Comments Thread For: Fury: Without Me Wilder Would Fight Some Bum For $1 Million

[1hourRun]

£1,000,000/$1,280,000 a pop for tune-ups that Tyson has never called anything more than that. Meanwhile Wilder making £784,000/$1,000,000 defending the prestigious WBC title.

Wow-Wow-WoW! a million for Sef Sefari? I must say that is impressive. Why even fight any dangerous opponent ever again?!

[Noelanthony]

Absolutely no one knew either of those guys outside of boxing fans. And still don't. Despite the nonsense posted here, Wilder has a casual following. Evidenced by his TV ratings on Showtime.

Yeah I agree with you but his ratings are around the 900,000 viewership mark. I recall Andre ward being around the 700,000 mark and Kovalev similar figures. However ,when it was time for viewers to put money in their pockets and shell out for both fighters they were not prepared to.

In regards to Wilder on average 1 in 3 people that would usually watch him for free would have to pay in order to break the 300,000 mark. I mean it’s possible but generally it’s not the casual that buy PPV

[Ajvar]

Why is it a shame? Boxing has many structural issues that has led to it's sharp decline in general popularity here. Only an exceptional character/fighter like Floyd could garner the public's attention despite the b.s. in boxing.

The big fights here still out earn anything the European market has ever seen. When boxing gets out of its own way, this market is still the one that makes true fortunes for fighters. Just look at the money Canelo and GGG generated and will generate in a few weeks. Their live gate was around $30 million and the PPV was $110 million. (That's $85 million for the fighters to split btw) That's what we do here when there's a true fight on the line. As big as AJ is there, his fights have a ceiling of about $50 million in total revenue (live gate and PPV). America is still the place where boxing makes it's money.

Fury v. Wilder could be a decent success and pull a live gate of $10 - $15 million and generate PPV revenue of $20 - $30 million (or 300k - 600k in PPV buys). It's just a different level here. We don't need 1000 drunk people in a lobby to show we support boxing lol We do it with our wallets when appropriate.

Your words seem smart until the key is found and they turn into BS. Meaning Buuuuul sheeeet!
Floyd vs MMA guy was few hundred millions worth but what a 'true fight' is that? Kanelo GGG are big because of insult hype between each other, not by how great boxers they are. Don't get me wrong, they are great boxers but that means almost nothing in USA. Up to 10 mil $ if very lucky, not more. Americans should be ashamed that they act like wrestling or Trump rally audience which gets hooked on a trashtalking and other lowest baits with zero intelligence in it. It is as if fools search for baits for 100% fools and not a percent less.

[Butch.McRae]

Your words seem smart until the key is found and they turn into BS. Meaning Buuuuul sheeeet!
Floyd vs MMA guy was few hundred millions worth but what a 'true fight' is that? Kanelo GGG are big because of insult hype between each other, not by how great boxers they are. Don't get me wrong, they are great boxers but that means almost nothing in USA. Up to 10 mil $ if very lucky, not more. Americans should be ashamed that they act like wrestling or Trump rally audience which gets hooked on a trashtalking and other lowest baits with zero intelligence in it. It is as if fools search for baits for 100% fools and not a percent less.

Trying to fit Mayweather and McGregor into any traditional boxing conversations is a fool's errand.

Btw, nobody cares what Canelo or GGG has to say here. Neither guy speaks any decent English. It's just an old fashioned proper fight between to of the top guys.

[Zodogg]

All Wilder had to do was sign the damn contract.
Instead, it took him and his team weeks to respond.
What was Hearn supposed to do?
Let his fighter lose one of his titles while these clowns didn't know what to do?

U jumped on EH bandwagon now u are the wagon driver lol and top clown #Believeineddie

[rickJen]

U jumped on EH bandwagon now u are the wagon driver lol and top clown #Believeineddie

Hearn is way more trust worthy than Shirley Winkel.
He's the guy who treated Wilder like a baby, "Deontay will not be rushed to fight aging Klitschko."
In contrast, Eddie pursued Klitschko like a dog.

[Zodogg]

3 yrs ago DW was not ready for Kliitschko so **** all that u made a comment about wilder being greedy on a thread pertaining to gis upcoming fight with fury u had no comeback for that response which led to a response about EH and Joshua now u are off subject again talking about fury and kliischko. So lets stay on subject unless u are dyslexic along with adhd OR u simply smoke to much weed and cant think AT ALL

[methodcal]

Yet your best HW fighter couldn't get more than 2.1mil. Is that how Americans show love?

And what other Hw making much more than that besides AJ and 2.1 is bad??? Lol in another man's pocket. Not calling you one but that's some HOE SHYT!!

[Laligalaliga]

And what other Hw making much more than that besides AJ and 2.1 is bad??? Lol in another man's pocket. Not calling you one but that's some HOE SHYT!!

I asked you a simple question. Is that how Americans show love to their #1 HW fighter?
Can even pay to watch him on ppv.
I Wouldn't blame them Either when wilder always hunt for easy and unfit targets.
Run away when real challenge Comes up.

[Muz]

Hearn is way more trust worthy than Shirley Winkel.
He's the guy who treated Wilder like a baby, "Deontay will not be rushed to fight aging Klitschko."
In contrast, Eddie pursued Klitschko like a dog.

Exactly. The great black hope wilder has been protected his entire career by people like Finkel and Haymon.