“Nowhere Near $132 Million”: Insider on Usyk’s Purse

The Ring boxing insider Mike Coppinger pushed back against a social‑media comparison between MMA fighters’ pay and the reported earnings of undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, which claimed the Ukrainian pocketed $132 million.

“He didn’t make anywhere close to $132 million. Where are these numbers coming from?

Maybe seven percent of that figure,” Coppinger wrote.

The purse figures of $132 million for Usyk (24‑0, 15 KOs) and $71 million for Daniel Dubois (22‑3, 21 KOs) for their rematch—won by Usyk via fifth‑round knockout—have circulated across dozens of outlets, yet remain neither confirmed nor denied.

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