After Silva's recognition, the Arizona State Athletic Committee even met to consider canceling the fight. In the end, additional medical examinations were carried out, which confirmed that the Brazilian was ready for the fight.
Paul said that up to this point, PPV sales had been going well, but after the aforementioned incident, interest in the evening definitely waned. If the results reported by Paul are confirmed, it will still be three times better PPV sales than the recent fight between Deontay Wilder and Robert Helenius.