Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes heavyweight contender Tyson Fury, strongly believes that a rematch with WBC world champion Deontay Wilder will generate similar financial figures to the 2015 showdown between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather vs. Pacquiao generated 4.6 million pay-per-view buys and over $410 million in revenue. The contest overall generated well over half a billion in revenue.
Frank Warren will discuss plans for the rematch against Deontay Wilder with Tyson Fury this week. The 30-year-old excelled on the occasion of his first fight in Las Vegas on Saturday evening when he stopped the previously-undefeated Tom Schwarz in two rounds at the MGM Grand to enhance both his popularity and his reputation as the finest heavyweight in the world.
LAS VEGAS – Bob Arum apparently has higher expectations for the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury rematch with each passing day. Fury’s co-promoter predicted during a post-fight press conference Saturday night that when Wilder and Fury fight again, it’ll have become so big that their second showdown will either exceed or match the profitability of the most lucrative event in boxing history. That fight, Floyd Mayweather’s win over Manny Pacquiao in May 2015, produced approximately $600 million in overall revenue and generated roughly 4.6 million pay-per-view buys.
Tyson Fury’s trainer has revealed Tom Schwarz was chosen specifically to enhance their preparations for an eventual rematch with Deontay Wilder. The 30-year-old heavyweight on Saturday fights for the first time in Las Vegas, where at the MGM Grand his opponent is Germany’s little-known Schwarz. He remains on course to again fight WBC champion Wilder next year, when an immediate rematch had previously appeared inevitable, and to the extent that they are already focusing on the dangerous, undefeated American.
Heavyweight contender Tyson Fury is not looking ahead to a rematch with WBC world champion Deontay Wilder. Last week, Wilder announced that a deal was reached for a rematch with Fury.
LAS VEGAS - Last December Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder battled to a controversial draw in Los Angeles in a Showtime pay-per-view event. Fury appeared to have won most of the rounds but Wilder made the fight closer by scoring two knockdowns. The final scores were 114-112 for Fury, 115-111 for Wilder and 113-113 to round out the split draw.
Luis Ortiz couldn’t have been more thrilled when he received word of plans being finalized for his rematch with Deontay Wilder. The Cuban southpaw couldn’t have been more annoyed, though, when he saw the unbeaten titlist was already making plans beyond their upcoming sequel.
The message has now become clear regarding Deontay Wilder’s future—no new business until he settles up old matters. Mere days after revealing plans for a fall rematch with Luis Ortiz, the reigning unbeaten heavyweight titlist now claims plans are in place afterward to run it back with Tyson Fury.
Tyson Fury has never been one to mince his words. On Monday, he let his clothes do the talking before he even had a chance to open his mouth. The unbeaten British heavyweight made the rounds on various ESPN platforms, strutting his stuff in a custom-made suit bearing the images of all of the lineal heavyweight champions throughout boxing history.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum is mapping out the year for heavyweight Tyson Fury. Back in December, Fury fought to a controversial twelve round split draw with WBC champion Deontay Wilder. A deal for a rematch was really close, but Fury unexpectedly signed co-promotional contract with Top Rank - who have an exclusive content deal with ESPN.