Hearn lobbied the WBA because Wlad wasn’t going to fight unless it was on the line due to him having a high ranking already and not wanting to miss out on the chance to unify the belts again should he beat Joshua and only hold the IBF, he knew he could go after the WBA and the Joshua fight would still be there down the road.
still went against their own rules for vacancies and had other ranked boxers who paid sanctioning fees for shot at the vacant belt instead fight for that bogus WBA regular title so they won't get sued
We're not even talking about a prime Klitschko.
This is an almost retired Klitschko they're not rushing to fight.
In contrast to Finkel, Hearn pursued Klitsch like a mad dog.
Hearn has been taking huge risks, unlike this Finkel character.
Hearn pursued semi retired Klitschko like a mad dog after coming of a loss and not having a belt they basically lobbied the WBA to put the vacant belt on the line
You people are the new Pactards
There hasn't been a single card that's better than normal FS1 card I will wait until GBP do their thing but other than WBSS and maybe couple of uk cards it's worse than I thought
There was no contract for a 50/50 split in 2011.
AJ holds two of the top ten all time attendance records. He was earning $20M in just his 20th fight. How much did Floyd earn for his 20th? De La Hoya made Floyd a star, it was a passing of the torch. All of Floyd’s biggest PPV fights were just as much a result of his opponents drawing power.
Again, stop with the excuses. Can’t change rules mid-game. Your guy created this mess.
Attendance record don't mean **** I'm sure Canelo can fill out Estadio Azteca and walk away with live gate of $500K but he rather fight in 20k arena instead
And here you go 50/50 Split in MGM on march 2011
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/2015/4/29/8504023/pacquiao-vs-mayweather-2015-fight-timeline
You got it backwards. Floyd and his fans started this trend. His fans defended his A-side behavior his entire career. Now they want to change the rules in the middle of the game.
Floyd made all the big fights he even offered Pacquiao a 50/50 split for March 2011 fight and last but not least Floyd was breaking records PPV live gates etc so he wasn't a random A side
"Despite months of negotiations, Wilder decided not to face Joshua this year, opting to defend his WBF title against Fury instead."
You guys suck at this
Maybe he watched the 7th round against Lartey saw Brooks caught him with the same shot but didn't seem to faze Spence
Best Garcia can do is win a close decision imo
I think a prime Khan beats Bud unless he gets clipped obviously this version of Khan is past it but I still give him a small chance it's not as one sided as people want to make it seem
I like Bud but I don't know why people act like he is a big puncher specially at 147 I can see him TKO Khan but I'd be surprised if he does what Canelo or Garcia did
Come on as if old man Ortiz would have stood a chance against Whyte, he stunk the place out when he fought a couple of fights in the UK and looked absolutely horrendous and every bit of his real 45 years of age. There was no money or interest in the Ortiz fight in the UK after he had those two awful showings on live UK TV.
As for Pulev, he would have to travel to Bulgaria so chose to fight Parker in a bigger money and tough fight that would put him in a very good position.
As for putting AJ in the whyte contract that is absurd, you cant agree deals like that as they are two independent deals that need to be made with separate terms and negotiations.
Old man Chisora beat Whyte in the 1st fight and was ahead in the cards the 2nd fight in the 11th round Ortiz maybe stunk up the joint but he won convincingly more so than Whyte did
What Whyte needs to do is rematch Parker after the controversial fight instead of trying to cash out on that "win"
This could well happen. Whyte is a much more dangerous fight than Wilder so AJ is legit playing with fire taking the Whyte fight.
That's like saying AJ is playing with fire taking a fight with Dave Allen if you think Whyte is a dangerous fight for him then you must not really rate AJ
Yes because Dave Allen has wins over Chisora, Parker Browne etc
Because Wilder turned down double his highest purse at the time to fight Dave Allen? It was Wilder who turned down the big money to fight Whyte as he legit knows he loses.
The fact Whyte is currently has the best resume of wins outside AJ right now means he has earned that respect. He has rocked AJ already and has only got better and better.
Wilder is not Martin you won't offer him $4M to come to the UK and you control the event
Wilder would definitely turn down 4M to fight in the UK against Dave Allen but that doesn't mean that White rhino is some killer bruv
Oh my god. Really? How long are you going to hold on to this for. The 50’million offer was part of NEGOTIATIONS which moved PAST that point and ended with wilder ACCEPTING another offer. So how is it a duck if they reject that offer and counter with something in return that was then accepted. Are you really that stupid?
1. If you really believe its 100 million fight fine Give me 50 million and I swear i will sign tomorrow
2. Here is 50 million plus a 50% upside
3. I have decided to fight in the UK for less money here is 15M flat offer on potentially 100 million fight
4. Fine we accept the low offer for a fight in September at Wembley
5. We have decided to go with WBA mandatory instead
Truth hurts doesn't
Wilder was actually offered 8 million for the Whyte fight that was double his biggest purse at that time. He turned it down...….look it up if you do not believe me it is well publicised. Wilder did not want that work, bodysnatcher snaps that twig body
It was publicized that he was offered 4M which they said fine if AJ fight was included in the contract
Let's not get into all of that all Whyte needed to do was fight Ortiz and he would be WBC mandatory all Whyte had to do was fight Pulev and he would've been the IBF mandatory he has fought in zero eliminators and went life and death with Chisora ffs
Might aswell stick the Breazeale fight up on boxrec now.
I could be wrong but weren't you going on about Wilder fighting Breazeale back in July? Something about the contract being already signed to fight Breazeale before the 50 million offer was made
They could offer a billion and Joshua wouldn't be able to accept a fight not on Sky. Why is this so understand for some of you?
We all heard the new talking point from Hearn but that's not the reason they gave originally for turning down the offer was it?