Is the Fury v Parker going to be a hard sell?

[KiwiRider]

Hughie is on £200. Mick will make 50 notes after the PPV numbers come in.

Im willing to bet that the official stream will have about 1000/1500 viewers. A lot of non ppv regular livestreams with popular youtubers can get less than that.

[KiwiRider]

How did Hughie become mandatory? He's fought nobody of note, he's inactive; I have half a memory of Peter saying they were looking at opponents to build his profile because of his illness meaning he couldn't fight anyone decent. Next thing you know he's at world title level.

It's as inexplicable as Stiverne being #1 contender, or Charles Martian ranked inside the top 10 on Boxrec. I don't understand any of it.
I just want this fight out of the way. Even if I had no loyalties to Parker, I would want him to win if only to get Fwank and the Furys out of the mix of the HW division. No good can come of that and this convoluted cockup is enough reason for most to agree with me no.matter their loyalties either

[Sklar]

Hughie became mandatory because FW lobbied the WBO. He has a strong relationship with them. Pretty much as simple as that as I understand it.

[Cyclops]

I watched an interview with Peter on some obscure YouTube channel today and he basically went all gangster on Eddie! He wasn't messing around! It was like he was back on the wing in jail. I think old Peter isn't anywhere near the calm guy he's perceived to be. I also think he's bankrolled this. He's no feather duster man.

Is this the one that's about an hour and half long? Peter on the phone with the black geezer who seems to interview him a lot?

I could only deal with about 10 minutes of it. Peter comes across very negative.

"It's not £16.99 it's £9.95! Everybody can afford that!"

Maybe they can. But people will only pay what they think something is worth. And watching this fight on YouTube is not worth a tenner. I don't think indirectly threatening the promoter of the guy your son will make millions fighting is a smart move either. Especially if this bombs.

I'm further convinced my that my conspiracy theory that Parker's purse and the whole event has been paid for with laundered drug millions is absolutely undeniably true.

[Jackson328]

How did Hughie become mandatory? He's fought nobody of note, he's inactive; I have half a memory of Peter saying they were looking at opponents to build his profile because of his illness meaning he couldn't fight anyone decent. Next thing you know he's at world title level.

I think this is yet another reason, one of many, that the event is destined to bomb big time. Hughie has just appeared as WBO number one contender without fighting anyone of note and they wonder why people aren't taking it seriously, its a Charles Martin scenario. There are far better and more deserving contenders that the WBO could have manoeuvred into position and most of them would have already gone to New Zealand to fight Parker. I feel a bit sorry for JP

[KiwiRider]

How did Hughie become mandatory? He's fought nobody of note, he's inactive; I have half a memory of Peter saying they were looking at opponents to build his profile because of his illness meaning he couldn't fight anyone decent. Next thing you know he's at world title level.

I think this is yet another reason, one of many, that the event is destined to bomb big time. Hughie has just appeared as WBO number one contender without fighting anyone of note and they wonder why people aren't taking it seriously, its a Charles Martin scenario. There are far better and more deserving contenders that the WBO could have manoeuvred into position and most of them would have already gone to New Zealand to fight Parker. I feel a bit sorry for JP

Ha! I like that. A Charles Martin scenario.
Succinct and spot on.
I just want it over. It has dragged on because of the Furys and stalled Parker's career. The sooner that mob are out of the mix, the better IMO.

[Jackson328]

How did Hughie become mandatory? He's fought nobody of note, he's inactive; I have half a memory of Peter saying they were looking at opponents to build his profile because of his illness meaning he couldn't fight anyone decent. Next thing you know he's at world title level.

I think this is yet another reason, one of many, that the event is destined to bomb big time. Hughie has just appeared as WBO number one contender without fighting anyone of note and they wonder why people aren't taking it seriously, its a Charles Martin scenario. There are far better and more deserving contenders that the WBO could have manoeuvred into position and most of them would have already gone to New Zealand to fight Parker. I feel a bit sorry for JP

Ha! I like that. A Charles Martin scenario.
Succinct and spot on.
I just want it over. It has dragged on because of the Furys and stalled Parker's career. The sooner that mob are out of the mix, the better IMO.

I think everybody wants it over and done with! Parker and his team have only put up with all this rubbish because he needs to fight his mandatory and keep the belt to tempt AJ or Wilder into a unification and the payday that would bring him. If a challenger pulls out of a fight so close to the event the governing body should be stronger and move them down the pecking order until they get their act together, the champion should not be punished and should be allowed to move on and keep earning in my opinion. Its bullshit the way Parker has been messed around

[mickey1975]

I watched an interview with Peter on some obscure YouTube channel today and he basically went all gangster on Eddie! He wasn't messing around! It was like he was back on the wing in jail. I think old Peter isn't anywhere near the calm guy he's perceived to be. I also think he's bankrolled this. He's no feather duster man.

Is this the one that's about an hour and half long? Peter on the phone with the black geezer who seems to interview him a lot?

I could only deal with about 10 minutes of it. Peter comes across very negative.

"It's not £16.99 it's £9.95! Everybody can afford that!"

Maybe they can. But people will only pay what they think something is worth. And watching this fight on YouTube is not worth a tenner. I don't think indirectly threatening the promoter of the guy your son will make millions fighting is a smart move either. Especially if this bombs.

I'm further convinced my that my conspiracy theory that Parker's purse and the whole event has been paid for with laundered drug millions is absolutely undeniably true.

That's the one. Peter was street talking!

[dirk2686]

The trash talk from the Furys always makes them sound incredibly bitter and jealous when it comes to Hearn.

[mickey1975]

Peter was a serious man, he "walked heavy". If the money has come from him, who knows?

[KiwiRider]

The trash talk from the Furys always makes them sound incredibly bitter and jealous when it comes to Hearn.

I think they are bitter and jealous Dirk.
They have stuck with Henarsey and watched it shrink while Matchboom has blossomed. They have seen AJ pull in 7 figure paydays in front of record crowds on proper PPV platforms and the Parker Fury fight is Henarseys flagship 2017 fight
Yeah, it's worlds apart...

[chad]

"It's not £16.99 it's £9.95! Everybody can afford that!"

That's the early bird price valid up until 17th September. After that it goes up to £14.99.

Noticed the YouTube channel only has 1,200 subscribers so far. Clearly from the posts some of those are from abroad and are unable to buy the event. This is going to flop, and flop hard.

[Mimmy]

11 days to go and still an abundance of tickets. Feel free to buy more than 8 for each block, tier and row. Its gonna be a quite nights boxing I think.

[Grilling Machine]

Charles Martian

[KiwiRider]

Charles Martian

Auto correct but I'll take it

[keithmoonhangover]

Charles Martian

Ack! Ack! Ack!

[coneye]

I watched an interview with Peter on some obscure YouTube channel today and he basically went all gangster on Eddie! He wasn't messing around! It was like he was back on the wing in jail. I think old Peter isn't anywhere near the calm guy he's perceived to be. I also think he's bankrolled this. He's no feather duster man.

a couple of old sayings spring to mind here ,,, Leapord don;t change his spots ,, Bullshit baffles brains , what you see is NOT what you get

[KiwiRider]

I know Parker has been in the UK for a day or so, are you locals getting any press coverage yet?
Someone needs to sell this fight
.....

[Glass Joe]

Kiwi, with Hennessey promoting this event you have no chance of selling this fight, again i say it, when was the last time we heard from the PROMOTER!! Absolutely shocking, he should be ashamed of himself a world title fight with virtually no coverage.

I bet he is sitting in his office looking at the ticket sales figures and asking himself why didn’t Hughie sell 70k tickets on launch day! Did he actually sell even 70 on the first day.

The guy hasn’t a clue how to promote an event, he needs to study Hearn and learn a thing or 2.

With just over a week to go he will either have to give away tickets or have an empty arena but then again having an empty arena won’t make any difference for tv it’s not like he will do thousands of PPV buys is it. how is Hennessey going to survive taking a 1.5 million loss, does he have backers? if so hope they have deep pockets!

Really feel for Parker and Hughie, both deserve better than this.

[3132DW]

I know Parker has been in the UK for a day or so, are you locals getting any press coverage yet?
Someone needs to sell this fight
.....

No coverage whatsoever.

Wouldn't know there was a fight.

[Glass Joe]

This topic got over 10k views that's more than tickets sales and ppv buys combined for the fight.

[KiwiRider]

This topic got over 10k views that's more than tickets sales and ppv buys combined for the fight.

Joe your killing the vibe man

[3132DW]

This topic got over 10k views that's more than tickets sales and ppv buys combined for the fight.

Should have held it in the York Hall - atmosphere would have looked amazing with 1200 rammed in.

[mickey1975]

Peter has deep pockets, no idea about Meaty.

[stujones]

What's happened to that poster called "Hennessy Sports" who used to just post press releases and nothing else (no responses to questions).

Believe or not, I am actually tempted to purchase this because it is a bit of boxing history and I am intrigued by the youtube angle... always intrigued by new production teams / presenters.

But I have a load of questions that need answering.

1) - I am likely to be away from the house and will have a terrible / no internet connection that week.... is it going to be possible for those who order the fight to watch it in a delayed setting and the whole card.... so not as a live stream as such but as you would a youtube clip.

2) If the answer is no, is there going to be any repeat fees.

Surely not hard questions to answer.