Takam vs Joshua prize money: How much will Anthony Joshua earn in Cardiff?

ANTHONY JOSHUA will put both of his world titles on the line against Carlos Takam on Saturday night and will be in for a hefty payday for doing so.

Joshua had been preparing to face Kubrat Pulev until last week when the Bulgarian suffered a shoulder injury.

But he hinted at the amount of money he was walking away from, claiming that other fighters would just have turned up lame for the pay cheque.

“It wasn’t easy for me to make that decision,” Pulev said.

“I know, in my place, almost everyone would choose to get into the ring in Cardiff, despite everything, and collect a few million.

Anthony Joshua workout pictures ahead of Carlos Takam fight

“I can beat Joshua but I can’t beat him if I’m injured.”

Express Sport understands the fight would have been worth around £4million to Pulev - and it seems natural that Takam would get a similar share of the £20m purse.

Joshua is expected to take the rest which would be more than he made from the 11th-round knockout of Wladimir Klitschko earlier this year, due to the superior share the champion will have over Takam.

But the Brit is determined to remain humble and still lives with his mother.
After Joshua’s last fight, the heavyweight champion insisted he would not let fame and fortune affect him, instead promising to pay an outstanding bill at his local laundrette.

"I've got to pay my debt there, number one,” Joshua said.

“I’ve got a bill like that big [gesturing with his thumb and forefinger on his left hand]. Hopefully he'll swerve it.

"I'm a people's person, on the estate, there was loads of us anyway so it's pretty chilled.

“Everyone in the arena, I probably know 20,000 of these people. It's crazy, I'm a local boy. So it's no different, it's no problem.

“As long as I'm not late for training I don't mind the attention."

But the owner of his laundrette, Muqeem Bakhtari, revealed earlier this year in an interview with the Independent that Joshua has always been interested in money.

"I remember when he was young, him going 'what do I have to do to make money’,” Bakhtari said.
“He used to come to me to ask me about business.

“The thing is then he was a bit quieter, now he's a bit louder.

“Everything that comes out of his mouth is words of respect."





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