[New post] Tyson Fury made £24,000 per SECOND for Dillian Whyte fight as total eight-figure purse is revealed

Michael Benson posted: " Tyson Fury has insisted he will not be lured out of retirement by the promise of more money, but cashed in massively when he knocked out Dillian Whyte on Saturday night. The Gypsy King saw off his challenger in style with a huge right uppercut i" Tyson Fury made £24,000 per SECOND for Dillian Whyte fight as total eight-figure purse is revealed Michael Benson Apr 24 Tyson Fury has insisted he will not be lured out of retirement by the promise of more money, but cashed in massively when he knocked out Dillian Whyte on Saturday night. The Gypsy King saw off his challenger in style with a huge right uppercut in front of 94,000 at Wembley Stadium. Fury KOd Whyte in round six Frank Warren won the rights to promote the fight back in January as he came out on top with a bid of $41million (£32million) in the WBC purse bids. 10 per cent of this was kept back as a $4.1million (£3.2million) winner's bonus, while the rest was split 80/20 between the pair. Fury's base purse was $29.5million (£23million). Whyte's base purse was $7.4million (£5.8million). Because Fury won, he claimed the winner's bonus and so his total purse for the fight ended up at $33.6million (£26.2million). Fury made big money from the fight As the fight only went six rounds, Fury made $5.6million (£4.4million) per round and $1.9million (£1.5million) per minute. In fact, Fury made $31,100 (£24,200) per second in the fight. He landed 76 punches in total, meaning he made $442,100 (£344,300) per punch. Comment Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from talkSPORT. Change your email settings at manage subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://talksport.com Powered by Jetpack