Agree on Joshua - Fury, that fight will eventually happen but I can't see all three of them fighting each other.
Hopefully Fury will be there and they can both get in the ring, face off, maybe a bit of push and shoving. That would really sell the fight even more. Just need Joshua to chin Pulev and not mess about. I’m very interested to see what his weight will be which would be an indicator to the kind of fight we’re gonna have on Saturday.
I think the eventual winner of Fury vs Joshua will fight Usyk or whoever is holding the belt (if Joshua has to vacate) to get that last one. It would be a legacy fight. Could take 18 months to 2 years though.
I have a feeling that might happen. It would make for good viewing and get lots of viral attention. I doubt Fury would go, sit there quietly and do nothing at all.
I have next to no excitement for this bout. Pulev is so overrated. Pulev has been a pro for over 10 years and his best win might be a 42 year old Tony Thompson. His top wins are the likes of Thompson, Ustinov, Dimitrenko, Chisora... Terrible record for a 39 year old guy who has, according to David Price, "been around the top of the sport for a decade". I'm not giving him no chance of winning, but it's not far off that. I would be flabbergasted if he even rocked Joshua.
Boring first couple of rounds, the outcome inevitable by the third. Over by the fifth. Pulev might have been a pain a few years ago. Not now. He looked awful in his last fight.
These things have a way of working themselves out if both fighters really want the fight - see May v Pac when it eventually happened, and Wilder v Fury 2. The network thing is a convenient excuse to use when one, or both parties don’t want the fight.
I’ve watched the majority of AJ fights either at pubs or at a mates house and 99% of the people there don’t watch a second of the broadcast until he does his ring walk.
Yea thats most definitely the watching out mentality Im probably guilty myself over the years And i get your point totally Im honestly just talking about people looking to watch from beginning to end i guess
Or when their respective networks are huge rivals. May v Pac was waaaay bigger than this fight so the pot was mammoth enough to cover the networks usual profit. DAZN US and ESPN are going to be the massive hurdle to get over for this fight. HBO and Showtime have alot of other avenues where DAZN and ESPN are fighting for the sports streaming market that's still in its infancy.
Reading between the lines of Hearn interviews. He is particularly pleased with himself whenever Fury/Joshua is bought up - sounds like a deal is sown up to me.
