Bob Arum, CEO of boxing promotion firm High Rank, mentioned the upcoming battle between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury may very well be the highest-
Bob Arum, CEO of boxing promotion firm High Rank, mentioned the upcoming battle between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury may very well be the highest-grossing heavyweight title battle of all-time.
Arum, who turned 88 this month, mentioned the Feb. 22 rematch between the 2 undefeated fighters ought to gross “effectively in extra of $100 million.”
The earlier match between Wilder (42-0, 41 knockouts) and Fury (29-0, 20 knockouts) final December resulted in a cut up draw, the one draw of each fighters’ profession. That battle reportedly had roughly 325,000 pay-per-view buys. Arum expects the second battle, which can happen on the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, to see much more pay-per-view buys, he mentioned in an interview with CNBC.
Wilder and Fury will battle for the WBC title, with the winner anticipated to face WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua.
The very best-grossing pay-per-view heavyweight battle ever was Mike Tyson vs. Lennox Lewis in 2002, which grossed roughly $110 million. The opposite pay-per-view heavyweight battle to gross near that quantity is the second Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield bout in 1997, which grossed roughly $100 million, according to Business Insider.
“We’re trying ahead to doing document enterprise with that battle,” mentioned Arum, noting that High Rank might want to cut up the battle’s income with Premier Boxing Champions, who manages Wilder.
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