Comments Thread For: Frank Warren Explains Reasons For Fury's Interim, Wilder Delay

[Corelone]

This can go south quick. Tyson can smell with the wrong opponent and the world is full of them. Another Safari could sink the franchise. Fury has to get pressured for his skill to shine. Parker? Barely, Ruiz chased him around and Whyte couldn't close the show. Whyte vs Ruiz?

[Robertthebruce]

Warren has turned out to be a lying, deceitful scumbag the way he has played wilder is disgusting. I suppose this is the best way to cover the real reason of Tyson being terrified of another right hand from wilder. If Wilder had wanted an interim fight he would have been blasted and humiliated relentlessly and had his title stripped. Hope Wilder blasts out Breazeale then fights Joshua for undisputed....unless this has been the plan of wilder and fury all along to blacklist Joshua which we will soon find out.

[lion33lit]

Warren can't include (he did in a way with the "dangerous fight" comment) the fact that Fury can't afford to get pulverized so soon after the 1st fight. Fury to some degree is still a sick man and really doesnt need to absorb shots like that upside his head. Other than that Warren hid behind a reasonable explanation that can only help Fury gain more exposure - especially after being out of the spotlight for so long. He's a jolly fun fellow...lol...and should be recieved well over here. I like him. He just needs to tone down the "*****house" bizarre swearing..lol.

Hearn on the other hand can't keep up with his own slick maneuvers and the "truth." He outpaces himself when a real danger is present, because he wants to hold on to all the power and funds in the worst way. Wilder & Fury need to let the world know that theres more to the heavyweight division than some commercialized pretty boy hype team chasing money any way possible. The 'flat fee' crap to make sure in the event of a loss the the money stayed in house is a big panty man greedy move, regardless of Wilder never making that lump sum in a match.

The skinny little guy made it to the top thru hard work and dedication. His pretty boy opposition happened to get rich by an elaborate commercial campaign to play on bored local drunks, and to inspire some good ole' fashioned kids & young ladies looking for a good lookin' hometown hero to cheer on - nothing wrong in the latter. The GREEDY entitlement is the problem. Sanctioning bodies try to keep purses even for a reason. Pots for REAL champions are to be divided equally as possible - not "take these shekels peasant and get outta here because my popular was manufactured better, and I know both Ken & Barbie." It is a "dangerous fight" and these champs need to be compensated properly.

[wileyhemi]

There was literally no need for this article as he just repeated what was said earlier this week lol. Still putting enough blame towards TR/ESPN to cover for himself for the fight not happening next.

It's fine, no need to explain yourself any further. You guys chose to go another route, not the end of the world.

What doesn't make sense is mentioning ESPN can be seen across 85 million homes.....When Fury will be fighting on ESPN+. Give us the numbers to the amount of subscribers they have and how many people will watch Fury's next fight on that platform. If he was to fight on ESPN, that is one thing but it isn't reality here.

He can appear on various ESPN events to build his recognition

[ShoulderRoll]

What happened to all the good things you Wilder fans were saying about Warren and how easy he is to deal with compared to sleazy Hearn?????? Narrative changes to suit the agenda and now Warren is everything you were saying he wasnt not long ago. You guys make me chuckle.

He was easy to deal with. They made the first fight with no problems, and were very close to making the rematch.

Things only went to shit when Bob "The Cancer" Arum stuck his nose in.

[john l]

What a load!!The LAST THING you wanna do is show Tyson's fighting style to the states esp with a low ranked guy.And guys esp at heavy can always lose its a duck and their is no defence.

[juggernaut666]

Good for Fury ,take a very long walk away from those clowns,let them struggle and watch wilder continue to run away from Joshua with no excuses left .Hopefully someone knocks his ass out and we can get guys who actually want the Joshua fight.

[davef]

No idea why Wilder fans are unhappy he very likely loses the rematch and his belts cos heres what we do know

Tyson can outbox Wilder
Wilder cannot KO Tyson

[greeneye99]

He is not the one repeating what he said it is the reporter repeating what has been said and worse, making news out of it

Yall both wrong
Frank Warren wrote the article

[todisday]

Espn+ has about 3mil subscribers which makes warren reason for delaying fight pointless not to mention rematch was already going do way better numbers then first fight... Should just tell truth they have no intentions matching fury with Joshua/wilder first three fights will be smoke and mirrors until it’s fights 4 and 5 of contract

Excellent description of events!

Fury and his promoters finally understood the reality of the situation after that 12th round: There is a real risk of being KOed again by Wilder, and more easily now that he won't be as emotional (or have a broken arm).

They saw that and thought the Fury train ran a serious risk of being derailed. So, they ducked, and plan to milk Fury as long as possible. Their strategy, in the end, is to fight an old Wilder, hoping Fury can outbox a less explosive version of him.

It makes perfect business sense, sure, but they threw the fans in the trash, yet again.

This also risks backfiring majorly, as Fury is boring (albeit talented at what he does), and, if anything, casual fans may now be turned off from Fury after watching his next snooze fest.

Point is we need to move on. Wilder is the man in the division now, and the other two are hiding from him until he ages a year or two. Let's just enjoy his fights, until then.