Comments Thread For: Hearn: Deontay Wilder Not a PPV Star; Talks With His Team Better

[Nightfall]

neither is joshy. filling up a stadium isn't being a PPV star. Hearn is ducking the fight because Wilder will knock his mentally soft fighter out.

[allen23]

Took him to school... That's a very strong statement when you consider how little fury connected and how ineffective the punches we're when he did connect. I thought he did very well in suppressing wilder but in my opinion suppression with no aggression is hardly "taking someone to school". Do I think wilder shut him out? No it was a draw at it's best. Doubt breadman would argue that and even if he did that's his opinion. Everyone's got one.

so what you're saying is if your not a big puncher then u simply cant win unless its totally unanimous. fights are fought on a round to round basis and fury being the master boxer that he is simply did enough to keep topping up the rounds while deontay swung at air. you have to commend wilder hes game for 12 rounds and i respect him more than joshua seeing as its normally one or the other in most peoples eyes yet personally i hope Usyk ruffles a few feathers in the next few years and fury stays off the sauce showing why is the best in the world.

[Boxingfanatic75]

Most the money is in US?? C’mon you don’t believe that.. Not in the heavyweight division!

The fight did over 300,000 buys generating over $20 mil.. AJ himself earns that alone! So if the money is in the US why is the UK fighter earning more than both Fury and Wilder made combined?

Lets switch the opponents.. If Wilder fought Povetkin, Parker, Takam or guys like Brezeale, would that also be on PPV and do 300,000k?

We both know if AJ fought Otriz that would be a successful PPV in the UK and AJ would have made 20+ mil.

Fury made 10mil against Wilder.. if Fury fought AJ in the UK that would break all PPV records and both guys would have earned more than 20mil each so how is mosy the money in the US???!!

300,000 x 75$ = 22.5 mil alone in ppv
That doesn’t include gate which is in excess of 10 mil

[BeLikeWater]

He’s an atg? How is that possible because Joshua only fights bums

Well wlads popularity certainly followed him even into the very very late and diminished stage of his career when Joshua fought him. Wlad was the reason for the aforementioned high ppv numbers for their fight to be sure.

[BeLikeWater]

so what you're saying is if your not a big puncher then u simply cant win unless its totally unanimous. fights are fought on a round to round basis and fury being the master boxer that he is simply did enough to keep topping up the rounds while deontay swung at air. you have to commend wilder hes game for 12 rounds and i respect him more than joshua seeing as its normally one or the other in most peoples eyes yet personally i hope Usyk ruffles a few feathers in the next few years and fury stays off the sauce showing why is the best in the world.

No I'm not saying pillow punchers can't win what I'm saying is that fury missed allot himself in that fight. And when he did connect, it wasn't a power punch but was a pitter Pat ala calzaghe minus calzaghes voluminous combinations and accuracy. Fury has aways to go before returning to his previous brilliance tbh.

Yes usyk definitely an exciting fighter which I am eager to see jump into the heavyweights mix. Definitely a very live threat but I wonder how well he can take the big shots from Wilder or aj. I can't wait..

[Breno G]

let's be honest here: Wilder has zero marketing value. He speaks english almost as bad as GGG, just came out of an obvious wrong decision against a 3yr retired boxer who happens to be incredibly smart, say ****** stuff like "I want a body in my record" and the list goes on...

To sum it up, Wilder only brings a belt. No audience and no money.

Having said that AJ won't pack stadiums fighting the Povetkins of the world for too long.

[allen23]

No I'm not saying pillow punchers can't win what I'm saying is that fury missed allot himself in that fight. And when he did connect, it wasn't a power punch but was a pitter Pat ala calzaghe minus calzaghes voluminous combinations and accuracy. Fury has aways to go before returning to his previous brilliance tbh.

Yes usyk definitely an exciting fighter which I am eager to see jump into the heavyweights mix. Definitely a very live threat but I wonder how well he can take the big shots from Wilder or aj. I can't wait..

if im honest i think he struggles against the top few heavyweights but his skills alone give him a real shot at not just winning but humiliating a lot of them..we dont even know how well he can take a punch or how powerful he hits. something tells me usyk has more in the tank than we have seen so far. i also dont think you're giving fury enough credit, floyd fought half his career similarly and got lauded for these type performances. granted he wasnt knocked on his ass 2 times in a fight but as i say fights should be scored round by round but considering the officiating in combat sports its hard to call any fight that doesnt end within the 12 rounds

[uppercut510]

exactly and then they complain that US ppv is so high but its usually only 2 or 3 ppv fights a year here as opposed to anyone with a big name is ppv there. and we can easily have a fight party here to cut the cost of the PPV here.

[goldenbear]

Avg ticket price $100.....on $10 mil

I would have thought it would be much higher average price for AJ fights . Not complaining these are definitely fan friendly prices. I would expect tickets to be probable double for Wilder vs AJ which would make the gate $20 mil if not more. I would think PPV buys would be 1.5 mil at $75. Fight generates I'm guessing $150 mil or so.

[Ake-Dawg]

if im honest i think he struggles against the top few heavyweights but his skills alone give him a real shot at not just winning but humiliating a lot of them..we dont even know how well he can take a punch or how powerful he hits. something tells me usyk has more in the tank than we have seen so far. i also dont think you're giving fury enough credit, floyd fought half his career similarly and got lauded for these type performances. granted he wasnt knocked on his ass 2 times in a fight but as i say fights should be scored round by round but considering the officiating in combat sports its hard to call any fight that doesnt end within the 12 rounds

Bad analogy friend. Floyd landed much more. He counter-punched his opponents into submission. Compubox numbers would show that he vastly outlanded his opponent after fights.

Listen, I think Fury did enough to win, but I don't fault/begrudge those who thought that the arm punches landed by Fury were far less impactful that the aggression and shots/partial shots that Wilder landed.