Comments Thread For: Fury: Without Me Wilder Would Fight Some Bum For $1 Million

[W1LL]

What is Jigglypuffs purses for Sefari and Pianeta combined?

£1,000,000/$1,280,000 a pop for tune-ups that Tyson has never called anything more than that. Meanwhile Wilder making £784,000/$1,000,000 defending the prestigious WBC title.

[Butch.McRae]

Population is a big help plus Canelo is Mexican ..... they love their boxing

Oh no doubt. I've written many posts about that. They are the lifeblood of boxing in this market.

But I think the Wilder v. Fury PPV sales will surprise people if the fight happens. Wilder has caught the attention of a fair amount of the public. His Showtime numbers and recent attendance figures show that. He pulled weirdly high ratings on his last few Showtime fights. It's really hard for that network to break the 800k figure in live viewers for boxing. He's done it consistently (averaging near 1 million views). There's only one other fight that's done that in like 3 years lol Wilder has 3 fights that's cracked that number.

For some reason, I get the idea that they will sell around 400k PPV buys here if they fight.

[Bronx2245]

Oh, I agree. I just hate when posters talk about the American market, ignoring the fact that we've been through a lot of weird structural changes (premium cable, promotional beefs, PPV nonsense etc.) that have basically regulated the sport to it's current state. Despite all of this, we will still spend that money when appropriate.

Facts! We do spend that money when it's appropriate, BUT sometimes we spend it when it's NOT appropriate too, which was part of the problem in boxing! I thank Al Haymon for bringing boxing back to network TV, and Showtime for giving us good fights that were not PPVs! Without Al (CBS/Showtime), I don't think we would've seen the Top Rank/ESPN deal! Now we get Crawford and Lomachenko for FREE!!!

I'm a huge NY Knicks fan, going way back to the Bernard King/Sugar Ray Richardson days! I always felt that Knicks' ownership is weak because they make so much money, even when they put together trash rosters, with formerly great players, that we all know are not prime time players anymore! I always blame the people spending thousands of dollars to be in the garden, even when the Knicks SUCK! It's one thing to support your team, but fans need to protest with their dollars! In fact, most protests are more effective via boycott, vice marching, rioting, etc.! STAY WOKE!

[Butch.McRae]

Facts! We do spend that money when it's appropriate, BUT sometimes we spend it when it's NOT appropriate too, which was part of the problem in boxing! I thank Al Haymon for bringing boxing back to network TV, and Showtime for giving us good fights that were not PPVs! Without Al (CBS/Showtime), I don't think we would've seen the Top Rank/ESPN deal! Now we get Crawford and Lomachenko for FREE!!!

I'm a huge NY Knicks fan, going way back to the Bernard King/Sugar Ray Richardson days! I always felt that Knicks' ownership is weak because they make so much money, even when they put together trash rosters, with formerly great players, that we all know are not prime time players anymore! I always blame the people spending thousands of dollars to be in the garden, even when the Knicks SUCK! It's one thing to support your team, but fans need to protest with their dollars! In fact, most protests are more effective via boycott, vice marching, rioting, etc.! STAY WOKE!

I lived in NYC for 4 years. Just moved away last month. I've constantly told Knicks fans that they're the Lions fans of the NBA. A team with a great history and no modern success to speak of lol That really pissed them off lol

[Combat Talk Radio]

He said: “It wasn’t a set-up job, when I went over to New York they wouldn’t even let me in the building, I barged my way right through.

“I said, ‘The first man touches me gets their jaw broke’. As soon as the fight was done I was in the ring. I was on him.

“I was advised by (former promoter) Mick Hennessey and (uncle and former trainer) Peter not to go to America, as that was giving him relevance.

“But I said I’m trying to make a multi-million dollar fight. I know how to promote boxing."

And this type of brash, unexpected confrontation is what boxing needs to be doing when it's two top guys. Drama.

Fury was right. Without him the HW division goes back to boring.

[Marvlus Marv]

Always amusing. That's our Tyson. At least he's funny, has beaten 'The Man' and is entertaining unlike Bellew.

[Bronx2245]

I lived in NYC for 4 years. Just moved away last month. I've constantly told Knicks fans that they're the Lions fans of the NBA. A team with a great history and no modern success to speak of lol That really pissed them off lol

I liked you...until now! F**K Tim Duncan and David Robinson! F**k Hakeem Olajuwon, F**k Reggie Miller, F**K Michael Jordan, and F**k you too! Lol! Kyrie Irving and Jimmy Butler, Let's Do this! I need this ASAP!

[AdonisCreed]

Fury talking real big he knows how to sell a fight I can't wait until him and Wilder throw down.

[juggernaut666]

Well of course he would , hes only fighting you in hopes to get either an excuse not to fight Joshua ( should he win) or in event he loses he will MAYBE make over 15 million in two fights .


Wilder doesnt mind light paydays as he didnt want Whyte for 8 million , nor Joshua for 15 with 4 belts and a possible rematch worth 50 million,?

[Laligalaliga]

Why is it a shame? Boxing has many structural issues that has led to it's sharp decline in general popularity here. Only an exceptional character/fighter like Floyd could garner the public's attention despite the b.s. in boxing.

The big fights here still out earn anything the European market has ever seen. When boxing gets out of its own way, this market is still the one that makes true fortunes for fighters. Just look at the money Canelo and GGG generated and will generate in a few weeks. Their live gate was around $30 million and the PPV was $110 million. (That's $85 million for the fighters to split btw) That's what we do here when there's a true fight on the line. As big as AJ is there, his fights have a ceiling of about $50 million in total revenue (live gate and PPV). America is still the place where boxing makes it's money.

Fury v. Wilder could be a decent success and pull a live gate of $10 - $15 million and generate PPV revenue of $20 - $30 million (or 300k - 600k in PPV buys). It's just a different level here. We don't need 1000 drunk people in a lobby to show we support boxing lol We do it with our wallets when appropriate.

Yet your best HW fighter couldn't get more than 2.1mil. Is that how Americans show love?