No Tickets, No Fans: Eddie Hearn Confirms Times Square ‘Fatal Fury’ As Exclusive, Invitation-Only Spectacle

Promoter Eddie Hearn says tickets gained’t be bought for the Could 2nd ‘Deadly Fury’ occasion at Occasions Sq. in New York Metropolis. Hearn says the occasion is for the “TV expertise” for followers at house to get pleasure from, however tickets gained’t be bought to most of the people.

Unique Occasion

He states there shall be individuals on the occasion, however he’s not saying who they’ll be. It’s an unique occasion. It’s disappointing to the followers who had hoped to see the three fights on the cardboard dwell at Occasions Sq., nevertheless it’s not taking place.

VIP Viewers

– VIPs– Celebrities– Media personnel– Invited company

This occasion is alleged to be NOT open to most of the people, and there’ll solely be a small crowd of 100 to 300 in attendance.  Followers had hoped to see these three nice fights dwell: Ryan Garcia vs. Rolando Romero, Devin Haney vs. Jose Ramirez,, and Teofimo Lopez vs. Arnold Barboza Jr.

TV Focus

“There was by no means any intentions to promote tickets for the occasion,” mentioned promoter Eddie Hearn to the media concerning the Could 2nd, Deadly Fury occasion on Occasions Sq. in New York Metropolis. “I consider there shall be company there. The entire idea of those. It’s not my occasion. That is my opinion. It’s a TV expertise.

“It’s one thing in a location that’s fairly wild. The entire fascination with that is you’re dropping the gate, which I might by no means do. You’re actually leaving between 5 and 10 million {dollars} on the ground by not having a crowd. In these distinctive places, it’s not concerning the crowd. They’ll be specializing in the TV manufacturing and the look of it.

“It’s like Alcatraz, if that occurs. They’re not going to place a crowd on Alcatraz Island. It’s nearly the entire expertise of that location. It was by no means the intention. It was by no means introduced that there can be a crowd [at the ‘Fatal Fury’ event at Times Square in New York City]. I count on there shall be a crowd there, however as I perceive it, they gained’t be promoting tickets,” mentioned Hearn.