Comments Thread For: Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder: Afterthoughts

[Butch.McRae]

Judges should all be retired professional fighters who are known for their honesty & unbiased views. Paulie should be one, and probably Lennox.

What about Foreman?

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What about Foreman?

For sure....

[Vegemil]

What about Foreman?

Foreman has brain damage for sure I'd leave him retired.

[Bronx2245]

Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury tracking at over 300,00 pay-per-view buys

December 4, 2019:

Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury exceeded expectations in the ring, and the fight is on track to do the same with the U.S. pay-per-view market.

The heavyweight championship bout, broadcast Saturday on Showtime PPV, is expected to surpass 300,000 buys, multiple sources told The Ring. That figure doesn’t include British PPV buys or digital purchases on platforms such as Playstation 4. The fight was also available in movie theaters.

If the estimate holds up as numbers continue to trickle in, it’s a rousing success for Showtime and PBC. The break-even point for the pay-per-view was 250,000, per sources. That means any buys over that figure is upside where Wilder and Fury stand to earn more than their guarantee.

Wilder and Fury fought to a thrilling draw at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The rematch figures to pull in even bigger business.

It was each man’s first foray on PPV in North America. Wilder produced two knockdowns of Fury, including one in the final round, but couldn’t finish the Brit in one of the most memorable heavyweight title tilts in recent memory.

At over 300,000, Wilder-Fury is one of the most success pay-per-views of the decade not involving Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather or Canelo Alvarez.

https://www.******.com/549226-deonta...per-view-buys/

[Redgloveman]

A good article.

I heavily favoured Wilder in the fight and would still favour him in a rematch. But the fact is that it just wasn't Wilder's night. Boxing is in a sorry state, as ever.

[MDPopescu]

Hearing 320k US PPV buys ($24 million in revenue) and over 900k UK PPV buys ($22.5 million in revenue).

So we're talking about $23.25 million for the fighters to split (assuming the UK distributors get a similar 50% cut of revenue).

That's one hell of a night. The reports of $14 million for Wilder and $10 million for Fury seem to be spot on.

A good night for boxing...

*Edit: Hearing the live gate did $6 million. Total pot of $52.5 million.

... in case these figures prove to be true, it was a big success... and the rematch will be even bigger...

[kafkod]

Ok... let me get this right.. Fury, and the manfans say that Wilder is a Bum,
Wilder weighed in at 212 and is two inches shorter than fury who was 260 .. talk about a david vs Goliath.. but Goliath moves away from little david an his sling shot.. throwing sticks and peebles.. the entire fight.. until david nails Goliath with a rock to the forehead... and almost killed Goliath just before sundown.... luckily the ref was there to administer the breathlyzer.. before allowing the giant to continue, they fight to a draw at sundown, but back in the castle of England.. the Giants all party and talk about how david is still a bum?. second best fightin man in the world Smh. This makes zero sense.

It makes perfect sense IF you know how to score a boxing match.

And here's a couple more ifs for you ...

IF Goliath had gotten up, like Fury did, David would have been fcked.

And IF we still had 15 round championship fights, Wilder would have been fcked too. He was dead on his feet from exhaustion by the end of the 12th.

[Butch.McRae]

It makes perfect sense IF you know how to score a boxing match.

And here's a couple more ifs for you ...

IF Goliath had gotten up, like Fury did, David would have been fcked.

And IF we still had 15 round championship fights, Wilder would have been fcked too. He was dead on his feet from exhaustion by the end of the 12th.

There's a whole lot of people who know how to score a fight that dont agree with you.

[skinnystev]

if tyson fury had shown more aggression instead of sticking his tongue out and dropping his hands he could have won this fight outright IMO he was lucky to get off with a draw

[kafkod]

There's a whole lot of people who know how to score a fight that dont agree with you.

So you agree with him that getting decked in a boxing match means you automatically lose, whatever else happens?