Fury v Joshua ... What should be the Purse split ?

[Evander]

Who gets what of the money should Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua fight ?

I reckon 55 - 45 in Fury's favour.

What do you think ?

[gregregegg]

Who gets what of the money should Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua fight ?

I reckon 55 - 45 in Fury's favour.

What do you think ?

Whats deserved depends on the usyk rematch to me.
-If AJ lost, and it was just for furys belt fury would be Aside.
-If AJ were to Beat usyk well there would be a strong argument for AJ being the A side.

But for the fight to happen in a regular sense, i think AJ would have to beat usyk and then them all agree on 50-50. which is always going to be hard because Fury will claim he is undefeated and linial and the king, AJ will Claim he has 3 belts and has the best resume, Warren will claim Fury is the biggest star in boxing because he sold out wembely, and Eddie will Quote purses suggesting AJ is the bigest star in boxing...

Sucsessfull negotiation is unlikely to me, too much Ego... I think This is one where some prince is going to have to just offer them 100+ million quid each, take it or leave it... Gotta get the Egos out of the room and have a real boss just tell them whats happening.

[Evander]

Who gets what of the money should Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua fight ?

I reckon 55 - 45 in Fury's favour.

What do you think ?

Fury will claim he is undefeated and linial and the king, AJ will Claim he has 3 belts and has the best resume, Warren will claim Fury is the biggest star in boxing because he sold out wembely, and Eddie will Quote purses suggesting AJ is the bigest star in boxing...

Nicely put.
I could buy that and still say 55-45 Fury.

[Finkel]

Who gets what of the money should Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua fight ?

I reckon 55 - 45 in Fury's favour.

What do you think ?

I think Warren was lucky if he broke even. He would have been shouting it from the roof tops if Fury v Whyte had done amazing numbers. At the end of the day, the Saudi's bid showed who the A-side of the division is...

[Enlightened-One]

Regardless as to whether he wins or loses, Anthony Joshua has consistently generated the most revenue in the heavyweight division for the last six years.

In terms of recent form and grabbing the media headlines, Tyson Fury is in a much better place right now.

But if AJ avenges the Usyk loss, which probably won’t happen, then he’ll hold three belts to Tyson’s one.

So I think the split should be 55-45 in AJ’s favour, but Fury won’t allow himself to be the B-side against anyone.

Therefore, the purses for the Joshua-Fury fight, assuming it ever happens, will very likely be split on a 50-50 basis (as long as Joshua beats Usyk).

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not the biggest fan of AJ’s but we shouldn’t ignore the fact he consistently generates a lot of money, which usually dictates purse split percentages.

[Ruthless-RKO]

I think even if AJ wins, he shouldn’t get the lions share.

Should either be 50-50 or 55-45.

Not that my opinion matters.

I hope we can see the fight one day.

The fights we crave the most we don’t seem to get at the right time.

Not being ungrateful, because I know there are still plenty of good fights that we DO get.

[snake33]

Joshua is probably the only reason Fury will fight again.
Nobody else can generate the big bucks.
Beating up Usyk would be low money and reward.
You'd say, " He just beat up a little guy." The same little guy everybody was saying is god right now.
So, with Joshua being broken and scared and Fury only in it for one more massive payday,
it's likely Fury will never fight again.

[H8Usernames]

If the Usyk bout gets canceled as it stands now Fury 70 AJ 30. Case could be made for 65 35. If AJ wins vs Usyk in convincing fashion then those numbers might change in his favor. If he loses again then his share should get smaller.

[jamesmcdonnell]

If Joshua loses, forget it, the fight's not happening, nor should it really.

I actually think that Fury v Usyk could sell well, it's for the undisputed title and it carries intrigue, to see if the good little man can win.

[Evander]

Who gets what of the money should Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua fight ?

I reckon 55 - 45 in Fury's favour.

What do you think ?

I think Warren was lucky if he broke even. He would have been shouting it from the roof tops if Fury v Whyte had done amazing numbers. At the end of the day, the Saudi's bid showed who the A-side of the division is...

I'm curious to know the ppv buy rate for Fury Whyte, seems to have been kept quiet.

[Bandog]

Fury is apparently retired. Joshua has a fight with Usyk coming up. It's silly to discuss a purse split with so many unknowns.

Anyway I say winner take all.

[Wrists]

If Joshua loses, forget it, the fight's not happening, nor should it really.

I actually think that Fury v Usyk could sell well, it's for the undisputed title and it carries intrigue, to see if the good little man can win.

Its an interesting point and one which I broadly agree with, but lets say AJ wins, would you want to see him against Wilder? Most probably would, but would Wilder be any more deserving of a fight against AJ after losing 2 fights than AJ would be against Fury if you get my meaning?

If AJ loses against Usyk, I'd argue AJ Fury still has a load of intrigue, as would AJ Wilder.

[jamesmcdonnell]

If Joshua loses, forget it, the fight's not happening, nor should it really.

I actually think that Fury v Usyk could sell well, it's for the undisputed title and it carries intrigue, to see if the good little man can win.

Its an interesting point and one which I broadly agree with, but lets say AJ wins, would you want to see him against Wilder? Most probably would, but would Wilder be any more deserving of a fight against AJ after losing 2 fights than AJ would be against Fury if you get my meaning?

If AJ loses against Usyk, I'd argue AJ Fury still has a load of intrigue, as would AJ Wilder.

The difference is, Joshua was battered by Ruiz, then lost again to Usyk, if he loses again to Usyk, then I'm afraid his star is very much on the wane. The perception will be that he's not the fighter he was - which I suspect is the case, I expect he will again look gunshy against Usyk, and get beaten even more decisively this time, and quite likely stopped.

[Thomastearns]

60/40 in Joshua's favour regardless of the Usyk result.

Joshua has always been a consistently bigger draw than Fury and it's difficult to see that changing anytime soon.

The Fury camp played hardball with Whyte, and FW had to dig deep to get it on, but the AJ fight was always going to be bigger commercially no matter what some boxing fans might want to believe.

Everyone else knows this, especially Tyson Fury.

[jamesmcdonnell]

60/40 in Joshua's favour regardless of the Usyk result.

Joshua has always been a consistently bigger draw than Fury and it's difficult to see that changing anytime soon.

The Fury camp played hardball with Whyte, and FW had to dig deep to get it on, but the AJ fight was always going to be bigger commercially no matter what some boxing fans might want to believe.

Everyone else knows this, especially Tyson Fury.

A tonne of tickets were shifted last fight, I'm not sure Joshua's casual army is going to be anywhere near what it was, especially if and when he loses again to Usyk, I expect many of his fans will lose interest.

[KiwiRider]

Who gets what of the money should Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua fight ?

I reckon 55 - 45 in Fury's favour.

What do you think ?

I think Warren was lucky if he broke even. He would have been shouting it from the roof tops if Fury v Whyte had done amazing numbers. At the end of the day, the Saudi's bid showed who the A-side of the division is...

I'm curious to know the ppv buy rate for Fury Whyte, seems to have been kept quiet.

Past ppv fights where they weren't singing the numbers from the rafters were flops..
I speculate that this one is the same.
Fwank would be rubbing Eddie's nose in it if it was a big success surely?

[DrDuke]

Fury clearly deserves more, he's the main entertainer and the most distinguished competitor today.

[snake33]

Fury wants the Joshua fight. $$$$$$
So, he should take 50/50 and try to make it happen.
Or 60/40 winner gets 60%
Either way Joshua will look like a duck if he refuses.
All this depends on Joshua beating Usyk.
He may be too broken to make that happen.
Fury/Usyk would not be as lucrative a fight and
Fury would get next to no credit for beating him.

[Contendeh]

65-35 for Fury. Or 60-40 with several million winner’s bonus.
No way does AJ and his two losses argue the majority share.

[Mexi-Box]

Fury clearly deserves more, he's the main entertainer and the most distinguished competitor today.

While I agree he deserves more because he's lineal, he's not a draw. Joshua gets more eyes, so I think 60-40 in Joshua's favor is fair if he beats Usyk.

[BroughtonRulesRefuge]

- AJ already made more money and legacy in his short career than any heavy in history, and strikingly has had more duckers than any heavy in history, a sad legacy of the current boxing business model dominated by corrupt MTK promoter alliances of late presumably quashed to pop up later as any Medusa does.

Let Big Blubber pound sand and eat salt as any dying beached whale has done at the end of his days. He's already established his legacy in financial terms as the biggest heavywt ducker in history, so if AJ finishes Usyk as he was well on the way to doing until his eye got popped in the 10th round, take a mop up defense against one of the young bucks to give Usyk a chance to prepare at a storied trilogy. If not, retire and devote himself to his avocation of supporting UK Olympic boxing and raising amateur recognition.

Now, if Big Blubber wants to defend his fake Ring and Lineal titles as the Ring and Boxrec Forum echo chambers of grazing herds are always bleating about, let him fight Big Dummy on the Trillerverse.

Their gross title records are similar with career overlaps and both with premature retirements followed by comic book comebacks to wit:

Tyson Fury title record vs titlests 2-0-1, 1 KO

Total title record 3-0-1, 2 KO

Career record
32-0-1, 23 KO

bouts 33
rounds 210
KOs 69.7%
career 2008-2022
debut 2008-12-06


Riddick Bowe title record vs titlests 2-0, 1 KO

Total title fight record 5-1, 4KO

Career record
43-1-0, 33 KO

bouts 45
rounds 195
KOs 73.33%
career 1989-2008
debut 1989-03-06

[SteveO]

It would probably end up at a 50-50 split and that would seem fair enough.

[fanman]

Realistically 50-50 if they both have belts, maybe 60-40 if only fury has a belt.

[ewenhay]

It's a 50/50 fight if ever I saw one

[gilgamesh]

If Joshua wins the rematch. It's back to being the Undisputed biggest fight in British Boxing history and a 50/50 split would be reasonable.

If Joshua loses the rematch. It'd probably STILL be the biggest fight in British Boxing history if AJ fought a fight or two, and was at least coming off of a few wins going in, but in that case I'd say Fury would deserve more like a 70/30 split.

I personally think it should happen whether AJ beats Usyk or not, but obviously if Usyk wins the rematch then it should be Usyk vs Fury first.

Just like AJ vs Wilder. I want to see that I don't give a f*ck if there's a belt on the line or not. I just want to see that fight. Title or no title. It'd be a fun fight, and a legacy boosting win for whoever comes out on top.