Comments Thread For: Fury vs. Joshua: Hearn Aims To Nail Down Two-Fight Deal

[Squared.Circle]

Fury may have exposed him but he didn't come anywhere near to destroying him. Wilder shall return!

He came very close to destroying him, but Breland threw the towel in lol

Oh yea, sorry, that was Anthony Dirrell’s fault! Lol!

[andocom]

I appreciate your thoughts on that.
I just can't see either platform giving up their champ. Especially ESPN doing promos for a fight on DAZN. i find that unlikely. I'm thinking some sort of co promotion again. And if Wilder does get the WBC back,you can believe it will be in PBC protection mode for a long time to come.

Well Joshua isn't signed to dazn, so it could be on ESPN, but the money dazn has and would be willing to throw at them would be the issue.

I think both promoters know this fight isn't going to be there for ever, Joshua has already lost and Fury is already talking about retirement, half of the biggest fight is better than all of nothing.

If Joshua beats Pulev and Fury beats Wilder again, I think it gets made, Fury will have $50M+ in the bank, Joshua probably more, the lure of the biggest fight in UK history and undisputed would be so great I doubt money gets in the way for the fighters, and if Fury & Joshua really want it they can make it happen, especially with Joshua a broadcast free agent in the US, no real reason a co-promote in the UK couldn't happen, although after after hearing the break even of 1.1M for Wilder v Fury I'm not sure co-promotions are looking that hot.

I actually wonder how the US co-promotion works money wise in Fury v Wilder 2, I heard Fox only sold something like 50K PPVs, obviously ESPN did waaay more. Do they split the total, or just keep their own PPV revenue? Its interesting because if it is split down the middle, one network could not do much promo and reap the rewards of the others, if it isn't split 50/50 Fox execs would be on suicide watch.

[slimPickings]

You know what, f&ck it, 70/30 for Fury. Convincing stoppage within six rounds. Wilder tagged Fury with at least five or six flush right hands (evidence was in the marks on the left side of Fury’s face post fight) that didn’t even budge him. Gypsy King is retaining his titles and keeping the UK as the rulers of the heavyweight division!!!!

Now you are talking!!!

One last thing...do not forget to make some "easy" money on your prediction so you can at least have something to show for it

[Corelone]

We've seen Hearns two fight deals. AJ gets the lions share for the first fight, and even if he gets ktfo, AJ gets the lions share in the rematch.

[Jkp]

Completely irrelevant to everything I said but ok lol not sure what an AJ vs. Whyte fight has to do with anything. AJ is currently on a completely different path. Whyte is still focused on, and being avoided by, Wilder and the WBC. Whyte himself has already said he’s had opportunities to go down routes with the other sanctioning bodies bit has stuck with the WBC.

Correct. Only a coward turns down a guaranteed shot at 4 world titles.

Disgusting.

[REDEEMER]

He always had that energy when Joshua has fights lined up.

Who did Fury have lined up before any come back fight or Wilder deal when he was offered 40% and then said he wanted 60 ? Ha

[Fabes88]

Didn't Fury say he wont be fighting in the UK ever again?
I doubt Joshua will show face in the USA again after getting battered by the chubby mexican midget and quitting.

Does Eddie not realise this?

Lol you’re still believing things Tyson fury says? That guy has flip flopped between statements so much I wouldn’t place much value on him saying that.

[Fabes88]

Undisputed really has nothing to do with it. Wilder simply wasn’t/still really isn’t a big draw. You’re supposed to give a guy a cut of the UK PPV when that guy isn’t going to boost those PPV sales? Makes sense. $15m two years ago...and Wilder has only POTENTIALLY made more than that once, in the Fury rematch LOL such a lowball offer, right?

And don’t even try and bring up the recent PPV numbers, without Fury he’d bring in the same as the Ortiz rematch. What was it again? Absolute maximum of 270k (inflated number to save face)? LOL yea Wilder really contributes.

Funny how you skipped over the $100m DAZN offer though. $40m per fight for two fights with AJ? Lowball is it? Wilder probably hasn’t earned $40m in his entire 12 year, 43 fight career. Baha

Here we go. People finally speaking sense. Not to mention wilder fans being adamant that money was being lost with the fight potentially not being on ppv in America whilst claiming aj is unknown over there. How is he going to sell ppvs then? The most important point you made is the fact wilder has only made more than that once. The flat fee is what he made against fury the first time lol

[Earl-Hickey]

Joshua might have to vacate the WBO then because Usyk isn’t gonna want to sit around until late next year for a title shot while they fight twice. If he doesn’t vacate then I don’t see this fight happening until 2021.

It would be nice for the fight to be officially for the undisputed but I suppose it’s not the end of the world. As long as the fight happens that’s the main thing.

He will keep the belt for the first Fury fight then the undisputed and lineal heavyweight champion will vacate that wbo bauble and Usyk can pick it out of the trash Vs Whyte or someone like that.

Easy

[Fabes88]

and the terms of those offers were so unfair that DAZN dropped Eddie from doing negotiations.

They wernt unfair. He made 15 mil against fury the first time. Eddie wasn’t a factor in the second round of negotiations because team wilder doesn’t like him and dazn wanted to get the fight done. I’d bet my life dazn didn’t take Hearn into an office and say “Eddie the terms you offered wilder before were so unfair we don’t want you involved in negotiations this time around”