$120.000.000 offer made for Fury vs Klitschko II on a yacht

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  1. _Scott_

    _Scott_ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tyson Fury has revealed a billionaire sheikh offered to stage his rematch with Wladimir Klitschko on his private yacht.

    He says the Dubai billionaire wanted to charge 120 high-rollers $1million each to see it on board, with no media allowed.

    “We’ve had negotiations to have the rematch on a ship,” said the world heavyweight king.

    “A sheikh in Dubai, who owned a yacht which he could fit 120 people on, said he could sell 120 tickets at $1m each, so that would have been $120m (£82m).

    “He wanted to have an exclusive heavyweight championship of the world title fight with no TV station or reporters, just for those 120 people watching.

    Getty ImagesBritain's world heavyweight champion Tyson FuryFunny money: Fury sees funny side of sheikh's offer
    “He didn’t say how much I would get, but I probably would have had the biggest half of the $120m, so I was all for it! But I think it’s gone now.”

    Fury says Wembley, Dublin’s Croke Park, Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Germany are being considered for the rematch in May or June.

    He would prefer to fight at Wembley after dethroning Klitschko in his German stronghold.
     
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  2. YesMySon

    YesMySon Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I want to see a fight on a plane already!!!!!
     
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  3. plank46

    plank46 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    more of fury running at the mouth. the guy is damn near brain dead already, he'll be in the same shape as ali fairly soon.
     
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  4. madballster

    madballster Loyal Member Full Member

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    There has been so much talk about supposed mega-fights in Dubai, Arab Emirates and Oman in the last 10 years, financed by rich Arab princes. How many of them have materialized? ZERO! ZILCH!
     
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  5. jamiem26

    jamiem26 Member Full Member

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    And thank **** for that. A big fight in one of those backward ****holes would be a disgrace.
     
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  6. thejudochop

    thejudochop Active Member Full Member

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    That sheik plays too much Tekken or Street Fighter. He wants a crazy back drop to his fight. They need to do one in a shopping mall, outside an army barracks, and one floating down the Amazon River too. I'd like to see the sheik make them were 'alternate' costumes too. Wlad can dress like a robot and Fury can be in a huge hot dog costume.
     
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  7. SimplyTheBest

    SimplyTheBest Heavyweight Destroyer Full Member

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    Dubai a ****hole?? Sorry, but it ****s all over most of the world, even despite their ridiculous laws
     
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  8. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    Only a million per ticket, and 120 of them? That would barely satisfy all the demand solely from the multi-millionaires on this board who'd pay to see Wlad lose up close and personal.
     
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  9. Pinkman

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    This ish be Lost Season 5.

    :lol:
     
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  10. madballster

    madballster Loyal Member Full Member

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    Can anyone imagine the ring girls dressed in burkas? Would be a terrible sight!
     
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  11. Hullboxinguk

    Hullboxinguk Guest

    Mcdonalds carpark the venue next on line
     
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  12. prelude

    prelude Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Floyd vs PAC II at the MGM pool....severely dehydrated Floyd can gulp water anything he wants.
     
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  13. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    :!: thats why there was talk of no media allowed. They want those real ring girls.
     
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  14. Uppercut_Artist

    Uppercut_Artist Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    That's crazy!

    Have to add sea sickness to the handicap plus it will be hilarious watching how the movement of the boat adds to Fury's already extreme herky-jerky style.
    Vlad would never even take this fight unless the boat were placed in a huge German ring.

    Didn't these same Arabs offer Pac-May hundreds of millions to fight there too?
     
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