British boxing icon Tyson Fury is eyeing the biggest fight contract in the history of boxing as he approaches the end of his current £80million deal with Top Rank.
Fury has catapulted himself to the top of the heavyweight division after beating Deontay Wilder, and the Gypsy King is now ready to hold out for a lucrative next contract.
He has two bouts left on his £80m current contract – expected to be against Wilder and then Anthony Joshua – but is then looking ahead to a big-money future.
‘I’m coming to the end of my contract with Top Rank,’ Fury said during an Instagram Live interview. ‘I have two more fights left with those guys. I want to renew it. I don’t want to just walk away after two more fights.
‘I’m 31-years-old. Like [boxing manager and advisor] Billy Keane said, the man who helped with this deal with ESPN and Top Rank, “you better get out the dumpster truck and reverse it back into Tyson Fury’s bank account, because that’s what he’s going to need.”
‘I want to get that big, major fight deal. I want to break all of the records, for a British fighter to go overseas and get the biggest signing record in history. I know that with MTK Global, Top Rank and Frank Warren, and all of the guys who help in between, I know we can make that happen.
‘I know that we can break history with the biggest fight contract in the history of boxing — bigger than Floyd Mayweather, bigger than Canelo Alvarez, bigger than Mike Tyson, bigger than everybody. I think it’s very possible, and I always aim high with my achievements. That’s my next aim.
‘After I wipe out the two dossers in [Deontay] Wilder and [Anthony] Joshua, then the world is my oyster. I want to see that big contract come from ESPN, or whoever is out there, battling to get The Gypsy King on their station.’
Canelo Alvarez is reported to have the highest active contract in boxing after signing a £295m deal with DAZN, while Floyd Mayweather has the biggest deal of all-time after his £363m contract with Showtime back in 2012.
Anthony Joshua is also involved in a lucrative DAZN deal having been at the centre of negotiations for their $1billion agreement with Matchroom and Eddie Hearn.
But Fury now wants to become the No 1 man in terms of earnings, to add to his status as the unrivalled fighter in the ring.
