Wilder fight cash will go to help homeless, Fury says

LONDON: Heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury has claimed he plans to give his sevenfigure pay day for this weekend’s showdown with Deontay Wilder to ‘‘the poor and to build homes for the homeless’’.

The undefeated 30yearold former world champion is expected to earn a career high purse when he challenges WBC heavyweight ruler Wilder at Los Angeles’ Staples Centre.

After being such a controversial figure, he has gained admirers for being so open about his struggles with mental health — and insists there are still others he wants to help.

‘‘I’m going to give it to the poor and I’m going to build homes for the homeless,’’ said Fury, according to the

Daily Mirror newspaper.

‘‘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

Irish I might as well do something with it and help out people who can’t help themselves.’’

Fury’s wife Paris is pregnant and they already have four children.

‘‘I believe all kids should make their own money in life because if they don’t, they won’t appreciate it,’’ he added. — BPA