No - they won't be trusted to turn up even for that.
Sadly they likely will never be trusted again. Costs promoters a fortune to be mucked around like that.
Hi Sham......you are very quiet....guess the only traveling Joe's belt will be doing is from Las Vegas to Auckland....no gypsy traveler wants to come to Auckland to have a look at it.....where have the fighting , rough gypsies gone to....even Tyson is in La La land
(04-23-2017, 06:33 PM)shamrock Wrote: [ -> ]I want the Fury's side of the story please!?
Ha! Fat chance of getting closer to the truth with that side of the story!
Really makes you wonder if drugs are actually involved. First the hearing delayed, then the late plane ticket to nz where the testing would be performed I presume, and now a pull out.
Last time when Tyson did this
an injury meant failed drug test
(04-23-2017, 06:33 PM)shamrock Wrote: [ -> ]I want the Fury's side of the story please!?
I've searched the internet and the British Sunday papers... not peep on Hughie's stand down - it's like the fight was only an NZ event.. not a world title accorded global coverage. There the only game in town is AJ v VK.
I want to hear what the Fury camp have to say too. But, the lack of detail regarding said injury nor a formal comment speaks volumes in my view. Something else is going on..
V.
Joseph Parker needs to box clever and vent his Fury offshore
Joseph Parker should take the Hughie Fury fiasco as a sign that his future now lies beyond New Zealand.
OPINION: Joseph Parker's WBO title defence against Hughie Fury appears dead but the promotion has had a bad smell about it for a while now.
Fury has pulled out of the May 6 fight date in Auckland, citing a yet-to-be revealed injury and Parker's promoters are now trying to arrange a worthy last-minute replacement.
That won't be an easy task. Not that anything is in the murky world of boxing as New Zealand company Duco Events are repeatedly finding now they are running with the wolves.
British heavyweight Hughie Fury represented an ideal opponent for Joseph Parker to win over the lucrative UK market.
Don't forget, Duco suffered the embarrassment of having the Jeff Horn v Manny Pacquiao world welterweight title fight in Brisbane ripped off them for a couple of months before the PacMan discovered the false riches of the Arab market and came running back to eventually sign the deal to fight the Aussie.
The elevated levels of strain between the two camps were revealed by Fairfax just over a week ago with suggestions the Furys still weren't keen on travelling to New Zealand and were trying to convince the Kiwis to take the fight to Britain.
The unusually low profile of the fight buildup was a pointer to trouble brewing behind the scenes.
Like them or loathe them, Duco present a well-oiled approach to their events, both in promotion and execution. At times they are guilty of overkill.
But the Parker-Fury fight was notable for its lack of hype, especially given this was a fair-dinkum world title fight.
Things were suspiciously quiet. No TV ads, a lack of media opportunities with the respective fighters and their associates, and no schedule for opportunities in Auckland were pointers that something was amiss.
This was meant to be Parker's grand hurrah, his first defence but also a farewell fight for his New Zealand fans before he headed to the bigger markets of Europe and the United States.
This will be an expensive exercise unless a suitable opponent can come in late and save a promotion that should have so easily been built around the controversial Fury name and the local hero appeal of Parker.
Sadly, the biggest loser out of this will be Parker who is desperate to enhance his place among the elite of the sport's glamour division.
Fury represented a real opportunity for the Kiwi to make a statement for the all-important British market which is the hotbed for heavyweights right now.
Parker will have to try to achieve that in other ways. But the best way to do that is offshore.
He should take a positive from this Fury fiasco and see it as a message that, yes, it is time fly the coop, escape the comforts of home and be a more worldly figure in a global sport.
It's time for Parker to vent his fury overseas.
- Stuff
(04-23-2017, 09:18 PM)Veritas Wrote: [ -> ] (04-23-2017, 06:33 PM)shamrock Wrote: [ -> ]I want the Fury's side of the story please!?
I've searched the internet and the British Sunday papers... not peep on Hughie's stand down - it's like the fight was only an NZ event.. not a world title accorded global coverage. There the only game in town is AJ v VK.
I want to hear what the Fury camp have to say too. But, the lack of detail regarding said injury nor a formal comment speaks volumes in my view. Something else is going on..
V.
Just doesn't make sense to me. Hughie has a lot more to lose by opting out than showing up.