I feel like the US would be a good choice (New York or Vegas) China or Japan would be a good idea, I feel like they should start tapping into them markets.
Germany seems kind of pointless from AJ and Hearn's perspective because the German fans watched the last one. from Wlad's perspective it might be his last fight so he'd probably wanna fight there.
I'd say the US would be my pick, may aswell get them onboard early as possible.
Edit: Have it in the US, have Wilder on the undercard and then get in the ring to announce fight between them for next year,
Sounds like a proper ****, if you can't appreciate Wlads work in that fight. Some people are morons. It was a hair length from a Wlad victory.
Honestly couldn't tell if anybody knew what they were talking about, at times I'd wished I had just of saved my money and watched it at home haha.
That's what shocked me when the guy was saying how easy it was for Joshua, I don't know if he was watching the same fight I was or if he was just that retarded.
The fight was good & it was quite loud when the fight got going but the stadium was embarrassingly empty right up until the ring entrances for the main card. Two guys next to me turned up just as Wlad was entering the ring, took photos of the entrances, the fight & then left as soon as Wlad got stopped. They were there for 40 mins ma. 1 of them even sat and played scrabble on his phone between rounds.. I was getting annoyed with all the casuals just talking absolute bullschit haha, 1 guy said outside 'That was easy for Joshua, Wlad is a bum' :lol1:
Sounds like a proper ****, if you can't appreciate Wlads work in that fight. Some people are morons. It was a hair length from a Wlad victory.
It won't stay on the other foot, because any chance to make a fight in the USA then it will be made in the USA. Although I do have to admit even if the fight is in UK or Germany we in the states still can see it at 5 PM, but if the fight is in the states then you guys see it at 4AM. I feel your pain my friend, but that's what happens when you are the greatest country in the world. :usa2:
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I dont care where its held just as long as the main fight starts around 10-11pm on my tv. I cant tell you how many fights ive had to wait up till 3-4am for just to please the usa tv market. Now the boots on the other foot and i want it to stay that way.
It won't stay on the other foot, because any chance to make a fight in the USA then it will be made in the USA. Although I do have to admit even if the fight is in UK or Germany we in the states still can see it at 5 PM, but if the fight is in the states then you guys see it at 4AM. I feel your pain my friend, but that's what happens when you are the greatest country in the world. :usa2:
Should be at sold out wembley again...
90,000+ people....
Why the fvck would you change anything when it's the biggest most lucrative fight at heavyweight since Lennox-Tyson
I was in the stadium man, it was a decent atmosphere but the stadium was about 40% full until the ring walks etc. went down, could've been louder. Eddie and AJ want to build them up globally so he may aswell start fighting in other locations as Eddie has stated they want to do.
They want to break the US market & Asia, Africa, South America etc. May as well start now.
Wow. Looked great on TV.
The ratings would be a lot bigger than the first fight. And that's actually a great idea to have Chocolatito-Rungvisai on the undercard. They may also choose to put that fight on the undercard of Golovkin-Canelo as well. Or it might be a stand alone fight. We will see.
Chocolatito/Rungvisai is gunna be a stand alone show, think I see July as the date. But it was on here yesterday that Hearn weasled his way into negotiations, added a clause saying winner fights Yafai next, Yafai saying he would like to fight in the US next. Yafai and Joshua good friends, same trainers, Gonzalez K2. All adds up to be the undercard fight
Lost the battle but won the war. This could do pretty high ratings though, no? Espescially if they have Chocolatito on the card, he'll be getting close to 1mil in the Rungvisai rematch surely.
The ratings would be a lot bigger than the first fight. And that's actually a great idea to have Chocolatito-Rungvisai on the undercard. They may also choose to put that fight on the undercard of Golovkin-Canelo as well. Or it might be a stand alone fight. We will see.
He said PPV in UK not America.
HBO has the rights as per agreement with Showtime that if a rematch occurs HBO would get the live telecast showing.
Lost the battle but won the war. This could do pretty high ratings though, no? Espescially if they have Chocolatito on the card, he'll be getting close to 1mil in the Rungvisai rematch surely.
No way they try a PPV in America.
I wish Showtime could make a deal with Haymon or CBS to get this on CBS (national free TV), it's the kinda fight that SHOULD be on free TV. It would be a ratings smash.
He said PPV in UK not America.
To put that on CBS in America would be huge, I definitely agree there. Al Haymon has nothing to do with Joshua or Klitschko or getting the fight on CBS, Showtime is responsible for that. But it won't happen because if a rematch does happen. HBO has the rights as per agreement with Showtime that if a rematch occurs HBO would get the live telecast showing and Showtime the delayed telecast showing. Perhaps if Showtime tries to get the delayed broadcast on CBS. But I doubt CBS would go for showing a delayed fight on their channel during prime time, Lol.
No way they try a PPV in America.
I wish Showtime could make a deal with Haymon or CBS to get this on CBS (national free TV), it's the kinda fight that SHOULD be on free TV. It would be a ratings smash.
Stranger things have happened!
LOL, idk how many tickets Klitschko sold there cuz he's only fought there once in like a decade iirc.
And mainly I just think Joshua has more upside in the UK then he has in the US still vs someone not BIG or could potentially be hyped as big like Wilder or even some random US guy.
I think taking the fight to Germany where Klitschko fought a lot of if not most of his title fights makes more sense then the US right now.
I doubt Hearn & team would like to go to Germany especially Wlad being the challenger.. I guess it is soccer season so they can't do it again in Wembley so UK or US because they can get joshua fight in front of US crowd & big him up for Wilder..
I think you wanna keep it in the same spot or some other big stadium in the UK (idk the stadium situation in the UK so maybe there is nothing viable for boxing or for the weather in November I got no clue).
Klitschko is still largely dead to American fans despite this last performance. And while you could certainly expect loads of UK fans to fly to Vegas to watch the fight I don't see the reasoning for doing so when there won't be much if any upside since no one gives a f#ck about Klitschko in the US & he's probably as or less popular than Wilder here I'd guess. So I think you save Joshua's American debut for Wilder or some other high level American mandatory that could pop up at very least.
And I realllllllllly don't see the point of putting this fight on at some random, non-big fight boxing location, on the globe unless it makes A LOT OF SENSE money-wise & they are being wayyyyy overpaid on what they'll make elsewhere, which it may or may not.
Klitschko has sold out MSG every time he fought there as a main event.. D- troll post Panda!
No way they try a PPV in America.
I wish Showtime could make a deal with Haymon or CBS to get this on CBS (national free TV), it's the kinda fight that SHOULD be on free TV. It would be a ratings smash.
Didn't the last deal they done on TV rights give HBO live rights to the rematch?
They're going to talk about the USA and Dubai and blah blah blah but it will be in England again IMO.
But Chris Mannix was making a strong case that theyre going to do it in the USA last week on his podcast. Said Joshua would take maybe some shorter money to have a huge superstar event.
I just think they money will pull them back to the UK.
I think Vegas will step up and make this fight happen. This could easily do a $20mm gate
No way they try a PPV in America.
I wish Showtime could make a deal with Haymon or CBS to get this on CBS (national free TV), it's the kinda fight that SHOULD be on free TV. It would be a ratings smash.
Would probably never happen but agreed that would absolutely be a massive hit.
I think they'll try and do a PPV in the US and do it in Vegas + also do PPV in UK.
No way they try a PPV in America.
I wish Showtime could make a deal with Haymon or CBS to get this on CBS (national free TV), it's the kinda fight that SHOULD be on free TV. It would be a ratings smash.
If AJ wants to expand his recognition in the U.S. market, then what better way to do it then fighting a rematch with Wlad in Vegas? He likely wins the rematch and seals his popularity at HW giving him a huge advantage over Wilder with the American fan base. Especially if he KO's Wlad again. He needs that exposure in the American market to put all of the momentum on his side and give him the leverage in negotiations.