Jake Paul, the YouTuber-turned-boxer, surprisingly earned greater than heavyweight champion Tyson Fury final 12 months. According to Sportico's checklist of the highest 100 highest-paid athletes on this planet, Paul ranked thirty seventh whereas Fury was additional down at sixty fourth. Paul bagged a whopping £29million, with a further £8m from sponsorships. In distinction, Fury made £25m from a single battle and acquired £6.3m from sponsors.

Paul had two large fights final 12 months, together with one towards Fury's brother Tommy, which marked his first boxing defeat. He reportedly remodeled £11m for the battle, excluding earnings from pay-per-view buys. Tommy took residence round £3m for his victory.

Fury solely fought as soon as final 12 months, shockingly taken the gap by former UFC champion Francis Ngannou. The Brit was anticipated to simply beat Ngannou to arrange a battle with Oleksandr Usyk, however he needed to get well from a knockdown to win a controversial break up choice.