The promoter noted that tickets have not been on sale for a long time, and resellers sell them for up to a million hryvnia
Alexander Krasyukpromoter of the WBO/WBA/IBF/IBO heavyweight champion Alexandra Usikashared some details of his protégé’s contract for the fight for the title of absolute world heavyweight champion against the holder of the WBC belt Tyson Fury.
“This will be the biggest contract for Usyk in his career. That’s how it should be. This will be a fight for the status of the absolute world heavyweight champion, with an undefeated champion. This is a lot of money. This amount is much more than Vladimir Klitschko received for his victory over Povetkin in Moscow ($17 million – ed).”
“Everyone wants to watch this fight. But we need to build communication between the consumer and the distribution channel. This is not difficult to do, given the demand. And the demand is incredible, as is the demand for tickets. There are no more tickets, there is nowhere to get them. I bought two tickets to Platinum because I didn’t have time to take them to Diamond. Now you go to the sites of resellers – 200 thousand hryvnia for a ticket, 300 thousand. A ticket to Ringside costs 1 million hryvnia.”
Let us remind you that the fight for the absolute title between Usik and Fury was supposed to take place in Riyadh on February 17. Lennox Lewis was appointed special guest of the event, and the undercard included fights between former IBF world champion in the first heavyweight division Jay Opetai, 19-year-old Moses Itauma and IBF world super featherweight champion Joe Cordina.
However, two weeks before the fight with Usik, Fury was injured during sparring. The Briton’s injury required stitches, due to which Tyson will not have time to recover for the fight with Usyk. According to British cutman Jorge Capetillo, the boxer will need at least three months to recover.
The unification fight for the title of absolute world heavyweight champion has received a new date – Fury and Usik are scheduled to meet in the ring on May 18. The event, as before, will be hosted by the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh.
Penalties for boxers who refuse to fight are $10 million. At the same time, the contract for the fight between the Ukrainian and the British has a rematch clause.
Source: Sportarena
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