Comments Thread For: Will Joshua-Wilder Really Happen?

[SteveM]

Joshua won't fight Wilder he will take the easier route as always against Hrgovic when the titles become fragmented , I , like nearly everyone would like the Wilder fight but based on experience all my money is on Hrgovic , who by the way is a pointless 41/1 on to beat Mori ....I smell a rat!

Hgrovic or maybe Miller if he wins - lets hope the Saudi money makes the Wilder fight happen - if they are getting 50 million each ? Joshua would make how much vs Hgrovic - £5 million?

[daggum]

This fight is 6 year's past its relevance & my interest.
They were both in theyre primes & undefeated & with Fury on a health break they were the top 2 of the next generation. They could have been the next 3 kings instead we got 3 entitled to chancers.

2018 3 Eddie low balls to Wilder & Wilder called they're bluff & then offered Aj the flat 50 mill he wanted.
2019 Wilder turned down the dazn offer which in hindsight was lucky as Aj then lost.
2024 Only the Saudi blood money is enough to possibly get them in the same ring at the same time but it's too late. Wilders in Ajs preferred age range of 38-41 and shot while Ajs just broken & this fight is now the equivalent to Brooke v Khan only as its heavyweight so our head's turn.

I'd love to buy the box office this weekend but I'd rather see the Saudi ppv fail again for this duck card.

wilder made 2 million to fight ortiz. right after that hearn offered wilder 12.5 million to fight joshua. WILDER TURNED IT DOWN! thats not a lowball. thats wilder ducking.

Mar 3, 2018 — The champion has been guaranteed a purse of $2.1 million to show Saturday

Apr 10, 2018 Eddie Hearn offers Deontay Wilder $12.5M to fight Anthony ..

also wilders 50 million offer had to be accepted without seeing the contract? what the hell is that lol. you think thats how it works? thats just for PR. doesnt matter anyway because joshua parlayed wilders offer into a huge multi fight deal with dazn worth hundreds of millions and even after he got his bag, came back and offered wilder the fight. perfect business strategy and clearly not ducking cause he offered wilder even more money than before. you know what wilder did? wilder parlayed joshuas 100 million dollar offer into 50 million against worse opponents...Joshua losing had nothing to do with wilder ducking. its literally the same situation they are in right now. wilder signed to fight joshua but joshua still has to beat wallin. why arent you using the same excuse for wilder to duck again? he cant sign to fight joshua because he could lose to wallin derrrrrp

[landotter]

No, I do not think it will happen. Mostly because I expect one of them (possibly both of them) to lose this weekend and ruin the fight that should have happened half a decade ago. It is just how these things work.


But Parker against Wallin is marinating just fine.......

[Goatintheboat]

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You think the not-sterile US or UK can pay them the kind of money they’ll make in “sterile” Saudi Arabia?

No. But so what. They'll still make enough.

[zod66]

2018 Deontay Wilder's Team Offers Anthony Joshua $50 Million to Fight in Fall
Anthony Joshua reveals why he rejected $50m offer to fight Deontay Wilder at Wembley: "So, let's say that fifty million we talked about. Listen, it's a hell of a lot of money and it was an honour to even have that number thrown at me!

"But then when you dissected it and what it actually it was, it was kind of like a rights fee - 'We own you for this amount of money'.

Shelly Finkel, who manages Wilder along with Al Haymon and trainer Jay Deas, said the offer is for $50 million against 50 percent of the event revenue, meaning Joshua would make no less than that figure no matter how much the fight generated. If the fight generated more than $100 million, which Finkel believes it could, Joshua would make even more

[zod66]

2018 Barry Hearn: We Should Wait Two Years To Make Joshua-Wilder LOL

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.boxingscene.com/amp/barry-hearn-we-wait-two-years-make-joshua-wilder--131404

[zod66]

Boooooooooooomb squuuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad

[Liondw]

It may happen for sure, even though AJ is more interested in a shot at Fury, if Tyson beats Usyk.

I don't see a point in Joshua and Usyk fighting each other again, but hey, money talks.

Wilder-Joshua is the one we'd like to see, both have flaws, both hit hard.

[uppercut510]

No it wont happen imi, but any boxing fan who is saying they dont want it to happen is weird

[Eff Pandas]

I don't think Joshua really wants it (or anyone with a pulse), but I am starting to think that the Saudis tempted both men financially, so hopefully, we will see it in 2024.

AJ is different so who knows with him. Idk if he knows what he wants half the time, but yea his energy seems like he'd rather pass on it.