Fury vs AJ....Who is the A side?!

[SplitSecond]

Who cares, just make it happen.

[techliam]

In the UK - 50/50

Both are household names

Will be the biggest fight in UK history

I hope it will boost the sport at the grassroots level. The UK is doing very well, especially at HW. But boxing isn’t a major sport here, nowhere near as popular as football, rugby, cricket, tennis etc

But for the one off events like this, the whole country will be watching

[emceetns]

I honestly can’t see this fight getting made even if wilder doesn’t take the rematch and Pulev agrees to step aside.

They both won’t be able to agree on who is the A side, whose name comes first on the poster, who makes their ringwalk last etc.

I most definitely can’t see Eddie and AJ agreeing to being the B side, fury might just do it just for the sake of making the fight but warren won’t be having none of it, he’s already said in an interview it should be 60-40 in Fury’s favour.

So, who is the A side now??

The A side should be whoever wins the fight. Everything else is nonsense that I could care less about. Just negotiate, come to an agreement, sign the contracts and make the fight happen.

[Ray*]

50-50, BT and sky sports coming together. The issues here is one (Location) and two ( Frank Warren). If we can remove Warren from the equation and insert Arum then this fight wouldn’t have too much issues been made.

[Afi23]

Financially 50/50 is fair at this point.

Fury should be seen as the A side in term of who’s the man, if anyone cares about that. I.e Fury v Joshua, not Joshua v Fury. I know it’s nonsense but Fury is the man really.

At the end of the day, all AJ’s belts are the ones Fury never lost in the ring. All Fury’s world title victories were against a real reigning champ.

I won't get into the A-side, B-side stuff but these little details often get lost in the shuffle.

[Afi23]

I like AJ to fight Pulev and Usyk both in 2020. Gives time for Fury to defend his belt once or twice. Then build up for the big AJ - Fury fight in 2021. Fight in England, promote it as two A-sides.

Dunno how likely, but that's my thought.

After what has happened in the last year in the HW division (Ruiz, Wallin, Wilder's KO) I think all parties involved will be very careful about marinating the fight.

[QueensburyRules]

In the UK - 50/50

Both are household names

Will be the biggest fight in UK history

I hope it will boost the sport at the grassroots level. The UK is doing very well, especially at HW. But boxing isn’t a major sport here, nowhere near as popular as football, rugby, cricket, tennis etc

But for the one off events like this, the whole country will be watching

- -U Australian?

AJ sells out stadiums. Fury sells out small halls. AJ the Ferrari, Fury the Ford Fiesta.

[deathofaclown]

After what has happened in the last year in the HW division (Ruiz, Wallin, Wilder's KO) I think all parties involved will be very careful about marinating the fight.

Absolutely.

That’s why Hearn is out hours later calling for the fight.

He got the fright of his life against Ruiz and realised it can all be taken away so easily.

I’d honestly wonder deep down Hearn believes AJ can beat Fury. Who knows. Hearn won’t care when theres all that Saudi money to be made from AJ v Fury.

That’s not to say Hearn doesn’t believe in AJ or care about him, but the reality is AJ’s boxing record is way down the list of Hearn’s business priorities in the grand scheme of things, which is fine, Hearn’s business doesn’t start and end with Joshua.

Hearn will want that money now, just incase someone levels AJ again, or something happens to Fury. At the end of the day, titles could be lost on a cut, injury etc, nevermind a clean loss.

When there’s that much Saudi money involved for Hearn, the win or loss for AJ in the fight becomes less of a factor.

[a.rihn]

If there is enough $$$ for AJ - Fury, maybe Wilder can leverage himself in there. Step aside for a price, maybe negotiate to fight the winner.

[Chinned]

Fury wants 50%, so it's a 50% 50% fight. Josh needs this fight. If fury wants 60% Josh should give it.
But luckily for josh, fury only wants 50%

The thing is, Fury wanted 50-50 in the past. He may want more now. Warren definitely will encourage that.

I actually think if anyone will refuse a 50-50, it will be team Fury.