Is 80-20 a fair purse split for Fury v Joshua?

Can you read? Fury was calling for December fight, but now they want AJ to fight in November. Yeah Fury is just using AJ name. Anyone with 2 brain cells knows that AJ won't accept November date.

 

60/40 or 65/35 I think, more for Fury in any case.

 

60/40 in Furys favour is fair.

 

The money guys in the suits will decide purse split, not a couple of behemoth pugilists or financial whiz kids on a boxing forum.

Words uttered on social media by Fury or any fighter are merely that words, titbits to keep the casuals amused and feed the boxers ego.

Until contracts are signed the words are meaningless hot air.

Poor old AJ or indeed any fighter if they had to settle for 20% of a multi multi million pound/dollar purse, it truly is heart wrenching, how do they cope.

 

That’s another way for Fury to duck the fight. AJ is bringing the cash so he needs to be rewarded properly and proportionately.

 

I would go as far as saying that AJ is still the biggest draw in all of Boxing, bigger than Canelo simply due to the HW division capturing more casual fans attention

 

He doesn't have the leverage here, Fury is a huge draw in the UK and the US. He just fought in front of a record gate at Wembley.

 

Of course it's fair. Joshua is probably 1 or 2 fights away from being a journeyman. He's 2-3 in his last 5. Ruiz and Pulev Ws got a huge blast with Ortiz outboxing Ruiz and taking his shots. Pulev got beaten by Chisora. AJ has nothing to offer at this point and the hype is gone too. He doesn't even deserve a title shot at this point but Fury probably wants the easy payday against AJ before AJ is losing to another guy like Ruiz and calling it a career.

 

The most satisfying thing in boxing is when the A Side becomes the B side.

They spend so much of their career being a diva, calling shots, making demands.

I love it when they lose their appeal.

AJ gets whatever Fury decides to pay him. And he should be happy.

 

Of course he has leverage. His box office PPV numbers and fight numbers confirms that. There is a reason the Saudi’s pay a premium. In his last fight alone with Usyk his payday is about $100 Million.

 

Fury has just confirmed on his Instagram story that he offered Joshua 40%, which is very fair. Let’s see if Joshua wants the fight.

 

This purse split nonsense should end. Every fight should be 60/40 with the winner getting the 60. Get the commissions in on this.

If you are the supposed "A side" you would be incentivized to take on the best possible opponents to increase the size of the purse.

 

He has less leverage than Fury here. Even if AJ is a bigger draw, he won't be fighting for a world title for a year if not more if he doesn't take this.