British boxer Tyson Fury has vowed to give his whopping £8 million purse to the homeless after fighting Deontay Wilder.
Fury says he’ll hand over the cash to tackle the country’s rough sleeping crisis and build new homes for the homeless.
It is reported he’ll pocket the eye-popping figure after taking on the US heavyweight in Los Angeles in the early hours of Sunday.
But he insists he won’t keep it as he’s “not interested in becoming a millionaire or billionaire”.
The Gypsy King said: “I’m going to give it to the poor and I’m going to build homes for the homeless.
“I don’t really have much use for it, I’m not interested in becoming a millionaire or a billionaire.
“I’m a boxer not a businessman and I’ll probably go down the same route as every other boxer skint at the end of it all.
“You can’t take it with you so I might as well do something with it and help out people who can’t help themselves.
“I believe all kids should make their own money in life because if they don’t, they won’t appreciate it.
“It’s easy to spend someone else’s money and the money I’ve earned is practically blood money.
“My kids have to make their own living and make their own way in life; they won’t be living off my name or reputation because that’s too easy a route.
“You see many of these rich people’s kids doing nothing because they had it too easy.
“I never had it easy, I had to work for whatever I got. I was working from very young, everything I wanted in life I had to work for.”
Fury and Wilder will go toe-to-toe from around 5am UK time in the Californian city.
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