TV coverage for Fury Vs. Chisora?

Boxnation in the UK

 

Live on HBO PPV.

 

We are lucky to have the channel :deal

 

For a British clash this has ridiculous low amount of buzz.. I heard there are only like 4000 tickets sold.

 

shhhh

It has a hardcore of haters on here

 

for a mere $70 or $80 for HD

Looks a lot of money, but you get Billy Bob Saunders at the undercard against a teak tough undefeated fighter and the 27th of July is Pikey independence day :hey

 

Tickets are selling like **** for a few reasons. Its a rematch to a fight that was pretty crap first time round. Neither fighter is a massive ticket seller and the tickets are crazily priced.

Also being on Boxnation there is little to no intrest outside of the hardcore boxing fans.

 

It's still a lot better than Haye Audley tho. And that fight had all Brits buzzing.

 

I agree. However Haye v Fraudley was on Sky PPV, and Sky are masters at hype and marketing. They had the casuals eating out of their hand on that one.

Same with Froch v Groves 2, no way would that have done 80k tickets and around 1m PPV buys if it wasn't Sky

 

Haye and Audley have had a lot more media exposure than Fury and Chisora though. Haye is very media friendly with his looks and athletic, crowd pleasing style while Audley is a household name due to his Olympic gold medal. Both are much more well known by the general public.

Both Fury and Chisora are too unpredictable to get much media exposure outside of the sports media.

Chisora is completely unknown outside of the hardcore boxing fans. He's probably best known for getting KO'ed by Haye.

Fury acts the clown which may get him attention on social media and boxing sites but notoriety isn't the same as true celebrity or fame. Last time I mentioned his name to a non boxing fan they immediately said "isn't he the guy who punched himself in the face ? ".

For hardcore boxing fans this is a good match up and a big domestic clash but for general sports fans it isn't a big deal. I personally thought there would be more hype though.

 

No it's not.Nobody on this side of the Atlantic would pay to watch this.Even ESPN turned this down.

 

Man, I wish they'd make an all boxing channel here in the US. It'd be like a $10/month subscription and you get all HBO, UK, Showtime, Box Azteca fights and PPVs. It'll also play pass fights 24/7. Man, that'd be awesome.

 

how the fu-- can they turn this down? could be fireworks:bart