Boxing/Wrestling: Eddie Hern Wasn't Impressed With Tyson Fury Wrestling Antics but Acknowledges WWE "is a great Exposure" with Deontay Wilder Rematch by the Corner
Fury firstly had to be tamed by security officials after he Faced Braun Strowman at ringside during a cameo on last week’s SmackDown.
Fury became the No.1 social media trend worldwide, and he followed that up by appearing on Monday Night Raw to ask for an apology from Strowman.
However, Strowman was in no mood to say sorry and fight broke out between the two before they were eventually splitted by a large number of WWE superstars – although Cesaro did feel the wrath of the British boxer’s fist as he was knocked out (KOed).
Fury, who is aiming for a February 22 rematch against WBC champion Deontay Wilder, will now attend a press conference in Las Vegas on Friday where it is expected to be confirmed he will take on Strowman at WWE’s Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia on October 31.
His antics got everyone talking – even his rival Hearn, who is Anthony Joshua's Promoter.
And even though the Matchroom chief mocked Fury, he did accept his wrestling foray was good for the boxing.
Hearn told AB Boxing News: “Terrible, terrible, you know like when you do that pretend punch, but he’s obviously just rolled into it, he’s character and he’s perfect for stuff like that.
“I don’t think his wrestling was very good but I thought it was great exposure for him.
“That’s what you want, when you’re promoting, the idea is to try and push your profile to non-boxing fans for people that might be interested once they’ve seen it.
“I don’t think anyone knew who he was, but they do now.”
Hearn continued: “I’ve seen the comments about Tyson Fury, ‘it’s a disgrace,’ ‘he made a right idiot out of himself,’ but he knows what he’s doing.
“You’ve got to look at the bigger picture, because look, their [Deontay Wilder and Fury] fight did 150,000 buys [PPV], it should be doing five, six, or seven hundred.
“So how do you do that, you bring in that casual audience.”
Tags: #Fury #Hearn #Strowman #MonsterAmongMen #DeontayWilder #Boxing #Wrestling #Anthony Joshua
Fury became the No.1 social media trend worldwide, and he followed that up by appearing on Monday Night Raw to ask for an apology from Strowman.
His antics got everyone talking – even his rival Hearn, who is Anthony Joshua's Promoter.
And even though the Matchroom chief mocked Fury, he did accept his wrestling foray was good for the boxing.
“I don’t think his wrestling was very good but I thought it was great exposure for him.
“That’s what you want, when you’re promoting, the idea is to try and push your profile to non-boxing fans for people that might be interested once they’ve seen it.
“I don’t think anyone knew who he was, but they do now.”
Hearn continued: “I’ve seen the comments about Tyson Fury, ‘it’s a disgrace,’ ‘he made a right idiot out of himself,’ but he knows what he’s doing.
“You’ve got to look at the bigger picture, because look, their [Deontay Wilder and Fury] fight did 150,000 buys [PPV], it should be doing five, six, or seven hundred.
“So how do you do that, you bring in that casual audience.”
Tags: #Fury #Hearn #Strowman #MonsterAmongMen #DeontayWilder #Boxing #Wrestling #Anthony Joshua
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