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Originally Posted by jfman
In fairness to AJ, it was contractual in the deal that took the fight to Saudi. What is odd is that they announced his deal beforehand, knowing full well there was a chance this fight could go to Sky. In fact making the deal when his career is arguably at a crossroads was bizarre.
A TV deal that has his next fights as Fury, potentially twice for the undisputed heavyweight championship as opposed to Whyte, Chisora, Price all over again. If AJ even has the hunger for it.
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Totally agree. If they'd announced it this week then they could have billed it as move from Sky. Announcing it when they did was a needless gamble.
If they did want a deal with AJ, waiting until last night's result would have given a better feel for his value to DAZN. Kudos to him realising this and getting the deal wrapped up before the fight!