The price to pay of watching Tyson Fury and Derek Chisora cross the old threshold is a bitter pill that is hard to swallow
The only thing that could soften the blow knowing Tyson Fury versus Derek Chisora III will set you back £26.95 to watch next month is the fact that one of its main characters, Derek Chisora , told people to clearly define their priorities before thinking about shelling for it.
This, an honest comment as Chisora once made, is what he said last month when announcing the match and it is what came back to the fore after yesterday’s news about the price paid. for each view of the match.
“We’re getting close to Christmas and the cost of living is tough right now,” Chisora said on the day his December 3 fight with Fury was announced. “Trying to sell the stadium and sell it pay per view is going to be very difficult. People are struggling out there. There are many lines of food banks. Everyone is having a hard time.
“For me, sitting here and trying to sell it, and saying this is going to be great, I can’t do that. All I can say is that it will be a great fight of kings. But I can’t tell a man to take money that he could use as a Christmas present for his children to come and watch me play. Right now, things are difficult. It doesn’t matter who you are. We are all feeling it.”
Credit to Chisora, he doesn’t need to say what he did that day at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but thankfully he decided to speak anyway. In doing so, he has helped weed out meaningless ads that were previously used to sell a war that was admittedly difficult to sell, and he has also helped critics of the war who are now trying to find the word. language to express their feelings. they had to pay £26.95 just to hang it at night.
Derek Chisora at the press conference announcing the fight against Tyson Fury on December 3 (Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
Of course, the first time he and Fury met was in 2011, it was on Channel Five, so everyone can watch it for free. Together, they managed to attract a large audience thanks to this, with only British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles to contend with, and their rematch, shown three years later on BoxNation , have clearly benefited from their first appearance on terrestrial television.
Now, with the third fight set to take place on the BT Sport Box Office, one wonders what kind of audience it might attract on the night. Sure, the two heavyweights are more popular these days than ever, and it’s also likely that audiences aiming for this fight – one of the “normal” variety – probably wouldn’t have known about both when Fury was in the mix. his cruel ways with Chisora six years ago.
That should help sell it, no doubt, even at the current price. However, there is also an argument to be made that if there is one fight that is supposed to be boycotted to make a point, it is a three-way fight between two strong contenders who, over the course of 22 innings, competitions have never, at any stage, seemed so far apart. compete in the ring together. That’s one aspect of this Chisora that is likely to be controversial, he’s a proud man, but even he knows there are better ways people can spend £26.95 on December.
“Spend your money on your children,” Chisora said last month. “Don’t spend your money on me and Tyson. I don’t want to see that. I (just) want you to spend money on me knowing that your kids got their Christmas presents and everything else they needed.”
