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title: "Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk Reported PPV Buys Revealed"
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published: "2024-06-07T14:17:36Z"
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# Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk Reported PPV Buys Revealed

In the heavyweight division’s most important fight for a quarter of a decade, Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk travelled to Riyadh and put their respective world titles on the line to crown a first undisputed four-belt champion of the division. Now, we have a gauge on how well the historic event performed, as the number of pay-per-view buys have been revealed.

It was Oleksandr Usyk who fought through the fire to achieve the coveted goal and etch his name into the history books with a [legendary win over ‘The Gypsy King’ despite a near 40lb weight differential](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/how-oleksandr-usyk-dethroned-tyson-fury/), dropping and almost stopping Fury in the ninth-round before pressing the proverbial accelerator and banking the late rounds to edge out a famous split-decision win.

Of all of the recent blockbuster events brought to us by Turki Al-Alshikh and staged in Saudi Arabia, Fury-Usyk was undeniably the largest, eclipsing the hype that surrounded the ‘The Battle of the Baddest’, ‘Day of Reckoning’ and ‘Knockout Chaos’ cards.

[ESPN has now reported](https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/40199343/why-tyson-fury-oleksandr-usyk-preview-come-boxing) the number of pay-per-view buys that were racked up from the legendary clash, that also featured a stacked undercard with two further world title bouts taking place before the main-event.

*“According to sources, Usyk-Fury generated upward of $50 million in pay-per-view revenue with 1.5-million-plus PPV buys (the vast majority from the U.K., where Fury is a megastar). The event also made $40 million in sponsorship and another $3 million-plus in ticket sales. All in — production, fighter purses, entertainment, travel, etc. — the event cost in the neighbourhood of $120 million.”*

With over 1.5 million pay-per-view buys, the Fury-Usyk or ‘Ring of Fire’ show generated the second highest number of purchases of any card headlined by a Brit, being trumped only by Lennox Lewis’ victory over Mike Tyson in 2002. Additionally, the undisputed title showdown was the most purchased pay-per-view bill to not involved either Floyd Mayweather or Mike Tyson, outperforming the trilogy fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, [according to Statista.](https://www.statista.com/statistics/1339538/boxing-most-ppv-buys/)

Overall, Fury-Usyk achieved the ninth highest pay-per-view purchases of any boxing event, whilst Tyson Fury supposedly netted the fifth highest purse of all-time as he banked around £85 million – the [highest a fighter has ever been paid aside from fights involving Mayweather and therefore the biggest payday in heavyweight history.](https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331350/biggest-boxing-paychecks-all-time/)

After a thrilling first encounter, it will be interesting to see how well their rematch performs in comparison, although the attraction of a first undisputed heavyweight title match-up of the millennium will not add to the allure. That meeting will take place on December 21st in Riyadh once again, where pay-per-view sales may also be impacted by the Christmas period.

Once their rematch has been concluded, either [Anthony Joshua or Daniel Dubois may well be waiting for the winner](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/anthony-joshua-daniel-dubois-talks-ongoing/), but Oleksandr Usyk has revealed that he has other plans and that he [does not intend on sticking around to defend the belts](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/oleksandr-usyk-shock-claim-could-end-reign-at-heavyweight/) after he has faced Fury for a second time.

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