of Congolese origin with a technical knockout and earned $ 1.2 million. By the way, the NGUMBU was well acquainted with Ukrainian boxing fans – on March 16, 2013, Duda arrived in Kiev, where Vyacheslav Uzelkov won in the Sports Palace, taking away his belt of the Intercontinental WBO champion.
On October 18, 2019 in Philadelphia, Alexander played a unifying battle against Chechen Arthur Beterbiyev. At stake, the WBC championship titles, which owned a carnation and an IBF, owned by Bterbiev. Unfortunately, the Ukrainian was defeated, but received the highest career fee – $ 1.5 million.
In total, according to our estimates, Alexander’s fees in four championship battles amounted to $ 4.8 million, which is an unattainable dream for the majority, not only Ukrainian boxers.
The champion asked Alexander Gvozdik to comment on how correct our assessment of the size of fees.
“More or less true – acknowledged the carnation. “But after paying taxes and calculating with the team, I only have about half of these amounts.”
We will remind, the publication of Sportico published a rating of the highest paid athletes in 2024, to which Alexander Usyk came. According to the newspaper, the fees of the world champion last year amounted to more than $ 120 million.