Comments Thread For: Usyk vs. Bellew Finalized - November 10 in Manchester Arena

[redmish]

Usyk is no past his prime & injury prone Haye ! Usyk is in his prime and the best Cruiserweight in the world. I can't see how Bellew beats him.

Usyk is a brilliant fighter, there's no doubting that, and he is the favourite but Bellew is massively underrated on here because of his LHW days. He's a different fighter at the higher weights and Usyk will have a fight on his hands. Can't wait for this.

[DougalDylan]

He's been in camp for a while , he's still over the limit currently but dropping.

Holy ****. How is Bellew gonna make 199 pounds by November 10th? Dude is gonna be drained for sure. I guarantee he's way north of 220.

[ukbox]

Why wouldn't it be? The market dictates it is..

Bellew just fought in two back to back. Usyk is the undisputed champion of the division.

The market base will pay for it and the purses dictate it. Not surprising it's ppv at all.

You're looking at it through your own opinion on its worthiness of ppv , not through what the financials and the industry would dictate it to be

What?

Im looking at it for what it is....a good fight

It's not a ppv fight

Hearn has fùcked the market to line his own pocket. He cant put a fight on without it being ppv, he's paying the fighters but a big chunk is for himself.

They did this before putting any tripe on ppv & destroyed the boxing financials as the fans & broadcasters dropped it in droves

[HI-TECH Boxing]

Wilder fans are now starting to accuse Usyk of doping.

You guys want to hear something funny?
Wilder's career.

It's always the foreign fighters. Usyk, AJ, Pac, Loma.
Never the American fighters.

[ukbox]

A well known British fighter who was WBC champion challenging the undisputed cruiserweight champion for all the belts. Of course its PPV. Why don't you ask your mummy to buy it for you.

Why dont you ask your daddy to just put it on normal sky sports?🤔

[Andrij]

The winner gets AJoke April 13

No. Usyk fights AJ at the end of 2019. Usyk will move up to HW on April 13th against the winner of Whyte/Chisora or Breazeale. Then in September/October 2019 he will fight AJ.

[nick_viking]

Usyk is a brilliant fighter, there's no doubting that, and he is the favourite but Bellew is massively underrated on here because of his LHW days. He's a different fighter at the higher weights and Usyk will have a fight on his hands. Can't wait for this.

I’d argue that he’s actually a little bit overrated these days. He’s ok - but a good class below Usyk. Think he’d have a tough time at Cruiser with any of Dorticos, Gassiev, Lebedev and Briedis.

[redmish]

Why dont you ask your daddy to just put it on normal sky sports?🤔

His recent fights were PPV though. It usually takes a defeat before a PPV fighter goes back to fighting on sky sports. I don't like it either but that's the way it works unfortunately.

[yammy25]

What?

Im looking at it for what it is....a good fight

It's not a ppv fight

Hearn has fùcked the market to line his own pocket. He cant put a fight on without it being ppv, he's paying the fighters but a big chunk is for himself.

They did this before putting any tripe on ppv & destroyed the boxing financials as the fans & broadcasters dropped it in droves

But the buyrates of previous fights suggest it is..

The purses commanded by the fighters make it impossible to budget the fight without ppv revenue.

Matchroom receives 20 percent of gross.. that's the standard PPV contract they have with any and every ppv fighter and they've been open about that.

When did sky drop PPV because of what Eddie Hearn put on? Barring the audley v hate debacle.

If you want to moan about a UK broadcaster needlessly shoehorning in PPV models.. moan at ITV and now BT sport with Warren who have royally mugged off everyone subscribing to boxnation.

The only fights that have been PPV outside of AJ this calendar year is bellew and Whyte right? ( May need checking ) but Both of which sold over 400k respectively..so the market dictates they were PPV.

[Andrij]

What?

Im looking at it for what it is....a good fight

It's not a ppv fight

Hearn has fùcked the market to line his own pocket. He cant put a fight on without it being ppv, he's paying the fighters but a big chunk is for himself.

They did this before putting any tripe on ppv & destroyed the boxing financials as the fans & broadcasters dropped it in droves

Usyk vs. Bellew is a PPV fight. its on Sky Sports Box Office which means PPV.