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Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk prize money: What is fight purse for heavyweight title rematch tonight?

Here’s all you need to know ahead of the seismic rematch.

When is it?

Usyk vs Joshua 2 will take place at the Jeddah Superdome in Saudi Arabia on Saturday 20 August.

Ring walks for the main-event contest are expected to take place at around 10.30pm BST (2.30pm PT, 4.30pm CT, 5.30pm ET).

How can I watch it?

Sky Sports Box Office will be the only place to watch the fight in the UK and Ireland.

The pay-per-view event will cost £26.95 in the UK and €31.95 in Ireland.

How much will the fighters earn?

Oleksandr Usyk (right) was a decision winner against Anthony Joshua last year

Per the Mirror, Joshua earned £15million for his first fight with Usyk, who made £5m from that bout.

It is as yet unclear how much each fighter will receive for his part in the rematch, though both men are likely to earn more than they did last time.

Joshua recently signed a £100m deal with DAZN, although the streaming service does not have the rights to air the Briton’s rematch with Usyk.

Odds

Usyk – 4/9

Draw – 16/1

Joshua – 13/8

Via Betfair.

Full card

Oleksandr Usyk (C) vs Anthony Joshua (heavyweight)

Filip Hrgovic vs Zhilei Zhang (heavyweight)

Callum Smith vs Mathieu Bauderlique (light-heavyweight)

Ben Whittaker vs Petar Nosic (light-heavyweight)

Ramla Ali vs Crystal Garcia Nova (women’s super-bantamweight)

Badou Jack vs Richard Rivera (cruiserweight)

Andrew Tabiti vs James Wilson (heavyweight)

Daniel Lapin vs Jozef Jurko (light-heavyweight)