Only 7k tickets sold for Fury v Wilder so far!

Lol I’ve tip toed round this subject but you’re quite right,they have an awful reputation,only last week I had the pleasure of cleaning up a site theyed left and no amount of money would make me do it again.

 

Smart thing would of been for Fury to beat a Pulev,Povetkin,Miller even but instead they must of thought they could jump on the breakdown of Wilder v AJ which to me is silly as those negotiations never broke down as they were both clearly waiting for next year.

Those shouting match’s were embarrassing and obviously fake.

 

It's a bit of a chicken and egg question regarding traveller discrimination; what happened first, travellers acting like idiots or people discriminating against them?

Either way I'm not so sure they get a raw deal. It's not really unfounded prejudice because so many people do come into contact with them, and their experiences are almost always bad. There has to be some reason why they are so massively over-represented in prison for example.

Anyway, not to sidetrack the thread, but what he is represents a big obstacle for how popular Fury can become, as there are a lot of British people who would never really support a guy proudly calling himself the gypsy king. And that's before you think about how he fights, what he says and so on. Ultimately, a very religious, homophobic, sexist, defensive gypsy is a hard sell for any promoter!

 

Furys popularity can be guaged purely by his and AJs night against Klitschko.

Fury fought an unmotivated Klitschko and got the nod in Klitschkos back yard who clearly didn't care. Nothing about the performance or tactics from Fury. Just Klitschko wasnt interested.

Fast forward a couple of years, an older inactive Klitschko makes the darling of British boxing fight for his life and it was a completely different Klitschko then. One motivated to get a title back and get on top of the world. But then retired.

The reality is Fury just ain't popular. His biggest win people still claim is a fluke.

 

I agree, but the counter argument is that if he'd beaten a Pulev or Povetkin and looked in good shape, he wouldn't have got within a million miles of the Wilder fight.

He's rolled the dice, trading the warm up fights for a short cut to the big time. At first I thought it was a bad move, but I can see the sense in it. Lose and he's come up short because he lacked the prep. Doesn't neccesarily remove him from the picture, as long as he's not embarassed himself.

Win and he's got a high profile lucrative rematch, win that and he's got the belt AJ needs and will potentially be taking part in the biggest ever fight in British boxing.

 

Wilder and Fury are not ticket sellers and never have been the PPV is going to be a massive flop that’s even if the event actually hapoens

 

He had all the leverage, he had the lawyers and he has Furys signature in a contract. We don't know what is in it, but unless those advising him are stupid they will have got him the maximum safeguards possible. Why wouldn't they?

 

I personally don't think a fury v aj fight would ever happen .

 

Fury has to win and look good. Plus he has to be realistic on the split.

 

I don't think he could ever be realistic with the split. He thinks far too much of himself to ever admit that he comes second. Then on top of that you have the problem of the hearn and Warren

 

Time will tell. It would make a lot of money and sometimes, but not always, that's enough to overcome all manner of obstacles.

 

making faces and posing while out of range isn't exciting to me.

 

Wlad was known for having favourable contracts and yet he couldn't even get Fury to rematch him in the UK.

Fury does what he wants and team Wilder would do to remember that. If he wins but doesn't fancy a rematch then they won't get one.

 

Oh sure he could retire. There's no contract that could force him to fight in that sense. However he had a belt stripped soon after the Dusseldorf win because of contractual obligations, so they do have force. He could get sued for a very large amount and who knows how his payments are structured?

Saying 'I'm Tyson Fury and I do what I want' plays great in a youtube video clip, but as a defence in matters of contract law it's lacking the same potentcy...