Usyk says NO to Fury trilogy

I don't believe the 130m figure personally
I know the fights in a stadium but the ppv revenue will not be high

These guys aren't big names like Floyd, manny or Oscar. Casuals don't give a **** about them. They care about Fury and Joshua, maybe Wilder to a degree. It's sad but true

 

Usyk vs Kabayel is the best fight to make. Kabayel is a plodder whose style will allow Usyk to shine, but Kabayel is also a really good body puncher, something that Usyk struggles with - it´s his only real weakness.
It would be an excellent clash of styles.

 

Most of these 130m purse reports can be traced back to this weird sites like:
https://www.marca.com/en/boxing/2024/12/21/6766e7c4e2704e9f948b4591.html
and
https://www.fightsports.tv/usyk-fury-rematch-offers-huge-purse-split/

There are no verifiable sources, or multiple other sources making similar claims. I am pretty certain that they are pulling these numbers out of their ass for clickbait.

 

I am not fully convinced.

 

I have no doubt both guys will be highly rewarded. Maybe the the 130m figure is for both?

No chance these guys are getting over 9 figures. Floyd got 9 figures vs canelo, but it had over 2 million ppv buys in the States alone and the gate revenue was likely higher, even though this fight is at Wembley

Joshua v Fury could draw up 9 figures each if they ever fight

 

I'd pay to watch it, but we will never see it as usyk is one foot into retirement. This is why I sometimes hate boxing, all these f*****g pointless rematches robs us of other fights.

I don't blame usyk for Joshua or Fury, he had no choice and there was competitiveness to warrant a rematch, but he smashed dubois and dubois pulled out of a fight with parker. I'm sorry, I know there is a title on the line (really already usyks belt), but this rematch is not warranted. Usyk should be fighting Parker this week and dubois could have defended his paper title vs Kabayel. The winners would then meet to unify. This would greatly enhance Usyks legacy, as he would have beat EVERYONE in 2 divisions amd even I would put him along with the very best to ever do it, or damn close anyway.

Yes he will likely retire the best hw in the world, but not fully proven. ALI read out divisions in separate decades, but they where a different breed back then to the modern fighter

 

On the other hand, the undercard is poor, so they won't spend much money on it.

 

Not a chance Uysk is getting 130 mill

This fight has no Saudi involvement does it??

 

It is a Riyadh Season event.