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

[IMDAZED]

But he should negotiate to fight Joshua. They sent another offer so that means they’re serious lol

[SeGoodland]

Selling $1m of tickets is a bit of a misrepresentation of the success of the sales!!!
If ringside seats are being sold for $50k, then that's on 20 tickets

[BoZz]

No they sold over $1million dollars worth of tickets in just over 25 minutes.

oh ok thanks...damn i thought tickets..where would they fit in 1 million ppl lol

[yammy25]

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?

Oh shut up with the "agreed to fight in Russia"

He lost a purse bid to a ****ing mandatory .. stop exaggerating it .

[N/A]

Oh shut up with the "agreed to fight in Russia"

He lost a purse bid to a ****ing mandatory .. stop exaggerating it .

Fighters give up belts all the time. If Wilder was opposed to risk, why would he have accepted the fight?

[yammy25]

1 million worth of tickets... Let's say the average is 300 bucks given the prices of tickets available on AXS etc etc before the 200 brackets came out as evidenced by chrisJS not being able to find them.

That's what.. 3000 or so tickets? Isn't that normal after 3 days straight of pressers and circus antics?

Wake me up when it sells tens of thousands in minutes like a certain other HW can.

People concentrating on the million not what a really makes it. Doesn't even make 10% of one fighters supposed guarantee in the fight.

Flops on PPV. Get used to it.

[Robbie Barrett]

Fighters give up belts all the time. If Wilder was opposed to risk, why would he have accepted the fight?

The belt is the only thing he had. You tard and it was a big pay day,

[N/A]

The belt is the only thing he had. You tard and it was a big pay day,

So he is willing to take risks then? Make up your mind.

[yammy25]

Fighters give up belts all the time. If Wilder was opposed to risk, why would he have accepted the fight?

Theres plenty of fighters go abroad to win or defend aswell.. much more than there is who vacate . But yeah looooads of American HW champs give up the WBC belt throughout history don't they 🙄

As if deontay wilder was gonna choose to become the next Rid**** Bowe. It would have been career suicide and killed of HW boxing in America for another 20 years.

Stop bigging him up for accepting to fight a Mando after losing a purse bid . Give him plaudits for Ortiz.. but giving him the accolade of accepting a ****ing mandatory challenger is pathetic .

[Robbie Barrett]

So he is willing to take risks then? Make up your mind.

He was forced. If he wanted to keep the title. If he dropped it he'd be a nobody and get 25% of the purse if he got in to a mandatory spot. He had no ****ing choice. He ran as fast as he could when presented with the opportunity to do so. Never went back and offered another fight like he did with 50 year old Ortiz.