Britain has produced many of the world’s great boxers. Joe Calzaghe, David Haye, Frank Bruno, Ricky Hatton, Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn, and Sir Henry Cooper, are all considered some of this country’s best boxing exports.
However, none of those listed are in Britain’s top three earning fighters of all time, according to CelebrityNetWorth.
Tyson Fury, the Gypsy King, is worth nearly £52 million, making him the 10th highest-earning boxers of all time.
Next is Anthony Joshua. Despite a string of recent defeats that has marred his stellar career, AJ is still worth almost £64 million.
However, it’s Lennox Lewis that is the country’s highest-ever earning prize fighter. Lennox is reported to be worth more than £95 million, after rising to super stardom in the 1990s.
In a career that saw him defeat Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson, the British-Canadian boxer is sixth on the all-time earnings list.
He sits ahead of Sugar Ray Leonard, who earned fractionally less than Lennox, and Oscar De La Hoya. However, even De La Hoya, who is said to be worth nearly £160 million, is still half as rich as the highest-earning boxer the world has ever seen.
Floyd Mayweather, according to CelebrityNetWorth, is worth a staggering £320 million.
The 47-year-old competed between 1996 and 2017 and is considered one of the greatest men to ever lace up the gloves.
His career saw him defeat Ricky Hatton, Canelo Alvarez, Manny Pacquiao and even Oscar De La Hoya.
