What's stopping AJ vs. Fury on ESPN PPV from happening next?

[DuckAdonis]

And ofc like people before me have said the fight would happen in the UK. And there is a network conflict there. AJ can only exclusively fight on Skysports and Fury fights on BT Sport. BT Sport have a deal ging with ESPN. Only co-promotional business would work.

[Ray*]

sucks for us but this is the business everyone defended and bickered back n forth about, so here we are... Ill just enjoy what i can and come talk a little sht here n there with some of you all. Its clear as day we wont see any of the fights we want until mid or late 2021

The only people i have seen on here, defending it so far, are people who support Wilder. From 2018 until now, it was all about give him more money. It has never been let's see this fight. To be honest i have made my peace with it, I have accept Wilder doesn't want it yet, I have known that from day 1 until this day. If he wanted it like he wanted Fury this fight would have happened, and no it had nothing to do with money.

[Ray*]

And ofc like people before me have said the fight would happen in the UK. And there is a network conflict there. AJ can only exclusively fight on Skysports and Fury fights on BT Sport. BT Sport have a deal ging with ESPN. Only co-promotional business would work.

The sky/BT sport thing is another big issue in making this fight, another is Warren/Hearn. Team Fury have said from day 1 50/50 or no fight.

[DuckAdonis]

AJ doesn't have a deal with DAZN.

AJ does have a deal with SkySports bro. In the UK he can only exclusively fight on Sky. Now why does This matter you ask? Well...since Fury and AJ are Both big stars in the UK it means the only logical Place for the fight to happen is in the UK. And in the UK there is a network conflict. DAZN and ESPN would not be the issue. The issue becomes SkySports and BT Sport. That's the real problem. BT Sport and Top Rank/ESPN have a deal together. AJ can only fight on Sky. So that means the fight would have to happen on Sky. And ofc Frank Warren and Top Rank would never accept that because BT sport would be upset. And if it happens on Sky they would lose money. Only realistic outcome is a co-promotional deal. ESPN ppv is irrelevant. BT sport ppv and Sky ppv becomes the issue. That's whats stopping it from happening.

[lolasif]

AJ does have a deal with SkySports bro. In the UK he can only exclusively fight on Sky. Now why does This matter you ask? Well...since Fury and AJ are Both big stars in the UK it means the only logical Place for the fight to happen is in the UK. And in the UK there is a network conflict. DAZN and ESPN would not be the issue. The issue becomes SkySports and BT Sport. That's the real problem. BT Sport and Top Rank/ESPN have a deal together. AJ can only fight on Sky. So that means the fight would have to happen on Sky. And ofc Frank Warren and Top Rank would never accept that because BT sport would be upset. And if it happens on Sky they would lose money. Only realistic outcome is a co-promotional deal. ESPN ppv is irrelevant. BT sport ppv and Sky ppv becomes the issue. That's whats stopping it from happening.

Sky's Head of Boxing, Adam Smith, said that Sky and BT could work together to make the fight. Like Showtime and HBO did for Mayweather - Pacquiao.

The only block to the fight is the split. AJ wants 60 - 40, Fury wants 50 - 50 and neither is likely to budge.

[Motorcity Cobra]

AJ does have a deal with SkySports bro. In the UK he can only exclusively fight on Sky. Now why does This matter you ask? Well...since Fury and AJ are Both big stars in the UK it means the only logical Place for the fight to happen is in the UK. And in the UK there is a network conflict. DAZN and ESPN would not be the issue. The issue becomes SkySports and BT Sport. That's the real problem. BT Sport and Top Rank/ESPN have a deal together. AJ can only fight on Sky. So that means the fight would have to happen on Sky. And ofc Frank Warren and Top Rank would never accept that because BT sport would be upset. And if it happens on Sky they would lose money. Only realistic outcome is a co-promotional deal. ESPN ppv is irrelevant. BT sport ppv and Sky ppv becomes the issue. That's whats stopping it from happening.

Sky's Head of Boxing, Adam Smith, said that Sky and BT could work together to make the fight. Like Showtime and HBO did for Mayweather - Pacquiao.

The only block to the fight is the split. AJ wants 60 - 40, Fury wants 50 - 50 and neither is likely to budge.

Hmmmmmm so the BT/SKY excuse is gone. What's your next excuse Duck?

[DuckAdonis]

Hmmmmmm so the BT/SKY excuse is gone. What's your next excuse Duck?

That's not an excuse. It's a fact. It's a big problem. Adam Smith can say they can do a co-promotional deal and that's what I suggested as well. Thats the only thing that can make this fight work. Adam Smith might be ok with that but we don't know how Fury's team stands in this issue. Frank Warren and BT sport might not want that, Bob might be against it. We don't know. It's not an excuse at all i would love for the fight to happen and so would all real boxing fans.

Everyone knows this thread by you is just a way of deflecting from Wilder signing to fight Ortiz again and avoiding the AJ matchup. How come you didn't make a thread when Fury signed with ESPN that was titled: "what is stopping the Fury Vs Wilder rematch from happening on ESPN ppv?! Well...

[Motorcity Cobra]

That's not an excuse. It's a fact. It's a big problem. Adam Smith can say they can do a co-promotional deal and that's what I suggested as well. Thats the only thing that can make this fight work. Adam Smith might be ok with that but we don't know how Fury's team stands in this issue. Frank Warren and BT sport might not want that, Bob might be against it. We don't know. It's not an excuse at all i would love for the fight to happen and so would all real boxing fans.

Everyone knows this thread by you is just a way of deflecting from Wilder signing to fight Ortiz again and avoiding the AJ matchup. How come you didn't make a thread when Fury signed with ESPN that was titled: "what is stopping the Fury Vs Wilder rematch from happening on ESPN ppv?! Well...

Is not a fact when Adam Smith says the exact opposite of what you're claiming is a fact

[BangEM]

You sound like Eddie Hearn with all the excuses! Fury relinquished the belts to deal with personal issues. AJ has the belts b/c of this reason. All 3 HWs should split the money 50/50 in their showdowns. After the dust settles, each will have pocketed close to $ 1B (including rematches), we'd have one undisputed champion, and all fans would happy!

Lol, ****ing casual.

Fury never relinquished any belt. He was stripped and subsequently banned for 2yrs for PED.

[Zaroku]

AJ can fight on any network. Wilder is fighting Ortiz next. The next best fight to make in the HW division is Fury/AJ. AJ & Hearn should be looking to make that fight next. Yet they're still talking about Wilder.

AJ vs Fury may be the biggest fight in British history

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