Does ESPN regret wasting money on Fury yet?

Impossible to answer until Wilder - Fury happens
If the continue to work together after thst then its safe to say they were satisfied withe the outcome

Fury most probably is on his way down but only comparing him to Fury that dethroned Vlad

Compared to the rest of todays HWs he still stands out

I just cant see how Arum who has been in the game far too long,is going to lose money
I mean looking at it from a fans point of view then its hard to fathom how they even break even on this reported deal of Furys but... Bob knows all the tricks of the trade and and must have some kind of deals linked to the contract that we as fans wouldn't even think of?

Fury has pretty much mocked boxing fans with his 2019 schedule but put yourself in his shoes
Nice money for supposedly easy fights
I can see why he went for it although i dont agree with it

We wont know what he has left until 2020 but i think he will go full on for Wilder
Its his last shot at glory and not money
Moneys there to be earned for a long time in a number of ventures
This is he final shot at glory most likely and ill think he will take it

 

I doubt it's as straightforward as $100m for 3 fights. It will be dependent on other things like who the opponents are and how much revenue the fights bring in etc. and that he could potentially make $100m. But the media will use that figure for sensationalism and people pick up on it. I'm sure he's earning good money, but I seriously doubt he's made $60m+ for fighting Schwarz and Wallin.

 

Very important to remember Arum himself described the financial figures mentioned at the time as ‘bullsh*t.’

 

I doubt those figures are true unless he faces Wilder in a rematch.

The deal was all based on him facing Wilder. Then if he was to win for a mega fight with AJ.
Even if AJ loses to Ruiz Jr the Tyson Fury match is huge.

 

From what I heard Top Rank offered Fury $10m a fight for 2 tune ups then $20m for the Wilder fight. I was under the impression the Fury vs Wilder 2 fight will be joint PPV with Fox and ESPN with both sides paying their own man in a 50/500 deal.

The big issue with this on ESPNs side is that the fight needs to do over 1m buys at £100 to get close to recouping the money invested. Top Rank are gambling that Fury wins the rematch and becomes a PPV star in U.S and opens the doors to PPV vs AJ, Ruiz, Miller etc anf they recoup in the long term.

 

As much as I like Tyson Fury interviews, boy oh boy does he get a free pass. On the other hand, I never watch a single AJ interview - zero interest - and yet so many people give Fury a pass for fighting cans. The second coming: for beating a 40 year old Klitchko then peeling himself off the canvas in what in other countries may well have been a KO loss. Against a fighter considered by many to be the technically worst heavyweight champ for years.

I am not knocking these two achievements. I could not do it. Most fighters could never do it. But these are not sustained periods of domination. They are great examples of decent timing and a freakish physical and technical skillset that an opponent could not figure out.

I think Wilders punches have probably taken something out of Fury and he will get stopped in the rematch anyway. Great. What a dull fighter this guy is in the ring - a heavyweight without a punch is kryptonite to me, zero interest. When he's stopped I hope there is some decent perspective on Fury. He's jobbed tens of millions out of being moderately entertaining in the ring, and beat one old champion and bashed to the canvas by the other. Fury is best outside of the ring - there he is a real champ.

 

The only problem with this is that wilder did decide to just that after he dropped fury he came forward and just let the hands go and nearly got knocked out himself as fury tagged him which then meant that fury actually finished the last round the stronger

 

Both by the sounds of things.

 

its clear which one you remember.... like I said you conveniently "forget" the rest of the round, where Wilder came forward throwing (like you suggest he should do in the rematch) got timed and was close to being dropped himself.

Wilder has to target the body big time for the first half of the fight, take Tysons feet away from him and it makes the fight a damn site easier for Wilder.

 

the guy try to counter me but instead slapped himself in the face

 

This idea that all you have to do is ignore the feints and just walk through Fury’s shots to beat him is just crazy talk.

 

Its literally the very thing that Fury wants you to do. He is a complete counter puncher Fury, He wants you to throw. Like I said, Wilder doesnt have the feet to be able to outbox Fury, he simply must attack the body to slow him down and reduce the upper body movement, that IMO is how Wilder finds the head with his big punches, when he slows Fury down.