Both new champion Usyk and Tyson Fury did very well in their last fight but online illegal streaming wreaked havoc.
It is thought at the time the event could have lost somewhere in the region of $100 million due to illegal streaming.
It is thought over 20 million people illegally live streamed the fight.
Its at an all-time high now. The wild, wild West.
That’s a whole bunch of people around the world.
It shows you how big the fight was too.
That’s a lot of bread for the fighters and their teams that they missed out on.
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Look, there’s no way to fully stamp out the online illegal streaming but whoever is formulating the fight purses at the moment simply can’t ignore it.
They said they would get rid of illegal streaming 20 years ago and that was a pile of rubbish.
It is bigger than ever now if anything.
Unfortunately it cannot be stopped and the biggest losers out of it are the boxers.
It is not just boxing or sports either and happens all the time in all countries.
The main thing is people will want to see this rematch happen and that in itself will make the fight do well.
Likely it will be much bigger than the first fight now.
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Fury has something to prove with his first professional loss and Usyk won’t want to let go of the belt.
Both understand one another’s fight styles a heck of a lot more now too.
Roll on December 21st.
