I think it depends where it takes place. When Wilder made that 50m 'offer' sky shat it as they only had exclusive rights for fights on UK soil and quickly renegotiated the contract. I'm wondering of BT had something similar but failed to re negotiate?
154 and 254 were cheaper but they definitely weren’t available. Most expensive seats weren’t even floor seats which also weren’t available and still don’t appear available on resale markets which is bizarre.
I did see some floor seats on stubhub for about £16k each. I’m looking at accessible tickets though. I’ve decided to pull out. I’m not that desperate to see this fight. If it was a stag do or something I’d fork out but I can’t justify a grand for the same seats I get at the o2 for £40 (appreciate it’s a bigger fight but still).
yeah just checked and they’re back on sale. Loads of blocks that weren’t there yesterday are suddenly up and this time there’s a new price range of “premium $2,500”, again these aren’t floor tickets. There’s still none of them? The tickets which are right at the back up the top are on there for $1,0000 and that’s not even resale so I wonder where these 154 and 254 tickets where meant to be!
Is this the biggest heavyweight fight since 19** ? Rematch. Top two in the world. UK vs US. Both undefeated. Both prime. Linealship on the line. Ring magazine belt on the line. Couple of gaudy alphabet trinkets for good measure. biggest heavyweight fight since Holyfield Bowe? I’d go back even further myself.. Fury is a generational talent, Wilder a generational puncher, these guys are both writing history every time they fight. Both will be talked about in decades time, and they’re going at it all over again. In historical boxing terms, this is simply massive.
Ok Tony. You can find someone to debate these 'critical' issues with over the next eight weeks. I'll be sitting back, enjoying the bits of promotion when it comes and the superfight on February 22nd in Las Vegas. Afterwards I'll present you with the ring magazine heavyweight champion and the financial figures of a fight you've spent every day of the last year or more claiming isn't that big of a fight. Enjoy.
I've never once said it's not a big fight. I just don't think it will be as big as you make out. Forgive me for saying, but you seem like the sort of guy who'd be happy to earn eighty grand a year, on the basis that it's good money, (which to most people of course, it is), despite every other person doing your job earning lots more. You'll inevitably point out that everyone involved has made millions, but you'll fail to compare that to what happened in other big heavyweight fights. As I said at the time, 325,000 US buys equals a lot of money. It looks less impressive when you consider this is an undefeated American heavyweight champion versus an undefeated lineal heavyweight champion and it did fewer buys than Spence v Porter or Bradley v Marquez.
They’re outrageous. Hearn would be lynched for them. But if it sells out I suppose they were priced correctly?
Your inability, or should I say ignorance to see the difference between the first fight and the rematch is ridiculous. But that's fine, it's you who'll be made look silly once again when the success of this fight is broadcast.
