Comments Thread For: Hearn: I'm Very Confident Wilder Will Accept The Money, Deal For Joshua Fight

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Eddie Hearn, promoter for two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, feels confident that Deontay Wilder will accept the monetary offer that promoters in Saudi Arabia will present to him for a year-end showdown.
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[vital1983]

Be a great night of boxing if the double header comes off. Won't hold me breath.

[Winky-Wright]

Poor old AJ getting summoned to the middle east to get decapitated by Wilder, he just wanted to gives the fans what they want and fight Fury at Wembley then sail off into the sunset but The Fury protection squad avoided him at all cost to fight Agit Kabayel.

[VislorTurlough]

Yet again talking talking talking before anything is close to finalized. STFU and make the deal. Then spew all the BS you want.

[Fact]

Wilder vs AJ in December is nearly a done deal, both are getting 100 million each. Real obstacle will be Fury who is fighting in september, no way Fury will do Sep-Dec timeline. There is also a possibility of Usyk getting injured in Dubois fight.

[thack]

It's all if's and buts, it's nonsense and greed with nothing signed by anyone.

[OldTerry]

Wilder vs AJ in December is nearly a done deal, both are getting 100 million each. Real obstacle will be Fury who is fighting in september, no way Fury will do Sep-Dec timeline. There is also a possibility of Usyk getting injured in Dubois fight.

Are you sure about $100M each? Seems high if you consider that another $100M each to Usyk and Fury would bring those four fights alone to a total cost of $400M.

[davefromvancouv]

Wilder already said he's on board for the Joshua fight in Saudi Arabia. The only issue now is whether he'll be able to step in for Dubois in August, and knock out Usyk for the belts (i e. Dubois is injured and will likely be unavailable for the August fight)

For those who aren't easily fooled by the mainstream narrative, Usyk, Dubois and Frank Warren are doing everything possible to prevent Wilder from replacing Dubois. Then we have Fury who may opt out of the Saudi event...

[Oregonian]

Are you sure about $100M each? Seems high if you consider that another $100M each to Usyk and Fury would bring those four fights alone to a total cost of $400M.

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In case you weren’t aware, Ronaldo was given $200 million for two years to play soccer in Saudi Arabia.
Benzema just got $400 million and Messi was offered a reported $1 billion.

So, the money is there

[Monty Fisto]

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In case you weren’t aware, Ronaldo was given $200 million for two years to play soccer in Saudi Arabia.
Benzema just got $400 million and Messi was offered a reported $1 billion.

So, the money is there

Yes, the money is there, but you have to compare apples with apples.

Paying Benzema and Ronaldo those kind of sums to work week in, week out for literally years, as well as playing ambassadorial roles as part of a long-term strategy is a significantly different value proposition to a sporting events that lasts one evening.

$100 million each seems toppy to me for Joshua, Wilder and co.