Comments Thread For: Haye: Fury vs. Joshua Will Be Biggest Ever Heavyweight Title Fight

[Straightener]

Haye talking wet here

Will be a massive fight no doubt but not the biggest

[tokon]

Biggest ever ....Na .Neither Ali or Frazier were knocked to bits before their fight .....there's more ffs!

Ali-Frazier 1 was a more significant fight imo. It was for all the marbles and both guys were undefeated although, even then, Ali might have been just past prime.

[15 Rounds again]

Sure it could be if he defeats Wilder in July

BUT

A victorious Wilder can make that same claim and I believe Deontay Aj would be even bigger than Aj Fury

Wilder draws about 3000 people to town halls in Alabama.

Without a big name British dance partner he is basically the boxing equivalent of a Vegas Barry Manilow tribute act.

[thack]

Haye talking wet here

Will be a massive fight no doubt but not the biggest

Is that Khan's new born there (pic) ....talking about AJ!

Everyone's going mad about this fight...Josh has already folded badly and Tyson has got to try to keep it together ....long way to go!

[Rapscallion]

The Fight of the Century took place 49 years ago, and it's viewership was in the hundreds of millions: Viewership and revenue[edit]
The fight was broadcast live pay-per-view on theatre television in the United States, where it set a record with 2.5 million buys at closed-circuit venues,[21] grossing $45 million.[22] It was also shown closed-circuit during the middle of the night in London theatres, where it set a record with 90,000 buys,[23] grossing $750,000.[24] Combined, the fight sold 2.59 million buys in the United States and London, grossing $45.75 million (inflation-adjusted $300 million).

On both closed-circuit and free television, the fight was watched by a record 300 million viewers worldwide.[25] It was watched by a record 27.5 million viewers on BBC1 in the United Kingdom, about half of the British population.[26] It was also watched by an estimated 54 million viewers in Italy,[27] and 2 million viewers in South Korea.[28]

[Noelanthony]

Haye talking wet here

Will be a massive fight no doubt but not the biggest

Haye feels guilty for getting his prediction wrong in fury vs Wilder fight so he is making sure he stays on the good side of the furious one

[Nusky]

Those UK fighters sure love that crack *******.......

[lion33lit]

Hayes toe is acting up.... Fury/Joshua will be a big fight in the UK, not the biggest ever - not even close. Mainly because Fury & Joshua arent huge names in the states. Joshua certainly is not, he's seen as an upgraded version of Frank Bruno over here, while Fury's potential is bigger with his type of crowd pleasing charisma - Fury has the more universal appeal bcuz of his mouth - and to top it off - he's white (that "white hope" thing will never die). Furys hasnt reached that full potential yet, its because too much time was spent dealing with mental issues that pretty much sidelined the potential...

Joshuas been way too protected by Eddie & Barry - focusing too much on his "photoshoot" pretty boy commercial lifestyle - in the comfort of fighting primarily "risk free" (Eddie appointed) duds at "home" - only to shrivel like a snail pulled from it's shell when he finally went overseas to fight a sponge. Come to think of it, all Hayes toes are acting up, It'll only be a big fight in the forever starved heavyweight boxing hero land of the UK.....Haye is off on this one, just like he was when he didn't keep his very big public promise to fight Shannon Briggs - at home.

[Greenfield02]

Maybe in the U.K. Not in the rest of the world.

[TMLT87]

It'll probably be the biggest UK fight and the biggest HW fight since Lennox/Tyson, but biggest ever? **** no.