• Previous.The fierce fight against the scale
  • Joshua, a desperate prayer

The great paradox is that the champion has received an amount of money seven times less than the aspirant. Another minor is that the fierce Herculean has fought against the scale even more than his plump rival. And the most hopeful for boxing, a sport still in development in Spain, is that more than four million views are expected on YouTube during the 24 hours after the fight.

No one will want to miss the best of the rematch between Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua at Diriyah Arena. The strict Saudi laws against alcohol will turn the Dune Combat into one of the few fights where spectators will remain sober. Between that 0.0 and 98 million euros put on the table by Arabia to get the show mediated a good handful of figures that should be taken into account.

54,000,000

The distribution of the cake seems to have put Joshua in a good mood, who takes the economic issue in his own way. "A lot is lost in taxes and another peak goes to the technical team. When you realize you only have 30-40 percent left," said the Watford boxer, who will pocket 54 million euros. Ruiz, meanwhile, must settle for just over eight million. Only one new triumph would allow him to climb one more step and measure himself to the winner of the Deontay Wilder - Tyson Fury.

108

The British press has placed emphasis on Joshua's last weeks of training, allegedly inspired by Muhammad Ali's methods. "It may give less than 108 kilos," predicted the aspirant, demanded by the toughest sparrings at his fingertips, with his mind set more on a marathon than on a sprint. A reduction of four kilos compared to the June fight. That fight against the scale is followed less scrupulously by Ruiz. From 121 kilos in New York to 115 with which he wants to perform on Saturday.

3-1

Six months ago, Destroyer's victory at Madison Square Garden was paid 15-1. A real fortune for the most experienced. Now, Joshua is still a favorite in bookmakers, who pay 3-1 their points win. The advance of the clock seems to favor the brutal physical resistance of AJ, capable of knocking out Carlos Takam in the tenth round and Wladimir Klitschko in the eleventh.

4,700

Of the 15,000 seats of the Diriyah Arena, built in a couple of months for the occasion, only the privileged can feel the blows and splashes of blood and sweat up close. The price of the ring tickets around the ring will exceed 4,700 euros.

36,000,000

Eddie Hearn, promoter of the evening at the head of Matchroom Boxing, has received 36 million euros for taking the fight to the domains of King Salman bin Abdulaziz. The total amount of the Saudi regime, one of the most retrograde of the entire planet, exceeds 98 million euros. One part will also remain for Premier Boxing Champions, the company that leads Ruiz and also Wilder, holder of the World Council belt (WBC).

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