Comments Thread For: Arum: Fury-Wilder III Talks Same Collegial Conversation We Had For Second Fight

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I’m talking about when Oscar and Floyd were with Arum. Everyone knew he would inflate the numbers.
AJ is a bit different. He sells out stadiums and his PPV’s are generally lower priced.
Plus his deal with DAZN is based on huge site fee’s with MSG and especially Saudi Arabia so the break even point is much different. AJ cleared $80 million plus and Saudi Arabia put up a huge site fee just to host the fight and they weren’t that worried about making a profit. As such DAZN’s margins are different as they aren’t fronting the costs of putting on the fight, just the production costs. Apples to oranges to compare AJ to what PBC and Wilder are doing.
Facts are that the Wilder/Fury rematch underperformed and Wilder nor Fury made what was projected.
I wasn’t saying anything about Joshua but there is no question he’s making more money than any heavyweight. Whether DAZN is is another conversation.

Nobody knows if AJ cleared $80M because none of his purses are verified by an athletic commission. Not even NYSAC released his purse when he fought at MSG which I found very strange.

You say the Saudis weren’t worried about making a profit. Regardless My point stands that Ruiz v Joshua II probably lost money and DAZN is losing mo yes hand over fist. But nobody focuses on that until it’s a wilder fight.

Wilders PPV under preformed? Well it still grossed more revenue than any fight Joshua been involved in. So how can any of AJs PPVs looked at as a success.

PS I’ve never heard of Arum inflating Floyd and Oscar’s PPV Numbers. Floyd was doing around 300k when he was with Arum so I don’t suspect inflation there.