Brick Top reminding Eddie Hills who the boss is.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Frank won that purse bid by an absolute landslide.

What happened to the “billion dollar war chest”?

[Toffee]

It's not about who's got the most money. What sort of business would carry on like that?

It's about what the fight is worth to each party. Matchroom's part in this was to convince Warren that they would put in a big bid (which they did).

Warren is paying Whyte 8M. I'd say that's a good outcome.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Matchroom's part in this was to convince Warren that they would put in a big bid (which they did).

Eh, wouldn’t it be to actually win the purse bid? Which they lost.

[sunny31]

It's not about who's got the most money. What sort of business would carry on like that?

It's about what the fight is worth to each party. Matchroom's part in this was to convince Warren that they would put in a big bid (which they did).

Warren is paying Whyte 8M. I'd say that's a good outcome.

Agreed, he put in a bid which he valued the fight at - however I do think he postured in the press to make Warren think he had to go in huge , which he did.

I think Warren has a decent chance to break even, they are going to have to push the hell out of it on BT. Has to be pushing 1.5m buys

[Toffee]

Eh, wouldn’t it be to actually win the purse bid? Which they lost.

What? It's an auction not a game of cards.

If Matchroom had bid 45M they would have won the purse bid and lost money on the fight.

[Toffee]

Agreed, he put in a bid which he valued the fight at - however I do think he postured in the press to make Warren think he had to go in huge , which he did.

I think Warren has a decent chance to break even, they are going to have to push the hell out of it on BT. Has to be pushing 1.5m buys

Assuming they are actually paying Fury the balance. They may not be.

[El_Mero]

Frank won that purse bid by an absolute landslide.

What happened to the “billion dollar war chest”?

They knew Eddie was gonna bid big and it took 2 promoters to put that amount of money up, you left that part out.

[M312]

Very unlikely for Queensbury not to win the purse with 80% on their side. The only way Queensbury could've lost the purse is if Fury refused to agree a deal with them. Once he started posting online he wanted the Whyte fight, it was obvious a deal was met.
They may have bid $41m, but they aren't actually paying that much. It's $8m + whatever Fury has agreed to.

Matchroom on the other hand, would've had to actually pay $40m+ for the fight as they didn't have much room to negotiate with Dillian.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

What? It's an auction not a game of cards.

If Matchroom had bid 45M they would have won the purse bid and lost money on the fight.

Lost money based on what? What figures corroborate that?

Surely acquiring the rights to such a big fight would be a profitable move for Hearn/DAZN.

Hearn bid 32m, way over the minimum, he clearly wanted this fight but failed to acquire it.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

They knew Eddie was gonna bid big and it took 2 promoters to put that amount of money up, you left that part out.

They blew Eddie out the water. I was expecting it to be a lot closer. Once again, Hearn is more talk than action.