Tyson Fury seventh on all-time fighters rich list – despite ‘£50m Ngannou pay’

Tyson Fury only ranks seventh in the all-time fighters’ net worth list despite him earning £50million for beating Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia.

The heavyweight champion took home a £50m pay day from the Ngannou clash last Saturday, whilst the former UFC champ pocketed around £10m from his first ever professional boxing bout. ‘The Gypsy King’ was knocked down in the fight but recorded a controversial majority decision victory.

Despite his monster pay day, Fury is vastly trailing on the all-time list of fighters’ net worth after ICE36 compiled the list based on factors such as net worth, social media following, Google searches and most-watched and highest-grossing fights of all time to determine their ranking.

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In ninth place on the list is a tie between Canadian UFC star Georges St-Pierre and boxing giants Gennady Golovkin and former opponent of Fury in their thrilling trilogy Deontay Wilder – all estimated to have a worth of £24,635,550.

UFC ace Khabib Nurmagomedov is eighth on the list in turn thanks to him being the second most followed fighter on the list with 35.1million – estimated to be worth £32,847,400. There is then a huge £20m jump to Fury in the next, although after his proposed unified heavyweight clash against Oleksandr Usyk, he will likely climb the list.

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Next on the list sees four fighters tied for joint fourth with Amir Khan, Oscar De Le Hoya, Canelo Alvarez and Conor McGregor all estimated to be worth £164,237,000 through their various world title fights.

The top two see Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather thanks to their world title fight in 2015 which saw Mayweather retain his unified light middleweight titles and therefore top the list. Pacquiao is estimated at £180m after he won 12 major titles throughout his glittering career.

But Mayweather’s worth dwarfs all comers with an astronomical estimated worth of £328million. The American was the highest-paid athlete according to Forbes in 2018 through his earnings in the ring and endorsements and sponsorship outside.

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