The unbeaten heavyweight from England enjoyed a sea of promotion ahead of his Vegas debut in a 2nd round knockout of Germany’s Tom Schwarz. The June 15 headliner at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada generated a live gate of $882,145 from 5,489 tickets sold, according to final receipts submitted to the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Another 1,187 complimentary tickets were issued to patrons, though the combined accounted total of 6,676 falls well short of the announced and alleged sold-out crowd of 9,012 by event handlers on fight night.
Final numbers for the ESPN+ event—Fury’s first of a $100 million deal he signed with Top Rank and ESPN—have not yet been released. A lead-in preliminary card on ESPN2—topped by 2016 U.S. Olympian and unbeaten super featherweight Mikaela Mayer—averaged 493,000 viewers over the course of the three-plus hour telecast, with the viewing audience growing to more than 800,00 viewers for Mayer’s 10-round win over Lizbeth Crespo.
Fury vs. Schwarz Generated $882K From 5,489 Tickets Sold
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Re: Fury vs. Schwarz Generated $882K From 5,489 Tickets Sold
It was a box office bust as it figured to be.
You can't sell shlock, especially at high ticket prices.
If it wasn't for traveling Brits, the arena would have been empty.
Arum better uncover a somewhat more credible opponent for Fury's next fight, or you can expect more dismal numbers.
The ESPN hype train can only do so much.
You can't sell shlock, especially at high ticket prices.
If it wasn't for traveling Brits, the arena would have been empty.
Arum better uncover a somewhat more credible opponent for Fury's next fight, or you can expect more dismal numbers.
The ESPN hype train can only do so much.
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Re: Fury vs. Schwarz Generated $882K From 5,489 Tickets Sold
Jake Donavon from BScene said they were good numberedSenorPipino wrote: ↑21 Jun 2019, 14:47 It was a box office bust as it figured to be.
You can't sell shlock, especially at high ticket prices.
If it wasn't for traveling Brits, the arena would have been empty.
Arum better uncover a somewhat more credible opponent for Fury's next fight, or you can expect more dismal numbers.
The ESPN hype train can only do so much.
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Re: Fury vs. Schwarz Generated $882K From 5,489 Tickets Sold
Good numbers for a couple of unknown flyweights from the Orient.
Terrible numbers for a heavily hyped lineal heavyweight champion.
It's not often that you see just 5000+ tickets sold for a Las Vegas fight featuring a relatively big name boxer.
The bout could have been staged in one of those Las Vegas hotel ballrooms. A major indoor arena like the MGM Grand was hardly necessary.