Sky turned down Fury v Klitschko Rematch

Frank stated yesterday that they have the July 9th date at Wembley and is still holding it. Bizarre.

If Hearn thinks he can sell out Wembley against a lesser opponent/the Wlad vs Fury rematch then I say good luck to him.

 

I doubt SKY & Box Nation would put on two shows on the same day as they will be competing against each other for PPV sales and commercial sponsors on a weekend that will be featuring the European Championship Finals, British Grand Prix and Wimbledon. Broadcasters such as SKY don't like having to share the spotlight with other events let alone one that will be competing directly with it. Why would they want to split its PPV sales when it can have them all a week or two later?
I think Anthony Joshuas fight will be within a week or two after Fury V Klitschko, SKY will then use the result of that to build up it's own PPV by billing it as the fight to decide who will fight to unify the HW Championships next summer or at the O2 Xmas time.
Who should AJ fight? It will have to be an opponent who themselves can legitimately be considered as a contender for a HW title and then a unification shot.
Do they risk David Haye?? Who should give him a fight but risk him pulling out at the last minute and being replaced by a stand in who will be KO'd in three rounds?
Is Derek Chisora a title contender? I reckon he would be ideal for AJ to make the next step and an all British fights sell better than Brit V unknown Yanks, but if DC won how hard would a 3rd DC V Fury fight be to sell ?
Wilder? too soon for AJ? and surely he would be a better option to fight the winner of AJ V Fury/Klitschko. Which would allow the promoters to play American, British and German arenas and TV companies off each other in a ''bidding war''.

 

fury is the agent of his own demise, coming across as an arrogant and prejudiced fool (or at least naïve/stupid enough to not realise he is coming across like these things).

now he has a rival at world level in Britain, hes going to find it hard to sell himself.

 

In other words, you confess to being a "casual". Fair enough. :good

Klitschko-Fury 1, as boring a boxing match as it was, was better than Joshua-Martin, which wasn't even a fight or a contest. It was like watching a novice getting decked his first time sparring and admitting that perhaps boxing's not for him.

 

Blame David Haye for that or at least Chisora did

 

So you would rather watch fights like klitschko-fury over fights like tyson-spinks, Lewis-grant etc? Both were made to look like novices getting decked in their first time sparring.

Quick blowouts are more exciting than fights like klitschko-fury, granted martin wasn't the best opponent but it was an intriguing match up before hand. I'd much rather watch a quick blowout with fighters actually willing to throw than an absolute stinker, no matter who it is.

Fury-Klitschko had significance because it was for the lineal title but if it was anybody else producing a fight as bad as that I'm sure you'd agree you'd rather see a quick blowout in a match that was considered intriguing beforehand.

 

The reason why Sky got out of PPVs after Haye/Wlad was because there was an utter shambles of an ordering system in place at the time. People couldn't order the fight and were advised to go down the pub by Sky.

Sky had to be persuaded by Hearn/Matchroom that PPVs were deliverable on a financial and technical level hence why they are back.

 

Tyson-Spinks was a very meaningful match.
Lennox was the world champion, and Michael Grant was at least a worthy contender.
Neither Spinks nor Grant punked out like Martin did anyway. Grant was repeatedly bludgeoned (including several fouls, truth be told) and Spinks ended struggling to get up with his eyes rolling back in his head.

Yes, the significance and prestige of the fight matters to me.
Also, I enjoyed Fury-Klitschko because we saw an underdog beat a long reigning champion is his backyard. It was a tactical match. Also, it was more competitive than Joshua's fights.

Each to there own, I guess.:good

 

Yeah the significance of the event obviously adds something to it. but taking all that away and judge it purely on the actual fight and I'd rather re watch the AJ martin fight purely because there was more action in those 4 minutes than 36 in the fury-klitschko fight.

Obviously AJ was in a different class to martin, where as klitschko and fury were more evenly matched (in my opinion purely because wlad was afraid of fury before the opening bell) but we've seen evenly matched fighters have absolute classics before. Fury and wlad in my opinion are not great to watch no matter who they face, but as you say l, each to their own, makes the forum and sport more interesting when there are fans and fighters who prefer different styles.

 

I tell you what tho....the ppv buys for joshua vs fury will be huge....fury is a gypsy...and what ever you think about them..there shewd buisness men and will get what they want and more

 

The rematch will be bigger in Germany and throughout Europe than in the UK

The Leftist media hates Fury because he is not a leftist

 

Leftist media attacks him and smears him relentlessly, and gives him no credit, because he holds views opposite to their own sick cultural marxist views.

AJ fits the identity of the kind of champion that the leftist media wants to celebrate:deal

 

The rightist media hates him because he's a gypsy.