Comments Thread For: Hearn On Fury-Whyte: Absolutely Want More Than 80-20 Split For Deal With Top Rank, Warren

[tokon]

You mean like how Fury faked covid, faked mental illness, faked an ankle injury in the Klitschko rematch, faked donating his purse to charity? You mean like all that?

All true Hahaha.

Looks like it's going to a purse bid!

[Yaconcha]

It’s the glory of winning and becoming a champion that is the big deal in a boxing match. The money should be even split in all fights.
both men can get very hurt so why should one get more than the other? They all say they should be paid a lot of money for what they do, so why should an opponent of this mindset receive any less?
looks to me like fury could be scared? In weighing up the risk, I guess a scared person will price himself out (likely happening here) but the WBC belt should be on the line for whytes challenge to whoever. Fury ain’t no Larry Holmes, Tyson, Lewis. He’s just a fat ***** that beat the same bloke twice and had no defences to anyone. Whyte is number one contender so get on with it and don’t get involved with who gets what. Fight under t(w obligation the champion has. Or give it up, simple!

[REDEEMER]

I'm not betting on something that vague. Fury was behind against Cunningham and had to fight back and get a stoppage. If that happens in the Whyte fight, who decides which fight was 'tougher'?

You're clearly not very confident in Whyte, otherwise you would just have me a straight up bet.

Clearly you know Fury will struggle badly in the fight ,only if he was as confident as you pretend to be on here concerning Fury . I actually don’t blame you not taking it you’re not ****** and know Furys in for a war if he doesn’t duck Whyte . I’ll still win the other bet easy though .

[_Rexy_]

80-20..they outta their damn mind lol. Has Fury even headlined a PPV in the UK before? They were struggling to find money for his UK homecoming last December against Kabayel, which then got shelved. I believe Whyte has headlined at least three PPVs, and he’s the most commercially viable option for Fury outside of AJ. I genuinely don’t think he fills a stadium against the likes of Joe Joyce. Vast gap in ability aside, I imagine this has to be 70-30 at least and more like 65-35 unless this is going to purse bid.

No idea. He's headlined numerous GLOBAL PPV's though



lol who gives a **** about UK?

[Oldskoolg]

Evidence the balance of power at heavyweight has shifted from matchroom to Queensbury/top rank and Hearn will have to March to the beat of a different drum other than his own. Never burn bridges kid……

[DougalDylan]

O2 attendances looked pretty good to me , he does ppv , he usually in exciting fights,

I mean I actually like Fury and followed him for most of his career but he's often had trouble selling tickets, been in boring fights etc etc

Have you by chance just watched the Fury vs Wilder fights ?

I would offer a 75/25 for Whyte. Whyte couldn't fill an arena if he tried. Whyte isn't very marketable as a fighter so that has to factor into the equation as well. 25% for Whyte at the highest. No more no less.

[thetruthteller]

rose tinted glasses.

There was about three or four good heavyweights in that era and the rest were just fighters like Andrew Golota who are no better than the second tier of HW’s today

Name this incredible top 15 heavyweights from the 1990’s, I mean all top 15 at the same time , not spread out over a 10 year period, pick any specific year you want. I’ll bet it’s not much better than right now after you get past the top few slots in the list.

Fury would whoop anyone from that era, The only one that would have a chance would be Lennox Lewis. Usyk would beat them all too, again, possibly apart from Lewis.

Better yet, name fury's top 5 opponents. I bet you can't because his resume is absolute crap.

[Blackstarr]

rose tinted glasses.

There was about three or four good heavyweights in that era and the rest were just fighters like Andrew Golota who are no better than the second tier of HW’s today

Name this incredible top 15 heavyweights from the 1990’s, I mean all top 15 at the same time , not spread out over a 10 year period, pick any specific year you want. I’ll bet it’s not much better than right now after you get past the top few slots in the list.

Fury would whoop anyone from that era, The only one that would have a chance would be Lennox Lewis. Usyk would beat them all too, again, possibly apart from Lewis.

How did I miss this post..it shows you’re on crack. Take 1992 - Holyfield, Tyson, Rid**** Bowe, Razor Ruddock, Ray Mercer, George foreman, Tony Tucker, Lennox Lewis, Witherspoon, Oliver McCall etc. Literally the golden era of HW boxing and you’re comparing it to this weak era?

I don’t pick AJ to beat any of them, Wilder even less so given they mostly all had iron chins and he can’t box to save his life. Fury went damn near life and death against McDermott, considers a blown up ex cruiser coming of 3 losses in his past 4 fights as his toughest fight, and came close to being stopped on cuts against Wallin. Yet he beats a HW with the most padded record in HW history and all of a sudden he wipes all of the 90s heavyweights out? Please don’t post on this thread anymore.

[ShoulderRoll]

80-20 seems fair to me.

[SugarDeanC*ntly]

Ah yeah of course, but my point is that the fight wasn’t in the UK and Klitschko was the A-side draw in that fight.

I’m not knocking Fury at all - I think he’s unquestionably the best fighter in the UK. However he doesn’t have the crossover appeal amongst the casual followers that AJ has, who still remains the biggest star and ticket seller, and I anticipate his rematch with Usyk will do better numbers than Fury-Whyte or whoever. AJ will have to continue losing badly for that to change.

Fury should honestly have been the biggest star after the Klitschko fight, but the scheduled rematch in Manchester struggled to sell. So my point remains that until he starts fighting here, I won’t bet significantly on him filling a stadium regardless of the opponent.

Say what you want about Whyte, who is obviously a far inferior fighter apart from the punch power, he’s a proven ticket seller who will bring value, entertainment and overall success to the promotion. Fury’s team petitioning for a 80-20 split seems to me that they’re not being serious, but let’s see..hopefully it’s simply a negotiation tactic.

Fury never used to be a draw over in the UK when I was still living there but he's a legit crossover star now and I'm pretty certain he could fill a stadium fighting dross. The mental health comeback ****, the 12th round undertaker impression in Wilder one, the destruction of Wilder in 2 and the up and down excitement of Wilder 3 have boosted him massively. I've witnessed the change in tune from many, many casuals. Admittedly this is all anecdotal but despite that you could ask the average person on the street if they knew who Tyson Fury was and they invariably would.