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Malignaggi says Fury-Joshua fight may fade from memory despite ticket sellout
Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are set to meet in a heavyweight boxing fight at Principality Stadium.
Tickets sold out in one hour, despite some costing more than $13,000.
The two fighters have been linked for years, but negotiations and delays kept them from facing each other.
Former world champion Paulie Malignaggi says the bout may come too late in their careers to shape their legacies.
He expects it to be a major event when it happens, but thinks fans may forget it over time.
Dana White expects the event to generate $34 million in ticket sales, which would place it among boxing’s four biggest gates.
The sources give no fight date or details about what happens next.
Paulie Malignaggi says fans may eventually forget that Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua fought because the bout comes late in their careers.
The fight’s tickets sold out in one hour at Principality Stadium.
Malignaggi said the bout would be a major event at the time but might not define either fighter’s legacy.
Dana White expects the event to generate a gate of $34 million, according to Bloody Elbow.
- Who
- Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are set to fight, and Paulie Malignaggi commented on the bout.
- What
- The heavyweight fight sold out in one hour. Malignaggi said fans may later forget it happened.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- Principality Stadium
- Why
- Malignaggi said the fight is happening late in both fighters’ careers, after they have already established their legacies.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
When these guys fight later in their careers, it’s sort of an asterisk and people even forget that these fights happen.
The fight was discussed alongside negotiations and reasons the two fighters had not yet faced each other.
Some fans remained reluctant to accept that the fight would happen.
Fans sold out the tickets for the fight at Principality Stadium.
- Fighters
- Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua
- Venue
- Principality Stadium
- Ticket sellout
- One hour
- Malignaggi’s prediction
- Fans may forget the fight happened
- Expected gate
- $34 million, according to Dana White
Sources
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