Channel 5 weren't interested in putting an offer in for Fury / Wilder???
Would of been good business by both sides.
Ch5 would have most likely already sold their advertising slots for that weekend.
A big fight like Wilder vs Fury would have meant that Ch5 would have ramped up their advertising rates at very targeted clients that suit the boxing fan demographic.
Again if Ch5 had a month's notice then I suspect they would have put in a bid.
Chauncey Welliver, Dominick Guinn & Tony Thompson have been names Jay Deas
(Wilder's manager) mentioned in an interview a week or so ago, so I suspect it's one of those 3.
Fury vs Wilder
Whilst you have to applaud Fury about wanting to fight Wilder at short notice, you can't blame Team Wilder for turning the offer down.
So I guess Fury can boost that Wilder turned him down.
Shame Haye's cut didn't come 3 weeks earlier......because I think Team Wilder might well have been tempted to take on Fury as a short cut to title shot.
Sky never give anything for free..........I've been with Sky since the Holyfield vs Douglas fight, and they never have given me a discount or even free movies as a reward.........long term customers don't get rewards or offers......that's only for new customers!:Thinkingo
So no surprise that Sky don't want to put on a Wilder vs Fury on, unless they have a good lead time to get the dollars rolling in......something tells me Sky have got plans to use Wilder for future PPV events.
Guy actually touched Wlad's face numerous times and was outweighed by how many pounds?
Hmm, he hit Wlad with roughly half a dozen punches.......in a 12 round fight I hardly call that "numerous"!
People need to stop assuming that boxing is as simple as going in the ring and hitting the other guy. If you attack without caution you will be the one to end up on your ass.
Most of us kinda of knew that Wlad was going to Jab, Jab Jab.....that's what he does.
Some of us.....myself included suspected Haye to take the "hit and run" potshot approach......so to me the fight being a dull fight was no real surprise.
That said however you can't win fights without throwing punches.....Haye threw about 5 punches of any significance the whole fight!
Haye was the one promising a fight......and he was the one that couldn't deliver....broken hand.....broken toe....broken mouth!
and haye did give wlad his toughest fight in years,even hurt him in the 12th,i say make the rematch happen...haye just had trouble like everyone else getting in,but he was getting in at times and not getting hit flush much,he didn't do terrible like others say
I rewatched the fight.......and once you take out the anticipation factor that you get when watching it "Live" the fight is actually pretty dull.
For the first 2 rounds both boxers are guilty of "shadow boxing" and throw no punches that axtually land.
The 3 round is by far the best where box boxers engage in a brief but meaningful exchange.........If the rest of the fight had been like round 3 then it would have been a good fight.........but as we know it sadlydidn't pann out that way.
If you watch many of the rounds closely, many of Haye's attacks either miss or are only glancing blows......and look far more spectatcular than they actually are.
Wlad for his part did score more punches than Haye.......but his punch count wasn't that great either,
The final round was inevitable going to have more action than the than of the figfht put together bar round 3.....as each man went looking for the elusive KO that BOTH boxers said they would deliver.
Haye simply didn't throw nearly enough punches......banking on a single lucky pot to Ko Wlad.
Wlad for his part was more disciplined sticking to his jab......but he didn't exactly push the boat out to get the KO either.....there were no surprises....no upper cuts or crosses to trap Haye with.
A rematch........no thanks....Wlads effective but boring.......and Haye against the Klitschkos and Valuevs of this world adopts an unattractive "Hit and run"
tactic.
If Haye stood his ground and fought it would have the makings of good fight.......but Haye hasn't got the skills or courage of Holyfield to take the figfht to the bigger man.
Gerber resembled a human statue last night..........when he hurt Chisora, he couldn't chase Chisora to the other side of the ring.......far too far for Gerber to attempt to reach Chisora.
Chisora did okay, but Gerber was garbage..........and most of the top heavies would have had little trouble with Gerber last night.
Parker was much more effective when he had less weight, and I thought that Parker's camp would have made sure that Parker,prior to the Fury fight , would shed the pounds to get his biggest asset back........his hand speed........which also allows Parker to get more bang from his punches...........so I was a bit shocked that Parker weighed in at a whopping 17 stones!
Shedding the weight is definitely the way to go for Parker............but a March 2018 date with Joshua seems way too early, Parker would in my opinion need at least 2 more fights with decent level fighters like Pulev, or perhaps Whyte, and Parker would need to win convincingly in both fights before he entertains a Joshua fight.
Still, I do like Parker's confidence in himself.........so If Parker can get into proper lighter shape he could make a Joshua fight quite a competitive fight.
It would be a stretch to see Parker beating Joshua, BUT if Parker were to bring his A game, then Parker just might be able to take advantage of Joshua tendency to have stamina issues during the fight.
Gerber was a statue!
Whilst Chisora looked in good shape last night, you have to say that Gerber was AWFUL........no movement whatsoever....just stood there allowing Chisora to tee off and get leverage on his punches.:thumbsdow
Not Chisora's fault as he can only beat what's in front of him, but what a horrible advert for boxing that this level of boxer was allow to contend to be European Champion.