Wilder vs. Fury sells $1 mil worth of tickets in first 25 minutes

[Gpabrooklyn]

Its amazing how delusional alot of you aj fans are,hearn has put it in you guys brain that wilder not a draw but the numbers say different,I remember going to the store the night of the ortiz fight and running into a friend who said he was going to a fight party to watch the fight,people havent done that since mayweather,when this ppv does a million buys or close to it alot of people are gonna look dumb including hearn

[N/A]

When they papered the arena and still couldn't fill it.

That's a lie. If they were papering the building, they wouldn't have been opening more sections and raising ticket prices. Your conspiracy theory makes absolutely no sense.

[Robbie Barrett]

Its amazing how delusional alot of you aj fans are,hearn has put it in you guys brain that wilder not a draw but the numbers say different,I remember going to the store the night of the ortiz fight and running into a friend who said he was going to a fight party to watch the fight,people havent done that since mayweather,when this ppv does a million or close to it alot if people gonna look dumb including hearn

What? You think boxing fans don't have fight parties for even semi big fights?

[champion4ever]

They were saying that even when he put over 14,000 into Barclays, the second largest boxing crowd in Barclays history.

You are so correct! and it really burns them now that all of sudden he has piqued interest back into the American Heavyweight boxing scene by selling more than $1mil worth of tickets, in less than 25 minutes at the Staples Center.

[MastaBlasta]

Wilder doesn't make any money outside of Fury, Whyte and Joshua. So no, Wilder isn't going to become a big money maker. The 40 fights he's had proves that. But get him an opponent, then he'll sell a bit. But not without those dancing partners.

Wrong! As soon as Big Baby knocks one of your heroes out (probably Whyte), Big baby's fight with Wilder will be must see also. Americans are fickle, they ain't going wild over the average fights ... but go really big on the big fights. You Celts & Scots aren't used to having the center-of-attention heavyweights. You'all are spending crazy bucks to see Joshua vs anyone.

Americans are fickle, but big fights will always do better here than anywhere. Wilder is NOW getting big fights. His Team knows the US market, that's why they could offer and guarantee $50 million to the story changer

Why are Brits such fangirls though? I support US fighters, and any other fighters that show they have it and want it. But you girls are such shameless cheerleaders ...

[MastaBlasta]

Lol you guys sounds dumb saying fury the one selling tickets,hes never even been on tv in america till now,wilder been averaging a million views his last 3 fights,he did a million with ortiz who cant even speak English,all he ever needed was a better dance partner,never was his fault the heavyweight division was fillled with bums

Spot on!

[EnglishOxide]

If you haven't noticed, we Wilder fanboys have been wanting that fight for several months now for your boy AJ to fight Wilder but all he does is lie and make up excuses about the $50 Mil and hide behind his promoter in order to stall and delay the fight because unlike Tyson Fury, he lacks the courage and balls to fight Deontay Wilder.

Also, hold up home. The last I've noticed Fury is from the U.K. He is not from the U.S. He's hardly even known in the states. So he is not the one who is selling these tickets; Deontay Wilder is.

Besides, if Fury is indeed the one who is driving up these ticket sales then it's good thing for us all because the American public are paying their money to watch Deontay Wilder knock this potty, foul mouth punk clean the fuck out.

Do yourself a favour and watch this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31POWzcl2QM

It's your man Shelly Finkel being caught lying about making the Joshua fight.

If you can't see that he and Warren sabotaged the fight to make Fury v Wilder instead then you are ******ed.

[Kezzer]

It's a good start. I understand the price varies from $75 - about $3000?

Let's just work on basis of average $125 and it would suggest they have sold around 8k? Not sure how much the place holds ?

[Ray*]

This is why it’s great to fight good opponents, Wilder would have been selling tickets like this 10 fights ago if he took some risks.

[N/A]

This is why it’s great to fight good opponents, Wilder would have been selling tickets like this 10 fights ago if he took some risks.

He's only been champ for three years. In that time, he agreed to fight Povetkin in Russia, paid a huge step aside to fight Ortiz instead of Stiverne, gave Ortiz a second chance and fought him after a failed test, and is now fighting Tyson Fury.

Wilder is the clear #2 in the boxrec ratings, with almost twice as many points as #3.

How is that possible if he hasn't taken any risks?