So Wilder turned down 10M for Povetkin.

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

Well, Wilder still has a lot to prove, but this doesn't do him any good in the eyes of boxing fans. I think he beats Povetkin easily. Maybe they are afraid of being robbed. Maybe they see Povetkin as a high risk fight, but the champ should fight anybody. If Wilder doesn't make over 10 mil in his next fight, I'll say he ducked Povetkin.

[The Big Dunn]

Money is the issue when you're being offered 10 times your highest purse.

If Hatton and Witter fought at that point, they'd make less than a million each. Just makes no sense especially when both are domestic level. If one of them lost and missed out on the fight then they wouldn't look back and say "damn I should have taken those few hundred thousands"...LOL it wouldn't matter.

If you turn down a guaranteed 10 million and then *** up then you lose ten million dollars. There's no excuse to turn down that kind of money. And there's no guarantee an offer like that will come again.

This is getting tiresome because you keep comparing ridiculously different situations. How bout you compare something like Haye winning the HW title and not fighting Wlad. Cos that's actually similar. You just look a complete mug right now.

Blah, blah. He still can earn more later, regardless if the offer is 10 mil, if he wins. You don't care what fighters make then why does the offer matter?

Your opinions regarding English boxers vs American boxers not taking fights makes it clear why you are calling this a duck.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Blah, blah. He still can earn more later, regardless if the offer is 10 mil, if he wins. You don't care what fighters make then why does the offer matter?

Your opinions regarding English boxers vs American boxers not taking fights makes it clear why you are calling this a duck.

When did I say I don't care about what the offer is? You're reaching hard.

You've been reduced to a quivering wreck again Dunn. Try not to post about *********s blowing up England again, eh?

[New England]

our deontay would bomb squad that bolshevik.

[saintpat]

Apparently Wilder was offered a 10M payday to face Povetkin in Moscow.

He turned it Down.

Thoughts?


Source: http://translate.google.com/translat...n-russia-.html

Excuse No. 1: The translation is, well, to put it nicely, inexact.

Excuse No. 2: The inexact translation is from a story that ran last weekend in Wilder's hometown newspaper. This is not new.

Excuse No. 3: That's not what Finkel said. He said there will be a time for fights like that but it's not now. He did NOT say there had been a $10 million offer.

You can find the entire story, including Finkel's comments, at www.tuscaloosanews.com

[SN!PER]

Maybe Andrey Rabinsky wanted to pick the judges and referee this time.

I would feel so cheated if I paid 23 million and the ref allowed the fight to become a hug-fest/ wrestling match.

[takenotes]

If Klitschko went 12 with Povetkin and could not KO him, Wilder has no chance. Klit punches way harder than Beyonce. We just saw Wilders power exposed when he could not even hurt Stiverne.

[285Kid]

This is wasted of time , his team is saying Wilder need a few more fights before his ready for those types of fights? What's the point of holding a world title then?

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Excuse No. 1: The translation is, well, to put it nicely, inexact.

Excuse No. 2: The inexact translation is from a story that ran last weekend in Wilder's hometown newspaper. This is not new.

Excuse No. 3: That's not what Finkel said. He said there will be a time for fights like that but it's not now. He did NOT say there had been a $10 million offer.

You can find the entire story, including Finkel's comments, at www.tuscaloosanews.com

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20150124/NEWS/150129727/0/search

"Look, (Wilder) is a baby winning the title. It was his first title fight, they'll be a time for unification, they'll be a time for all those things, he could go and Povetkin (the No. 2 contender) in Russia and make $10 million," Finkel said. "It's not the right thing yet. Give him a couple of fights, maybe bring something back to Alabama. Let him develop just like any other athlete. They don't take someone who is a great college prospect and throw him right in. And this kid is a great prospect."



Thanks for confirming that it is indeed true.

[Dindu_Nuffin]

Wilder's the A side. The fight takes place where he says.

If Povetkin wants to give him 10 million dollars to get his ass whipped it should be over here.

The only fight Bronze Bomber should have to travel for is Wladimir Klitschko.

Actually Wilder is NOT the A-side. A-side isn't who is "champion" (Even though we all know Wilder isn't a real HW champ - only one of those right now).

A-side means who can generate more revenue, i.e. put more asses in seats, and eyeballs on television sets.

While Wilder/Stiverne did good free-per-view numbers, he ain't popular like Povetkin is in his home country.

Can you see Wilder being popular enough to get anything more than a 1.5, MAYBE 2 million dollar payday in USA? His network, Showtime (NBC now as well) would not pay hm anymore than 2 million.

If a boxer is popular enough to generate you a 10 millon payday, HE is A-side.

Wilder wouldn't fight Povetkin in USA, Russia, Australia, Antartica, or even his native continent of Africa... Why? Because he's a protected, windmilling, chinless hype-beast.