Comments Thread For: Arum: Fury-Joshua is Biggest Heavyweight Fight Since Ali-Frazier 1

[TMLT87]

Its the biggest since Lennox/Tyson. Well, perhaps bigger globally but probably smaller in the US.

[Fists_of_Fury]

Bob Arum must've started smoking dabs over his usual flower. He is clearly higher than a giraffe's ass.

[BattlingNelson]

It's definetely a huge fight, but biggest since Ali-Frazier I? No. At heavy the fight may be the second biggest after Tyson vs Spinks. In other weightclasses I reckon some fights between the big 4 ranks above most notably Leonard vs Hagler.

[SweetPbfAli]

I think Bob is finally showing signs of dementia

Lol and they keep trotting him out for soundbites.

[SweetPbfAli]

This site love to recycle quotes, he probably said it three weeks ago

Very true. Gotta stretch the content lol

[SweetPbfAli]

He probably meant don’t talk about the negotiations, talking about the fight in general is harmless

Yeah I know. I was being slightly sarcastic.

[Ry92]

Had wilder not fought fury n or beat fury aj vs wilder wouldve been the biggest fight since heavyweight though neither could sale a mill or close alone in the usa ppv they comebined knowing it was going to end in ko and the hype around such wouldve been 2x as hyped as wilder vs fury. Its not cause wilders the biggest star either its aj with fury solidifying equal status as a large but not huge draw after beating wilder in such epic fashion. I still dont see aj vs fury selling 1m ppv in usa making it smaller than anything iron mike did n some holyfield so going back to largest heavyweight fight since ali vs frazier is a bit of stretch. Largest heavyweight fight now days is aj vs fury with aj vs wilder being big in usa but not huge my guess 600k ppv instead 1m plus like before. The smart bet is to start building the hype around flip hrgovic as future with jololav n yoka as potention opps . build hrgovic rep get em stiverne martin and old povetkin for name n ranking then whyte if beat whyte title shot with hype as the future. Hopefully win it milk it while media builds jololav n yoka hype

[Kezzer]

Had wilder not fought fury n or beat fury aj vs wilder wouldve been the biggest fight since heavyweight though neither could sale a mill or close alone in the usa ppv they comebined knowing it was going to end in ko and the hype around such wouldve been 2x as hyped as wilder vs fury. Its not cause wilders the biggest star either its aj with fury solidifying equal status as a large but not huge draw after beating wilder in such epic fashion. I still dont see aj vs fury selling 1m ppv in usa making it smaller than anything iron mike did n some holyfield so going back to largest heavyweight fight since ali vs frazier is a bit of stretch. Largest heavyweight fight now days is aj vs fury with aj vs wilder being big in usa but not huge my guess 600k ppv instead 1m plus like before. The smart bet is to start building the hype around flip hrgovic as future with jololav n yoka as potention opps . build hrgovic rep get em stiverne martin and old povetkin for name n ranking then whyte if beat whyte title shot with hype as the future. Hopefully win it milk it while media builds jololav n yoka hype

When will people on here learn that life doesn’t revolve around America. Bring the biggest fight in America is a different statement to the biggest fight.

I don’t disagree that Joshua wilder may have been even bigger, but it will do a minimum 2 mil Ppv in the uk, maybe much higher and will be watched significantly across the world.

[thack]

The promoters smell money! It's a big fight for sure but don't get too carried away as unlike some unbeaten fighters of the past fighting in a big heavyweight tussle one of these guys has already been exposed by a unheralded little fat guy and some say the other has fought nobody......just a little prospective for theses promoter's here!

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

I thought he told Hearn not to talk about this fight?