Tyson Fury vs. Agit Kabayel - 5 December 2020 (OFF)

[mickey1975]

I thought the Schwarz and Wallin fights were BT PPV despite being 4am.

Tbh gentlemen while Joyce and Dubois will fight for a couple of hundred grand each (as even that will be their career high payday.)

Tyson Fury sure as hell isnt now. Thus with no crowd it will be PPV. If anyone wants to try and draw a balance sheet with no crowd on how to pay Fury 1.5 million or so and Browne 300-400k then by all means let’s see it.

I’d imagine whoever he fights will fetch bigger worldwide tv rights than Dubious-Joyce. And bigger sponsorship.

[Ruthless-RKO]

I thought the Schwarz and Wallin fights were BT PPV despite being 4am.

Yes, they were PPV.

EDIT.

Sorry mate, Just checked my previous post, I missed out PPV

[Ruthless-RKO]

I’d imagine whoever he fights will fetch bigger worldwide tv rights than Dubious-Joyce. And bigger sponsorship.

Yeh, ESPN will have it, will ofcourse get more sponsors in general..

Let's see what happens.

[Twinkle Toes]

The aren't actually being serious with Lucas Browne are they?

[JC]

The aren't actually being serious with Lucas Browne are they?

I often think promotors leak out a name they know people will kick off about, so that when the actual opponent gets announced they seem better in relative terms.

[Cholo_cws]

If the rankings are manipulated to get somebody in the top 15 and the world title tag is thus used to sell it as PPV I hope the media report the dodgy goings-on and don't just sit on their hands like they usually do.
Don't think we can rule out the WBC's top 15 cruiserweights as possibilities.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Might as well fight Takam, Rivas is also abvailable.. I've heard some say Kabayel.. Again all these are with Top Rank aren't they?

[cormack]

I can just visualise the hanger oners sorry management in each camp now scrabbling around for the upside .
mtk looking to find a decent fight for fury whilst wilders side could look at the legals in the contract to see if they should be compensated .

[Ruthless-RKO]

I thought the Schwarz and Wallin fights were BT PPV despite being 4am.

Tbh gentlemen while Joyce and Dubois will fight for a couple of hundred grand each (as even that will be their career high payday.)

Tyson Fury sure as hell isnt now. Thus with no crowd it will be PPV. If anyone wants to try and draw a balance sheet with no crowd on how to pay Fury 1.5 million or so and Browne 300-400k then by all means let’s see it.

Yeh, he won't getting his usual $12.5 million or thereabouts, as the fight will be in the UK and NOT USA. Although ESPN will probably have the rights in the US. I remember both Schwarz/Wallin fights were prime time in the US and both where on ESPN+.

The gate for the Shwarz fight helped too, sold only 5,489 tickets with a gate of $882,145 .. Tickets where priced high, that;s why the arena were more than 60% empty.

The fight with Wallin generated $999,722.50 from 3,577 Tickets Sold. Again the tickets were too costly.

So less tickets sold but more revenue?

Reason I'm mentioning this, they're looking at 3,000 fans at the Royal Albert Hall..

They're gonna have those prices daft too aren't they.. Plus if they got Yarde-Arthur on too.

Let's say an average ticket price is £750, they're looking at a gate of £2m..

[jameswilson]

3,000 in the Albert hall would be way too many mate.

If they were putting a fight on at the O2 I’d expect them to start off with 1,000 spread right out.

[JimJim2009]

I can see an offer being made to Ortiz, he is in training, and in a normal world, you think at his age he would pull out out his return warm up fight and take a shot at the WBC title. I know he's not won for a while but he's probably the best they could get under the circumstances, but would he put a WBC title shot above a mega payday cos that would otherwise be the stumbling block. At his age, what is the point of carrying on, if not to get another crack at the world title ?

[stujones]

I actually looked at that top 30 and I thought - well okay they are all "acceptable" for a title fight in a shortish notice job.... but then Lucas Browne seems to be in pole position - jeez.

How about this guy as a "dark horse" contender - in decent shape, just come off a career best win, credible and surely will be considered light punching..... Briedis.

[jameswilson]

If Tyson Fury fights Luis Ortiz in the year 2020 I will personally display my bare arse in that shop window.

There is no way in hell they are looking at getting ‘the best they can get under the circumstances.’

Lucas fuxking Browne is the standard being discussed here gents.

[stujones]

Well with the name of Lucas Browne being mentioned - just another thought - it would at least generate some "beef" based on them being old rivals - but how about David Price - or, is his power going to mean he is too big a risk.

Surely Surely Surely they cannot seriously put a fighter who not only lost, but got KTFO vs Dave Allen to fight the #1 Heavyweight in the world.

[joshj909]

As of 3 days ago, this is the current Top 15 for WBC.

Interim: Alexander Povetkin
1. Deontay Wilder
2. Oleksandr Usyk
3. Luis Ortiz
4. Andy Ruiz
5. Dillian Whyte
6. Joseph Parker
7. Daniel Dubois
8. Oscar Rivas
9. Filip Hrgovic
10. Michael Hunter
11. Joe Joyce
12. Dereck Chisora
13. Charles Martin
14. Efe Ajagba
15. Agit Kabayel

Who if any of the above does Fury defend his belt against? Can't assume it will be a non-title bout..

Also, let's not forget, we have seen it in the past where someone ranked #35 randomly appears in the top 15 and is mentioned as the next opponent.

Of those not already booked: Ruiz, Rivas, Hunter, Martin, Ajagba, Kabayel.

My money would be on Kabayel or Rivas. Kabayel fits the bill of an unbeaten European who wouldn't be much of a threat and Fury would be too big for Rivas in my opinion, and Warren would think that too.

[Gnome]

Browne is a terrible option. They would be better off with Kabayel or Charr, who surely would take their hands off in accepting. Price adds history plus at the end of the day he's big and a banger.

Browne adds nothing. He got knocked down and arguably lost to Solokowski for goodness sake.

[Onamastus]

How about Fres Oquendo? He's been training for 5 years!

[Cyclops]

I know it won't happen but Andy Ruiz would be interesting, no?

[Ruthless-RKO]

3,000 in the Albert hall would be way too many mate.

If they were putting a fight on at the O2 I’d expect them to start off with 1,000 spread right out.

From Boxing Scene:

The plan is to use the blueprint the Albert Hall has drawn up for a series of Christmas concerts to allow a crowd of up to 3,000 to attend.

[Pukka Cheese]

Wouldnt be surprised if Charr gets it.

[Coco]

Browne is a terrible option. They would be better off with Kabayel or Charr, who surely would take their hands off in accepting. Price adds history plus at the end of the day he's big and a banger.

Browne adds nothing. He got knocked down and arguably lost to Solokowski for goodness sake.

Agreed it's a terrible option, I think they could only do it for a non title fight, maybe to give Browne a payday as he is good pals with Tyson

[Gnome]

Robert Helenius would suit the bill as well, I suspect. He won some fans after destroying Kownacki.

[Ruthless-RKO]

WTF?!

[rd350lc]

I know it won't happen but Andy Ruiz would be interesting, no?

I like that , don't know what sort of shape he's in ( presumably not great ) , but with a decent camp and notice would be fun.
Massive height difference tho .
Wonder what the biggest ever height difference has ever been for a heavyweight world title fight ?

[gilgamesh]

WTF?!

Look at that mustache. Do you really expect everything this dude says to be serious?