Matchroom promoter Briton Eddie Hearn gave
interview for local media.
In a conversation with a journalist, the functionary spoke about the numbers of sold broadcasts of the boxing evening Saul Alvarez – Dmitry Bivol, spoke about organizing a rematch between the unified heavyweight division champion from Ukraine Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) and ex-champion from Britain Anthony Joshua (24- 2, 22 KOs), commented on the end of the sports career of WBC title holder Tyson Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs), and also announced the organization of the next fight of Briton Derek Chisora (32-12, 23 KOs).
— I saw some tweets. Some people believe that more than 300 thousand broadcasts of the Canelo-Bivol fight were sold. You sent a tweet in response: “600 or more”.
– Much more than 600 thousand. Not 700. I always push DAZN to reveal the numbers. Canelo Alvarez’s PPV passed the 600k mark comfortably. I’m sure Mr. Markowski will confirm this fact. You see, some people like to report things. I saw a report that there were over 150k PPV purchases outside of the platform. This figure is close to the truth actually. It was, but those sales were from several other outlets. And, of course, most of the sales were made through the DAZN platform, and generally well past the 600,000 buyer mark.
– How many views did the fight make around the world?
– I don’t know. I know the PPV numbers. I’m sure they’ll consider announcing the number of views as well. But it was the first PPV. And it was a big success. I know what the goals were. I must be honest with you. Did I think that more than 600 thousand sales would be made? For the first PPV, probably not. But it did, and it was a huge success.
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– You told me back in Vegas about the Usyk-Joshua fight. You said you hope to announce it in a week. What’s the delay, Eddie?
“Just contracts. You need to make sure that certain agreements are included, payments are included. You will get an announcement of this fight next week because we are approaching 9 weeks before the event. July 23rd is still the main date, but expect an official announcement next week.
– Near East?
– At the moment, it seems that this is the leading option.
– Continuing the theme of the heavyweight division. I want to ask you about Tyson Fury’s situation with the WBC. They said they would give him more time to decide what to do. What are your thoughts on this?
– I don’t know why he needs it, he ended his career [улыбается]. But we all know that he didn’t retire, he didn’t leave the title vacant. I hope he will face the winner of the Usyk-Joshua rematch. I think this is a huge fight for his career.
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— Tell us about Derek Chisora.
He signed a contract to fight this morning. We hope to get his opponent’s signed contract tonight. And you will get the announcement of Derek Chisora’s next fight in the next few days. Fantastic duel in London. I can not wait. But I won’t say more for now.
