Comments Thread For: Deontay Wilder on Joshua Fight: I Think it Definitely is Going To Take Place

[rickJen]

At that time they thought Wilder is the reincarnation of Mike Tyson and that he doesn't need anybody. DAZN was at its peak spending money like drunken sailors. Hearn offered him substantial amount and they thought that what his worth. In reality, it had nothing to do with anything. DAZN was a startup company in boxing and it's not based on PPV sales, but on subscription. Which all startup streaming services do like Netflix and others, they spend billions of dollars initially. Wilder and Finkel and their fans thought heavyweight division was back. And now Hearn is relying on Saudi money.

That's what they all thought at that time. He beat a 40 yr old guy and he's suddenly Mike Tyson.
He and his manager couldn't even bring themselves into fighting past-prime Klitschko.

Funny part was they all thought he's worth millions of dollars. And when DAZN was offering tens of millions of $$$,
they all thought he's really worth that much. Turned out he's just average in the tv ratings. FOX even abandoned boxing.

[rickJen]

This fight is worth twice as much as a Fury vs Joshua fight at Wembley if not more .

Warren going to be doing double to triple the amount of shoulder rolls as well when it’s officially announced .

Wembley? Really? So what are they waiting for? Why are the Saudis being relied heavily on these fights getting made?
You guys should be careful in what you say here. Othewise, Malik would want to be compensated for waiting.

[OldTerry]

Greedy Belly is missing the boat because of his cowardice and sense of entitlement. Instead of facing Usyk for an undisputed championship he is talking about an offer to AJ for a fight a stadium in UK while he's aware that AJ has planned 3 fights for this year which will conclude in December vs Wilder. He can keep on running but eventually he face Usyk or retire. People are fed up with his con acts.

That's an absolute fact.

[OldTerry]

Exactly. Wilder was offered $100M but declined, that was when Joshua was at his best and Wilder was protecting his WBC belt. Anyway, $40 for a guy without a belt it's still a huge bag of dollars.

So you're okay with both Joshua and Wilder getting $40M? Keep in mind that neither has a belt.

[juggernaut666]

Wembley? Really? So what are they waiting for? Why are the Saudis being relied heavily on these fights getting made?
You guys should be careful in what you say here. Othewise, Malik would want to be compensated for waiting.

Wilder already declined the Ruiz months ago so that’s not even a possibility that team Wilder could blame anyone for not fighting unless Wilder has signed any official contract to face Joshua which just won’t happen before Joshua himself fights his own opponent in August .

If Malik demanded compensation today they would tell him to go kick rocks . Lol

[rickJen]

Wilder already declined the Ruiz months ago so that’s not even a possibility that team Wilder could blame anyone for not fighting unless Wilder has signed any official contract to face Joshua which just won’t happen before Joshua himself fights his own opponent in August .

If Malik demanded compensation today they would tell him to go kick rocks . Lol

So what's the answer? You mentioned it can be made at Wembley in the UK.
And you made it sound like a huge money fight without needing Saudi resources.
What are they waiting for, exactly? Not trying to be a d1kc here, I'd be happy see
all fights happen outside of the middle east. Their involvement is a nuisance, imo.

[low blows]

No such thing as low ball offer with Wilder. His highest purse was $2 mil in the Ortiz 2 fight.
He was offered 7x more. And like the other poster said, he thought he's the 2nd coming of Tyson.
And now he's back with his pre Luis Ortiz levels. Most likely less than $1 mil. Only a few buys his PPVs now.
Showtime Espinoza don't even want him back. He's not worth spending money with.

He made more than with the first Fury fight and then became a 20 million dollar fighter but the problem was he was a loss leader for the PBC as nobody has cared for him so PBC let him walk after his execution of his Finnish sparring partner.

Wilder is probably a 1 or 2 million dollar fighter without a Usyk fight or this Saudi oil money bullying of the boxing economy.

[Sammy7861992]

Are you on about he 50 mill flat fee (proven) Aj & Eddie ran away from to continue they're milk the casuals fighting old men & cans tour?

Ya I thought I typed 50 but must of made a mistake lol