Comments Thread For: Arum: Wilder-Fury Rematch Could Be Next, But We Don't Know

[champion4ever]

Bullshit Bob. There's no damn way that Al Haymon, the PBC, Fox and Showtime is going to allow you to be the lead promoter for this fight or allow Wilder to fight on ESPN outside of a purse bid. Team Wilder holds all the cards and has the leverage. He is the A side because he is the WBC champion. Even with a purse bid it's still up to the champion to decide and choose which promotional company he is going to work with.

[SHO_RULEZ]

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See, Arum is already getting off on the wrong foot, trying to big-time Haymon, to gain a negotiating edge.

It's not happening guys. We have just been robbed of the biggest rematch of this generation of HWs...smh...

[SHO_RULEZ]

Good luck to Fury but if he doesn't face Wilder next I for 1 won't bother watching him face some Arum placed bums instead. Arum dropping dead would be the greatest thing for Boxing,he ruins fighters by having them waste their careers against lessor opponents so he can win big.

Yeah, Crawford! Cant find an opponent for him!

[arraamis]

Bob Arum is more than open to Tyson Fury fighting Deontay Wilder next. The Hall-of-Fame promoter just needs to know how willing those that work with Deontay Wilder will be to work with his company and ESPN to make that immediate rematch happen. Now that Arum's Top Rank Inc. has signed England's Fury to a multi-fight agreement for the lineal heavyweight champion to box on ESPN in the United States, he'll help co-promoter Frank Warren decide Fury's next move.
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What a strange turn of events .....

Now "The Snake" Arum is calling the shots for Fury, after the weasel Hearn got sidelined.

I can't blame Fury for capitalizing on his market position post Wilder\Fury. But all these different network's splurging on different fighters doesn't make too much financial sense.

Outside of Fury vs Wilder\AJ, the return isn't going to match ESPN's investment. So in essence, Wilder\AJ will still call the shots regarding a fight with Fury, because Fury needs both\either of the two to turn a profit for ESPN.

If no Wilder\AJ for Fury, then ESPN gets the shaft and Fury wins, because he's getting paid either way.

Bottom line: ESPN needs both fights to happen (Wilder\AJ) to ensure they can capitalize on their investment. Because I don't see too many people lining the sidewalks for tickets to watch Fury fight tomato cans.

Freakin boxing is worst than any soap opera out.

[GlassJoey]

Pianeta rematch, Chisora 3 and finally Manuel Charr for the WBA.

[CocoonOfHorror]

Wow, that sucks. I was actually looking forward to plunking down $75 for the rematch.
With this size investment from ESPN, I can't imagine that Top Rank would let Fury take a 50/50 fight vs. Wilder/Joshua first unless they are getting basically complete control. And Fury has completely changed his tune with respect to the rematch. Wilder could technically fight on ESPN PPV, but he seems very loyal to Showtime/PBC.

What does the WBC do now? Put the purse bid back on? Or just let Wilder fight a voluntary defense and order the mandatory vs. Whyte/Brezeale for late-2019?

[Curt Henning]

See, Arum is already getting off on the wrong foot, trying to big-time Haymon, to gain a negotiating edge.

It's not happening guys. We have just been robbed of the biggest rematch of this generation of HWs...smh...

i hear ya...friggin arum...hes such a buzzkill

what if haymon goes to hearn and they basically freeze fury out for a couple of years? i believe this move was done to piss haymon off and maybe try to strain his relations with espinoza...but they could have the last laugh if they can get together with hearn

[that g]

i hear ya...friggin arum...hes such a buzzkill

what if haymon goes to hearn and they basically freeze fury out for a couple of years? i believe this move was done to piss haymon off and maybe try to strain his relations with espinoza...but they could have the last laugh if they can get together with hearn

wait... now you wanna work with hearn and dazn???

[champion4ever]

It's time for Wilder to cut his losses because Fury doesn't want the fight. He signed with Top Rank in order to escape Wilder and to dictate the terms and conditions of a potential rematch. Of course that won't happen because after all, Wilder is the A side who doesn't owe him shit because it was a voluntary defense.

He never took the Fury fight for money in the first place. He took the fight as a gift to boxing fans. It was more of a legacy fight rather than a money fight.

Moreover, he threw Tyson Fury a lifeline, that he didn't deserve after popping for both doping and juicing because he wanted to the giving the fans a fight they wanted to see. So I say to Hell with Tyson Fury. The ungrateful, sellout, turncoat son of a bitch.

[Bobby Shaw]

Duck move on fury part his comments last few days showed he wasn’t really interested in taking rematch next anyways this deal helps him get out of it and why would Pulev agree to fight him when he already mando for aj belt

Not many fighters would duck £80m. Fury isn't ducking Wilder but got a deal he couldnt resist. This is just boxing politics. Everyone wants to have hands on that boxing pie. The heavyweight was dead but now everyone can eat.