A net worth and total financial value of £240m has earned Nigerian-born former world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Olaseni Oluwafemi Joshua seventh spot among Great Britain’s sports stars, ahead of Tyson Fury, Harry Kane and Andy Murray.
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Sports247 gathered that Murray is 10th with £110m, Kane 9th on £110m and Fury 8th at £162m in the roster that has Joshua and all others trailing the staggering wealth of Bernie Ecclestone, a decade after he sold Formula One to Liberty Media.
That sale is still regarded as one of the biggest sporting deals of the century and takes Ecclestone ahead of David Beckham as Great Britain’s highest earning sports personality – rated along with his family – on a fortune of £2bn.
Up next come David and Victoria Beckham (£1.185bn), followed by Barry and Eddie Hearn (£1.035bn), Ben Francis (£800m), Lewis Hamilton (£435m), Tom and Phil Beahon (£350m) as well as Rory McIlroy (£325m), who are all ahead of ‘AJ.’
Joshua’s earnings, according to the survey, go beyond merely picking cash from fights in the roped square, as he and the other stars have reportedly not ‘solely relied on their prodigious talent to fill their coffers.’
He is equally ranked high among sports personalities who add financial wisdom and money management to their talent, as he and the other top earners run profit making outfits, ‘with almost all of them possessing a business acumen that is second to none.’
A citation by UK’s Daily Mail noted, “Although Joshua has made his promoter, Eddie Hearn piles of money, the former heavyweight champion has made stacks of his own – and is set to only make more as he gears up for the British fight of the decade against Tyson Fury.
“Surprisingly, one of Joshua’s biggest paydays has come some time past his glorious best, picking up £70m last December when he defeated former YouTuber, Jake Paul in a high-profile bout streamed with broadcasted giants Netflix.
“But not for nothing is one of Joshua’s ringside nicknames ‘the Landlord’ – Joshua has amassed a property empire worth an estimated £200m, including enormous prime commercial real estate in London, Lagos, and Hertfordshire.”
