Comments Thread for: Tyson Fury signs ESPN fight deal worth reported £80m

[Ray*]

So I don't see the issue. Tyson gets his (well deserved) money, and let's be real here...this is Tyson Fury. if he wants a fight to happen, he's not going to allow network BS to get in the way.

Let the 5 hearniacs all jerk off in their own thread about how Wilder/Breazele and Fury/Pulev are going to happen lol

Yeah I actually think this fight would get made still. They would work together, Why? Because the WBC ordered the fight. So maybe it would go to purse bid after all and one network would in the purse bid and put it on their network.

[JimmyValmer]

So, what about the most important thing? $80m, for five fights. Is that a lot of money, or not?

Depends on the quality of the opponent actually

[Szef]

Oh man so now have three best heavyweights signed with 3 different promoters and fighting on three different networks/platforms

Good ol' boxing

[Tom Cruise]

they'll likely concede the broadcast to Shotime for a cut of the revenue.

‘ESPN sign exclusive rights to Tyson Fury’s fights! See him live vs Deontay Wilder, only on Shotime’

You see why that might be an issue? Fury will be on ESPN next.

[Ray*]

What I don't understand about this move is Why PBC or DAZN didn't move heaven and earth to get Fury

Negotiations between any of the 3 top heavyweights are going to be ass now, none of them is going to be willing to miss out

Even showtime, am sure they would have matched or improve on the offer from ESPN.

[Ray*]

So, what about the most important thing? $80m, for five fights. Is that a lot of money, or not?

Well it is a lot of money (£80M) for 5 fights. That's around £16m per fight. His biggest paydays so far.

[Tom Cruise]

No, it would be PPV of course. That's why I said co-PPV. For the other two co-PPVs, you had SHO/HBO working together on the broadcast and in production.

Is there any precedent for an ESPN PPV? Doesnt that fly in the face of their ESPN+ no PPV model?

Bit of a stretch I would say. The chances of the rematch happening next are slim.

So can someone fill me in here?

SURELY they addressed the Wilder situation at the press conference?????

They said it makes the Wilder fight ‘more makeable’ despite offering no reasons as to why that is the case.

[_Rexy_]

‘ESPN sign exclusive rights to Tyson Fury’s fights! See him live vs Deontay Wilder, only on Shotime’

You see why that might be an issue? Fury will be on ESPN next.

does ESPN have PPV though? I know they have ESPN+ but I don't see how they recoup their money doing this on cable

[IronDanHamza]

Is there any precedent for an ESPN PPV? Doesnt that fly in the face of their ESPN+ no PPV model?

Bit of a stretch I would say. The chances of the rematch happening next are slim.



They said it makes the Wilder fight ‘more makeable’ despite offering no reasons as to why that is the case.

Seriously they need to address this right now for the fans.

We've been told for months that the Wilder fight is happening and will be announced soon. Just for this?

I've held out on getting AJ flights and tickets for the annoucment of this fight so they just need to say yes or no whether its happening next or not.

[KTFOKING]

Is there any precedent for an ESPN PPV? Doesnt that fly in the face of their ESPN+ no PPV model?

Bit of a stretch I would say. The chances of the rematch happening next are slim.



They said it makes the Wilder fight ‘more makeable’ despite offering no reasons as to why that is the case.

Okay, this was crap DAZN/Hearn fans started when they would lump in ESPN+ with DAZN. Arum NEVER once said he won't have his guys on PPV. In fact, Crawford vs Khan is on PPV. Exclusive deal just means ESPN has to be involved.