John Fury

[maverick23]

Papa Fury is either genuinely mad as hell about the last minute switch to drop AJ & fight wilder instead or is a very good actor bullshitting to deflect the blame onto " the hundreds of hanger oners ".

I am inclined towards the latter .

I think John may be frustrated because he can't go to America and so can't influence or control Tyson.

I’m not sure. He was fine about everything with Wilder rematch. I think most of us would agree with the bulk of what he said. Tyson’s been messed around Bob, screwed out of $50m and doesn’t seem focused which he was when he last fought.

[mickey1975]

I think he spoke complete sense.

[bigjack]

Papa Fury is either genuinely mad as hell about the last minute switch to drop AJ & fight wilder instead or is a very good actor bullshitting to deflect the blame onto " the hundreds of hanger oners ".

I am inclined towards the latter .

I think John may be frustrated because he can't go to America and so can't influence or control Tyson.

I’m not sure. He was fine about everything with Wilder rematch. I think most of us would agree with the bulk of what he said. Tyson’s been messed around Bob, screwed out of $50m and doesn’t seem focused which he was when he last fought.

It has a Lewis V rahman feel to it,when Lennox was messing about filming oceans 11 and arrived in Africa too late to be properly prepared

[TheGoods]

Was a great listen with Big John speaking from the heart. The change of opponent isn’t ideal but unlike say AJ v Ruiz Jr (after the Big Baby Miller debacle) Tyson knows what to expect. Wilder can only fight one way. Fury absolutely dominated him last time out. Complacency is the only thing that can get him beat. Hopefully he’s knuckling down in training and Andy Lee and SugarHill have the cojones to confront him if he’s not.

[JamesPhilips]

I think John may be frustrated because he can't go to America and so can't influence or control Tyson.

I’m not sure. He was fine about everything with Wilder rematch. I think most of us would agree with the bulk of what he said. Tyson’s been messed around Bob, screwed out of $50m and doesn’t seem focused which he was when he last fought.

It has a Lewis V rahman feel to it,when Lennox was messing about filming oceans 11 and arrived in Africa too late to be properly prepared

Right

[high tower 1]

Tyson should be a super star in the states by now. He’s massive , white , huge personality and a good back story.

Fury hasn't sold out anywhere in this country, so why should he be a massive draw in the states?

Different dynamics. Fury hasn’t really caught fire over here for a range of reasons.

In America it’s a different setup. They’ve been crying out for a great white hope or even anyone who is a top fighter with a big personality at heavyweight. And that’s fury.

He’s a marketers dream. I’d have him on every chat show across the states.

[oogiebe]

Tyson should be a super star in the states by now. He’s massive , white , huge personality and a good back story.

Fury hasn't sold out anywhere in this country, so why should he be a massive draw in the states?

Different dynamics. Fury hasn’t really caught fire over here for a range of reasons.

In America it’s a different setup. They’ve been crying out for a great white hope or even anyone who is a top fighter with a big personality at heavyweight. And that’s fury.

He’s a marketers dream. I’d have him on every chat show across the states.

Great white hope isn't anything anymore in the states. Fury isn't the type of HW that Americans are attracted to.

[Grilling Machine]

I think it still is something, but they want a Morrison type. A Republican-voting, all-American muscleman, mullet optional.

Not a muffin-topped Brit without a Hugh Grant accent.

[Fray Bentos]

In America it’s a different setup. They’ve been crying out for a great white hope or even anyone who is a top fighter with a big personality at heavyweight. And that’s fury.

He isn't American.

[Fray Bentos]

I think it still is something, but they want a Morrison type. A Republican-voting, all-American muscleman, mullet optional.

Basically this, but I think that fan base who wanted that white hope have moved on over to MMA anyway.

I read somewhere that PPV buys for boxing in the states are dominated by Hispanics and African Americans who make up most of the consumers and MMA PPV's are dominated by white consumer base... if it is true or not, that is what I have read...

[Grilling Machine]

Yeah, I had Covington in mind. That's where the buzz is in Moonshinetown now.

Lewis'd still cross over well, though.

[margaret thatcher]

white fightrers have been among the tops hws for years now. and the klits fought lots in the states. its not much of a novelty any more to have a white good hw

there have been many other top white fighters in other divisions whove campaigned in the usa. further, there are tons of high level white mma fighters, from the usa and around the world

a tough arse white boi really isnt much of notice these days

[high tower 1]

The Klit brothers had zero personality and we’re boring fighters. Tyson has a bigger personality than any MMA fighter I know of. I doubt it would be that hard to market him and get interest. MMA or boxing , they’re both fighting and fans flit between.

You saw how shit top rank were with Taylor so I assume Tyson gets the same treatment.

[margaret thatcher]

oh sure, plenty of personality, i just dont think him being white would make a big difference..........top white fighters are very common place these days

[maverick23]

The Klit brothers had zero personality and we’re boring fighters. Tyson has a bigger personality than any MMA fighter I know of. I doubt it would be that hard to market him and get interest. MMA or boxing , they’re both fighting and fans flit between.

You saw how shit top rank were with Taylor so I assume Tyson gets the same treatment.

Fury has some appeal, but he isn't all American boy.

Yeah - he’s sold well in the US in his 2 fights with Wilder but the other 2 fights didn’t sell well at the box office (not sure on viewer numbers). Didn’t help that he was 2 other European fighters that even big fans may not have heard of before. Perhaps if he’d fought an Arreola or someone semi known over there the fights would have sold better.

[high tower 1]

Tyson didn’t sell out the Excel (if we’re talking about Chisora 2) - the Saunders/Eubank Jr fight did. Tyson/Chisora may have been nominal main event but it sold well primarily because of people wanting to see whether Eubank Jr was as good as he said he was.

I assume you’re talking about the Haye fight? Haye had sold out big arenas several times before. It was a really good fight at the time but Haye would have been the A-side.

I don’t really think Tyson has ever sold really well on his own in the past. He did really well with a good dance partner (Klitschko - exc. the cancelled rematch, Haye, Wilder) but never when he’s been the A-side.

I think that’d be different now though - I’m not sure he’d do AJ levels but he’d sell 30-40,000 in a reasonable defence of his world title I reckon.

It was mainly travellers and they weren't interested in how good jr was, they just wanted to see bjs beat him.

There were a lot of travellers there but it wasn’t mainly travellers. It was a fight that somehow crossed over a little bit - I had about 5/6 people asking at work about it. Each of them watched Eubank Snr back in the day and were talking about whether Jr would win or not.

It was also the last FW I went to. Made me swear to myself to not to go another one of his shows due to the toilet situation and stupidly late finish.

What was the toilet situation ? Big lines of coke sniffers ?

[Boxerbeetle]

It was mainly travellers and they weren't interested in how good jr was, they just wanted to see bjs beat him.

There were a lot of travellers there but it wasn’t mainly travellers. It was a fight that somehow crossed over a little bit - I had about 5/6 people asking at work about it. Each of them watched Eubank Snr back in the day and were talking about whether Jr would win or not.

It was also the last FW I went to. Made me swear to myself to not to go another one of his shows due to the toilet situation and stupidly late finish.

What was the toilet situation ? Big lines of coke sniffers ?

Ha, I remember when I went to AJ-Parker in the Millennium Stadium and there was only a handful of toilets in my block which happened to all be cubicles, so I had to queue up for about 20 mins every time I needed a piss. About 5 hours into the show, I suddenly realised I’d been queuing in the disabled block and the urinals were around the corner, so I’d been queuing for no good reason

[maverick23]

It was mainly travellers and they weren't interested in how good jr was, they just wanted to see bjs beat him.

There were a lot of travellers there but it wasn’t mainly travellers. It was a fight that somehow crossed over a little bit - I had about 5/6 people asking at work about it. Each of them watched Eubank Snr back in the day and were talking about whether Jr would win or not.

It was also the last FW I went to. Made me swear to myself to not to go another one of his shows due to the toilet situation and stupidly late finish.

What was the toilet situation ? Big lines of coke sniffers ?

I’m sure there were a few but there just simply weren’t enough toilets for the amount of people there. I went to 4 sessions of boxing at the Olympics there and you still had to queue for 10 minutes for the loos and that’s without a few thousand pissed up gypsies and 10,000 other drunkards.

There were loads of people just pissing up walls, in their seats and all over the place. That, coupled with the fact the main event didn’t start until around midnight, really put me off going to another FW show.

[maverick23]

There were a lot of travellers there but it wasn’t mainly travellers. It was a fight that somehow crossed over a little bit - I had about 5/6 people asking at work about it. Each of them watched Eubank Snr back in the day and were talking about whether Jr would win or not.

It was also the last FW I went to. Made me swear to myself to not to go another one of his shows due to the toilet situation and stupidly late finish.

What was the toilet situation ? Big lines of coke sniffers ?

Ha, I remember when I went to AJ-Parker in the Millennium Stadium and there was only a handful of toilets in my block which happened to all be cubicles, so I had to queue up for about 20 mins every time I needed a piss. About 5 hours into the show, I suddenly realised I’d been queuing in the disabled block and the urinals were around the corner, so I’d been queuing for no good reason

I went to that one too and didn’t find it much of an issue. I did go to the urinals from the start though

[high tower 1]

There were a lot of travellers there but it wasn’t mainly travellers. It was a fight that somehow crossed over a little bit - I had about 5/6 people asking at work about it. Each of them watched Eubank Snr back in the day and were talking about whether Jr would win or not.

It was also the last FW I went to. Made me swear to myself to not to go another one of his shows due to the toilet situation and stupidly late finish.

What was the toilet situation ? Big lines of coke sniffers ?

I’m sure there were a few but there just simply weren’t enough toilets for the amount of people there. I went to 4 sessions of boxing at the Olympics there and you still had to queue for 10 minutes for the loos and that’s without a few thousand pissed up gypsies and 10,000 other drunkards.

There were loads of people just pissing up walls, in their seats and all over the place. That, coupled with the fact the main event didn’t start until around midnight, really put me off going to another FW show.

Sounds like hell.

[Counter-puncher]

What was the toilet situation ? Big lines of coke sniffers ?

I’m sure there were a few but there just simply weren’t enough toilets for the amount of people there. I went to 4 sessions of boxing at the Olympics there and you still had to queue for 10 minutes for the loos and that’s without a few thousand pissed up gypsies and 10,000 other drunkards.

There were loads of people just pissing up walls, in their seats and all over the place. That, coupled with the fact the main event didn’t start until around midnight, really put me off going to another FW show.

Sounds like hell.

A mate of mine who’d never been to boxing before went.

He said he’d never go again, the people pissing up walls was a particularly memorable element, in the wrong way.

[mickey1975]

Everyone pisses in the sinks at a full MEN.

[KiwiRider]

Americans can't put Tyson Fury on talk shows over there. Ya just can't predict what he is going to say.
The folks that run those shows really don't like unpredictable, and niether do their massive legal departments

[coneye]

Don't think the yanks who get or paticuly like his sence of humor ...... Regards pissing at the venues , went to a match fa cup final , at wembley in the early 80's ,, people were going to the top and back lining up for a piss , full time went down the stairs and you stepped off the bottom step into a river of piss ,,, never ever set foot at a football match again ,,