Wilder vs. Fury trilogy purse splits revealed

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Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury have already signed for a trilogy fight between them for next year, says Top Rank Boxing promoter Bob Arum. He says the purse split for the winner of the Wilder vs. Fury trilogy will get 60% of the purse, and the loser 40%.

For the upcoming second Wilder-Fury 2 fight on February 22 next year, the purse split down the middle at 50-50.

“It’s a signed deal,” said Arum about a rematch between Wilder and Fury for February. “Not only is it a signed deal for a second fight between the two best heavyweights in the world, the winner of the fight for a third fight, which is already signed, gets 60 percent of everything and the loser 40 percent. Right now, it’s signed for the second fight. Each side gets 50 percent. I would prefer it take place in Las Vegas,” said Arum about the February 22 rematch between Wilder and Fury,” said Arum.

Wilder-Fury 2 could do 2 million buys
“Wilder might object to that, because Tyson Fury has become the face of Las Vegas,’ said Arum. “It’s his town. We’ve been talking to the MGM about the dates and so forth. The MGM is available for the 22nd of February. There’s nothing wrong with Britain, but you have to understand. The biggest source of revenue comes from pay-per-view. People are now talking about this next fight [between Wilder and Fury] coming up will do 2 million homes in the United States, paying into the promotion $40 dollars, over and above what the providers take. So that’s $80 million from just the pay-per-view plus the closed circuit.

Now if you move it to England, the problem becomes the fight goes on in the afternoon, and you can’t do anywhere’s like that number in pay-per-view. If the fight is in the United States it’s in an odd hour early in the morning in the UK. But history has shown if the fight is big enough, like Mayweather-Pacquiao, they’ll [UK boxing fans] will get up and watch it,” said Arum.

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Arum always smoking what ODLH smokes when talking PPV buys.
2 million. I really would not be surprised if it does less than the first fight, but I think it will do more... Not even close to 1 million.

[fanman]

i dont know about 2m buys.

i just looked up. it did 325k in the u.s. and 420k is the u.k. and was a commercial success.
of course there should be scope for it to do more, with cleverer marketing.

it's probably a good thing, having a trilogy pencilled in, whether it come to pass or not. certainly if wilder lost, he'd want a chance to get his belt back.

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i dont know about 2m buys.

i just looked up. it did 325k in the u.s. and 420k is the u.k. and was a commercial success.
of course there should be scope for it to do more, with cleverer marketing.

it's probably a good thing, having a trilogy pencilled in, whether it come to pass or not. certainly if wilder lost, he'd want a chance to get his belt back.

Since the first fight, ESPN have signed Fury and thrown a lot of him out there.. I still think they should should have at least put one of his fights on regular ESPN and not just the app.

[DrDuke]

They should make the 2nd bout before talking about the trilogy. They already wanted to do the rematch, but then the marinating came. Now Wilder's team is even talking about paying for step-aside money. Anything can happen. Make the rematch at least.