Comments Thread For: Arum: Wilder-Fury 2 Should Gross 2 Million PPV Buys, $100M

[5000boxing]

Lol.....you don't sound convinced like the first.
Am sure you have learnt one or two things from the first fight.

I learned that Fury really lost.. luckily the ref saved him! I've learned from the Ortiz 2 fight that Wilder is more patient.. Ive learned from from the Otto Wallin fight that Fury fired ben cause he can't get him drugs anymore! I've learned that Wilder will destroy Fury for good this time!

[Tyistall]

I'm thinking 650K-1 Million realistically

2 Million is more Wilder vs AJ honestly

That being said, if this doesn't do well, don't cry about wanting to see other big fights. Boxing fans are sitting back playing these numbers games and want to scream "This Boxing Event Flopped" but WE the boxing fans look bad when good fights are made and they Flop. I don't care who is the Promoter of the event, when good fights and big fights are made it should be 100% Supported. This is not the mentality sadly, you have so called "BOXING FANS" rooting for Boxing to Fail based on who is promoting and/or showing it. No other sport fans does this besides "Boxing Fans"

I think most fans are like myself. We just want the best fights put on, no matter what promoter, network or backing. But when they are putting on crap fights and charging PPV for them, we all lose. Especially when you can get better fights on an app for 10% of the price of a single PPV

[NaijaD]

No combination of Wilder, Fury and AJ will get you 2m PPV buys in the US. Even a special Triple threat WWE event with all 3 guys in the ring at once wouldn't get 2m. The haven't captured the attention of the paying casuals, most people aware of it would be happy to stream it.

[FlyingFJ]

1st one did 300k but the rematch will draw 2 million to watch 2 fighters nobody in America gives a flying turd about? You sure Bob?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deontay_Wilder_vs._Tyson_Fury

As per the link above the fight generated 325,000 buys in the United States. In the United Kingdom, the fight sold 420,000 buys. Showtime's delayed broadcast a week later drew an average 488,000 viewers, peaking at 590,000, in the United States.

According to UK-based anti-piracy company Muso, the fight was watched illegally online by nearly 10 million viewers worldwide via pirated streams, including 1.9 million in the United States and more than 1 million in the United Kingdom.

Now, if nobody gives a flying turd then why do they watch, legal or illegal?

I haven't included, numbers from other major European, Asian, African and the South Pacific countries who also pay to watch.

[jondacon]

I think 1 Million would be a good goal to have. 2 Million is just wishful thinking.

The fight will probably do between 750k-900k.

[hansS]

It is "The Fight at Heavyweight"!

[Scipio2009]

Haymon and Arum now have a business alliance. These two once hated rivals both desperately need each other because Joshua has a monopoly on Heavyweight division and heavyweight money. Haymon and Arum have an alliance now to go to war with Hearn and DAZN which is putting them out of business by killing their business. Canelo and Joshua are why DAZN is dominating boxing now.

Haymon and Arum are desperate and have joined forces. Unfortunately Wilder vs Fury 2 will be another inside job business alliance fix where both of their values are maintained, so each can keep their leverage for the Joshua $100m plus jackpot. It will be another fake draw.

Your best move is to boycott this fraud Wilder vs Fury rematch and keep them down as low draws, which would force each to be sacrificed to Joshua.

Arum is the only one talking.

No word from Haymon, no word from Wilder, no word from Finkell, no word from DiBella, no word from Tom Brown or Leonard Ellerbe.

I think you're projecting way too much, lol

[Scipio2009]

Let's see. Wilder's last fight sold 7k in tickets and they loved about the PPV numbers because they were so low. And Furys last fight sold 4k tickets...soooooo yep, 2 million PPV buys it is!!! Hahahahaha. Man, where do they come up with this stuff? Also, the fight is 2 months away and there is no announcement, no venue, no promos, nothing. Maybe Arum should get some of that together first before saying how many PPV buys it'll get hahaha

Wilder's last fight did over $4m at his live gate; Fury's last fight maybe did $850k.

There are levels

[Ray*]

Unless the price tag is cheaper i doubt that 100M projection, no way they sell 2M buy irrespective of the price, last one they claimed they would sell 2.5m, and they didn't even do 500K.

[Ray*]

No combination of Wilder, Fury and AJ will get you 2m PPV buys in the US. Even a special Triple threat WWE event with all 3 guys in the ring at once wouldn't get 2m. The haven't captured the attention of the paying casuals, most people aware of it would be happy to stream it.

Yeah they must have interviewed Arum when he was on his spliff... No way are they selling 2M