Sky Sports & Hearn hating on the Wilder-Fury fight

[LacedUp]

That makes sense because Warren has Frampton-Warrington PPV to juggle too. I heard they are aiming for December with that but they need to find a venue for that also.

Showtime have a possible Spence-Garcia PPV looming to juggle.

Then you have to think about Bellew-Usyk, that's a PPV fight likely to happen in November and whilst Frank has nothing to do with it nor could be care any less about it he's going to try and avoid having his PPV on the same day if he can.

So there's a lot of factors although I did expect an announcement by now but these things take time.

Frampton-Warrington PPV? Man, that's reaching. Even for Frank.

[Motorcity Cobra]

BJS and Povetkin getting their permits is a formality. But Fury had been suspended from competition for medical reasons, and he also popped positive for ******* in a VADA test, so things might be more complicated in his case.

Just a thought.

You do know Fury has fought twice this year right?

[IronDanHamza]

Frampton-Warrington PPV? Man, that's reaching. Even for Frank.

I won't buy it.

But it will definitely be PPV.

[kafkod]

You do know Fury has fought twice this year right?

That's a matter of opinion.

[thabanga510]

I heard there was a bidding war between venues and that is why there has been no announcement.

[N/A]

I heard there was a bidding war between venues and that is why there has been no announcement.

Yes, there is a bidding war between Vegas and Barclays. What a lot of fans don't realize is that when you have a big heavyweight attraction, there is a prestige among celebrities that is hard to replicate with the lower weight classes, except for the absolute biggest names like Mayweather.

So even if Wilder and Fury aren't massive stars, this is the kind of fight that crosses over into the celebrity world where they want to be ringside for the big heavyweight championship fight. The kind of people who won't blink at spending $25,000 for a pair of ringside tickets.

And those are the kind of fights where venues get very very aggressive with site fee bidding.

[rolshans]

Yes, there is a bidding war between Vegas and Barclays. What a lot of fans don't realize is that when you have a big heavyweight attraction, there is a prestige among celebrities that is hard to replicate with the lower weight classes, except for the absolute biggest names like Mayweather.

So even if Wilder and Fury aren't massive stars, this is the kind of fight that crosses over into the celebrity world where they want to be ringside for the big heavyweight championship fight. The kind of people who won't blink at spending $25,000 for a pair of ringside tickets.

And those are the kind of fights where venues get very very aggressive with site fee bidding.

I agree

This isn't that kind of fight lmaooo

[N/A]

This isn't that kind of fight lmaooo

Thank you for your uneducated, inexperienced, amateur opinion.

The actual experts, who are the ones putting up the money, disagree with you strongly. Which is why there is a bidding war over the fight right now.

Wilder's last fight already did 14,000+ at very high ticket prices and this fight is much much bigger.

It's US vs UK. Undefeated vs undefeated. WBC vs lineal. The two best trash talkers in the division. This is the kind of fight Vegas was built on. This is the kind of fight that gets the big spenders to fill the casinos.

[Ray*]

Sky sport and BT sport are rivals, so no surprises there. Another thing is sky sport like showtime have been slowly trying to build Wilder up here to Joshua casual fans. But like Joshua Wilder would be free to fight on a rival network if he wants to.

[rolshans]

Thank you for your uneducated, inexperienced, amateur opinion.

The actual experts, who are the ones putting up the money, disagree with you strongly. Which is why there is a bidding war over the fight right now.

Wilder's last fight already did 14,000+ at very high ticket prices and this fight is much much bigger.

It's US vs UK. Undefeated vs undefeated. WBC vs lineal. The two best trash talkers in the division. This is the kind of fight Vegas was built on. This is the kind of fight that gets the big spenders to fill the casinos.

To decide who's the second best HW?

Surely Vegas can do better than that lmaooo