Tyson Fury officially most financially successful UK sportsman in history as his massive earnings are revealed
And the emergence of some of the Wythenshawe warrior's stunning finances has shown him to be the wealthiest UK sportsman in history.
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The unaudited abridged accounts for the former two-time heavyweight champion's ' Tyson Fury Ltd' company up until last September were recently published on Companies House.
And it shows that the Gypsy King's self-named company is worth a whopping £186million.
A staggering £176,691,66 of that figure is made up of investments, with £7,512,199 consisting of cash at the bank and in hand.
The remainder is made up of stocks and debtors.
The value of Fury's company is likely considerably higher given the fact that the accounts were filed before his multi-million-pound rematch with Oleksandr Usyk last December.
SunSport understands Fury pocketed upwards of £80m for his first defeat to the pound-for-pound king last May.
His purse for the Riyadh rematch is understood to have been less than that figure, but still large enough to exponentially increase the value of his company.
Another cash injection could soon be on the way as Fury has seemingly performed a U-turn on his fifth retirement from boxing.
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On Thursday, he posted a photo of himself in action against Usyk to his Instagram story with the caption: "April 18 2026, Wembley Stadium. The trilogy!"
His post came hours after he told the media in Turkey:" I want my revenge (on Usyk) in England. That's all I want, a fair shout.
"And I don't believe I've got a fair shout the last two times.
"That's the one I want but if I don't get that then it will be [Anthony] Joshua, the biggest British fight that will ever happen.
"It would break all records and sell out 100,000 at Wembley in an hour.
"It's a fight that I think can happen for sure if I decide to come back and the deal's right."
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