Fury VS AJ should be in the U.S.

[Robbie Barrett]

There are other items to check off. Some fans will travel to Wembley, but most will come from London and the surrounding area. Take a Jubilee or Metro train, or the Wembley rail if you're coming from further away, get off, have a few brews outside (no alcohol in the stadium), go home after the fight. Not a lot of money passed into the economy.

For Vegas....15,000 Brits travel to the US. Buy plane tickets, stay at a hotel for a few days, the wife spends money at the stores, the Brit fan loses at the poker tables, go to the Hoover Dam, they spend money eating out and drinking like fish. Then another day or two of the same activities and they fly home.

BIG DIFFERENCE. Way more money spent and passed into the economy than a fight in London. The 100,000 tickets (actually more like 90,000) are not the big money maker here; the food/drink/lodging/travel money is the bigger deal.

The fighters don't get compensated for the money spent on visiting the hoover dam etc. So why would they give a ****?

[_original_]

Being in the UK would make it bigger in Europe. I doubt it would even sell that well in the US. I'm sure Joshua and Fury would like to go down in history as being a part of the biggest British fight ever over just being a fight in Vegas.

Good point but then you hurt the American market and the Fury US gravy train comes to a halt.

I think it sells huge in the US and AJ will benefit from Fury's current mainstream appeal.

[_original_]

Here and then a rematch in Wembley

That's what I'm thinking. Especially if it's a good fight and it garners the interest of the American public for a rematch in the UK.

[Robbie Barrett]

I don't think there's much chance at all of it being in the US. Fury even wants the 3rd Wilder fight in the UK.

[Ray*]

Very good point and it's unfortunate but the fight will be much bigger globally if it's staged here in the US. Plus, I've read several times on here that it's an easy plane ride for the lovely UK fans who will pack the house anyways.

Why would it be more bigger globally if it happens in the US?

[Ray*]

I don't think there's much chance at all of it being in the US. Fury even wants the 3rd Wilder fight in the UK.

Depends on both camps to be honest. The mentality that it is bigger in US would have to be backed with stats. Otherwise both boxers would go where the money is.

[Mooshashi]

The fighters don't get compensated for the money spent on visiting the hoover dam etc. So why would they give a ****?

The boxers don't care where they fight. The promoters do, the local areas do. Why do you think the Saudi's got the AJ-Ruiz fight? They Arabs THREW money at the promoters, and some of that money trickled down to the fighters.

You don't think the pubs and restaurants around Wembley wouldn't throw money at the promoters if they could? There isn't enough money to be made anyway in London for a one day event. Unlike Vegas or Saudi...people will travel there and spend lots of money.

Vegas has a huge marketing program; they would come up with a package for the promoters. I doubt it would be as good as the sheiks, but the money will be there.

[_original_]

Why would it be more bigger globally if it happens in the US?

American/Mexican market would be all over it, they already have the UK/European markets on lock. Both guys clearly wanted to conquer those markets. One failed and the other succeeded. I'm sorry, but both guys and their teams realized they need to come the states to build their brand if not they would just be viewed as domestic level fighters.

[Robbie Barrett]

What's the highest selling PPV for a fight involving neither an American or Mexican in the US?

[TMLT87]

Then it becomes a domestic fight instead of a global showdown.

I dont see how. Are you saying people in the rest of Europe, Asia, Africa etc arent going to watch the fight if its not held in America? why wouldnt they?. And UK time is actually more convenient for most of those places anyway. If its held in the US its not even convenient for the people that come from the same country as both of the fighters.