British heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury has
revealed that a billionaire sheikh offered to stage his eagerly anticipated
rematch with Wladimir Klitschko on his private yacht.
The Dubai billionaire wants to charge 120
high-profile guests $1million each to see it on board, with no media allowed.
“We’ve had negotiations to have the rematch on a
ship,” said Fury. “A sheikh in Dubai, who owned a yacht which he could fit 120
people on, said he could sell 120 tickets at $1m each, so that would have been
$120m.
“He wanted to have an exclusive heavyweight
championship of the world title fight with no TV station or reporters, just for
those 120 people watching.
“He didn’t say how much I would get, but I
probably would have had the biggest half of the $120m, so I was all for it! But
I think it’s gone now.”
Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Image: Daily Mail
Despite several lucrative venues being considered
for the bout, the unbeaten Briton prefers a fight at Wembley after dethroning
Klitschko in his German fortress. “There are five possible venues…I’d like it
to be in the UK and least of all Germany. I went into the lion’s den. Now I’m
the lion, so he has to come to me if he wants what I’ve got.
“But if it’s going to make more financial sense to
go back to Germany, then that’s where we’ll go.”
The 27-year-old Fury was speaking after being
presented with the prestigious Ring magazine belt in recognition of being the
world’s best heavyweight at the moment.
Source: Mirror
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