Comments Thread For: Hearn To Wilder, Fury: We Run The Show, You Didn't Even Sell Out

[Jax teller]

Would AJ Fury have sold out the Staples centre ? i doubt it

Would Wilder Fury sell out a UK stadium ? Absolutely

AJ Wilder would sell out Staples, atleast more likely.

Would Wilder v Parker or Wlad have soldout UK stadium, nope not a chance.

It sounded like there was more Fury fans at the weekend anyway.

AJ's part of the purse from the Povetkin fight (75% = £20/$26 mil ) is worth about more than the whole predicted purse for Wilder and Fury ($24 Mil). Wilder is not bringing 50%, he doesn't even bring 50% of the belts.

[*Makaveli*]

AJ Wilder would sell out Staples, atleast more likely.

Would Wilder v Parker or Wlad have soldout UK stadium, nope not a chance.

It sounded like there was more Fury fans at the weekend anyway.

AJ's part of the purse from the Povetkin fight (75% = £20/$26 mil ) is worth about more than the whole predicted purse for Wilder and Fury ($24 Mil). Wilder is not bringing 50%, he doesn't even bring 50% of the belts.

Wilder brings a sledgehammer for a right arm . Thats the problem . Eddie doesnt want Anthonys face anywhere near it .

[KTFOKING]

Nah, Hearn and AJ will do what they want when they want to; and they don't technically need to make the Wilder/Fury fight for April because as we all know, unification trumps a mandatory... unless they choose to fight a mandatory that is.
That being said, I do hope they try to do something is big though as I'm not keen on another Whyte fight if (and I do mean if) he beats Chisora!
Since the Fury vs Wilder fight, there seems a ground swell of interest in the UK for Fury vs Joshua - personally I hope that happens in April, although i'm not holding out much hope.

Also, you can't really think that the Fury vs Wilder rematch gets even close to 1 Million US buys can you? I mean do you think that the American public will buy three times the amount of PPV's, compared to the first fight, to watch a fighter (Wilder) who was so comprehensively out boxed? Especially when he has even less hope of winning a rematch.

Oh, I do think they can get close to a million. The viewing public in stateside surely didn't take the fight as it seems like the Brits did. They were very satisfied with the fight and the 12th round drama plus the controversy after the fight will make the rematch huge. Fury's performance inside the ring and then post-fight was gold. They did around 350k buys with neither being a PPV fighter before this fight and supposedly being two unknowns. Guess what? They are known now and almost every big sports debate show or just sports show in general talked about the fight on Monday. That only happens to the big events. The buzz for the rematch will be crazy. And both fighters know how to sell a fight.

I called the numbers exactly what they would be and even said the live gate target should be $4-6 million which I think it was. Really do think they have a chance to hit a million in the rematch or at least get close to it. Heck, they may get close to the 700-900k range in the UK even at 4 am for the rematch.

[Jax teller]

Wilder brings a sledgehammer for a right arm . Thats the problem . Eddie doesnt want Anthonys face anywhere near it .

Completely off point and nonsense.

[koolkc107]

I'd love to see them try. Fury/Wilder being able to pack out a UK stadium will finally open Hearn's eyes to the po$$ibilities.

I wonder how long AJ will continue to pack out stadiums if his opponents are not Fury or Wilder.

Completely agree.

Obviously a Vegas fight is the best call financially.

But, make no mistake, Wilder vs Fury in front of 90,000 screaming Brits is the sweetest revenge God could ever create

[SeGoodland]

The petition is not for a rematch, it’s for the scoring outcome of the fight.

Writing to the WBC about the Mexican judge scorecard is going to go where? It won't change the result.

All of the articles that I have seen show that Warren and the BBBofC are both writing to the WBC to order a rematch AND an investigation of the scoring because Fury doesn't have a rematch clause, only Wilder does.

[SeGoodland]

Oh, I do think they can get close to a million. The viewing public in stateside surely didn't take the fight as it seems like the Brits did. They were very satisfied with the fight and the 12th round drama plus the controversy after the fight will make the rematch huge. Fury's performance inside the ring and then post-fight was gold. They did around 350k buys with neither being a PPV fighter before this fight and supposedly being two unknowns. Guess what? They are known now and almost every big sports debate show or just sports show in general talked about the fight on Monday. That only happens to the big events. The buzz for the rematch will be crazy. And both fighters know how to sell a fight.

I called the numbers exactly what they would be and even said the live gate target should be $4-6 million which I think it was. Really do think they have a chance to hit a million in the rematch or at least get close to it. Heck, they may get close to the 700-900k range in the UK even at 4 am for the rematch.

I agree, I think a rematch will be successful but to say it will be huge may be jumping the gun a bit.

I do think that there will be a lot of buzz in the fallout of the first fight and a lot of talk. The issue is, because Wilder was soundly beaten, Fury may turn to Joshua and a fight in the UK because of the manner of the scoring in the Wilder fight. A fight with Joshua may have become even bigger because Wilder was so poor. Fury may see Joshua as the next logical step. If he beats Joshua, a rematch with Wilder (if Wilder can keep hold of his WBC belt) would then be huge.

[_Rexy_]

AJ Wilder would sell out Staples, atleast more likely.

Would Wilder v Parker or Wlad have soldout UK stadium, nope not a chance.

It sounded like there was more Fury fans at the weekend anyway.

AJ's part of the purse from the Povetkin fight (75% = £20/$26 mil ) is worth about more than the whole predicted purse for Wilder and Fury ($24 Mil). Wilder is not bringing 50%, he doesn't even bring 50% of the belts.

From what I saw, Fury was guaranteed 10 mil and Wilder 12 mil and that’s before the split.

[EnglishOxide]

From what I saw, Fury was guaranteed 10 mil and Wilder 12 mil and that’s before the split.

Just do a bit of basic maths please.

300k buys at $75 is $22.5m (the figure would likely be less because of the $65 price point for SD).

Networks takes approx 50%. Everybody else needs to get paid.

It's unlikely that Fury and Wilder got minimum guarantees of them amounts, I suspect they are top end figures if 250k buys was the break even point, and that's being optimistic. BT PPV did less than Khan/Maidana.

If Wilder turned down $15m vs AJ to take $10-$12m against Fury that is not a good look.

In fact Wilder was offered AJ and a tune up for $20m and said no. He needs to get out from under Haymon.

[Jax teller]

From what I saw, Fury was guaranteed 10 mil and Wilder 12 mil and that’s before the split.

Don't know what site you read that from tripling the actuals guarantees. Just goes to show anything you post is a load of nonsense.

"Wilder is guaranteed $4 million and Fury $3 million with both men having an opportunity to earn far more from pay-per-view revenue."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianmazique/2018/12/01/deontay-wilder-vs-tyson-fury-fight-purses-and-10-things-you-should-know-about-saturdays-fight/#6e9eec925e01

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