Comments Thread For: Wilder: I Don’t See Myself Staying in Boxing Too Long

[SN!PER]

If I just see him fight either Klitschko, Fury, or Povetkin, I'll be happy.

[BOMB ZQUAD]

If I just see him fight either Klitschko, Fury, or Povetkin, I'll be happy.

Not Fury.. Well, let's see what Fury is all about on the 24th, but I feel like this will be an embarrassing fight for Klitschko. Won't be surprised for an early KO and Fury disappearing off boxing like he promised if he'd lose to an "old man"

[juggernaut666]

fury vs Wilder would be the best one,it would make an interesting slug fest...Joshua will most likely fight fury before he does though,i think Wlad defeats wilder next year,then I hope maybe his last defense fights Joshua,in between k.o povetkin and maybe throw in Briggs as a freebie if hes doing 5 fights until he retires.

Either way Wilder has to fight at least 2 meaningful fights before 2018,obviously.And I think it will depend on if he loses to Wlad,which when some one talks about leaving that's not a good sighn that they are really confident usually.

[St. Johns Gent]

It would be smart of him considering he has made his money and the HW division is taxing on the body and mind. However, it's a bit disappointing seeing this business minded / oriented generation of fighters. It goes against the very nature of the fighting spirit but at the same time you can't blame them when you look at the grand scheme of things.

Wilder is a great guy, one of the nicest people in the sport, I'll respect any decision he considers most beneficial for himself and his family.

great post

[Earl-Hickey]

I agree with Deontay, his ko streak will go down in history and he can retire as an undefeated world champ and olympic medallist, that's a hell of a career, and several millions in the bank.

Don't want to see him slowing down and losing fights he would have otherwise won.

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like he has a choice

he almost got KO'd by that last bum they hand picked as a showcase match

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

No intelligent boxing fan expect you to last that long either in boxing Wilder, the general consenses is when you step you, you are gonna get knocked out I mean you were getting bullied by Eric Molina lfmao.

[Scipio2009]

Deontay Wilder put on his first set of boxing gloves for a simple reason...

To make a way for his daughter and family, when he almost believed that there was no way. He wasn't a boxing super fan when he was a kid, he didn't have any ambitions to being a boxing champion or win an Olympic gold medal, and he didn't give his life to the sport.

Public disclosure doesn't show every bit of money that was picked up (let alone what was left to the fighter after everyone else gets their piece), but Deontay Wilder made, at least, almost $1m for the Stiverne, $1.5m for the Molina fight, and will likely be PBC's first $2m man for the Duhuapas fight next week.

You add that Wilder-Povetkin is a gigantic fight (possibly PPV) and, if he were to win, Klitschko-Wilder being a PPV fight in the United States and you've easily picked up a pair paydays that would dwarf the Duhuapas payday. It's taken time, but over just those 5 fights, Wilder would've been able to clear $10m-$15m in fight purses.

If he were to beat Klitschko and become undisputed/unified heavyweight champion of the world ... he'd be a license to print money (only heavyweight he'd have to worry about, imo, is Anthony Joshua).

Las Vegas would definitely be interested in Wilder's fights, but Deontay would be the type of personality who you could take across the country and sell premium tickets for; simply line up the mandatory challengers and go.

Come late 2017/2018, the buzz behind Wilder-Joshua would finally break that fever, and you make that fight on PPV (in the new PBC model, every Wilder fight is likely to be on primetime NBC/CBS/ABC or Showtime and I'd imagine that sponsorship money plus the live stadium gate, plus the PBC money would make better sense than just going to PPV, for every showdown but those super elite ones), leaving the option for a series of fights based on how the first one goes.

You figure 6-7 fights, between the Klitschko PPV fight and the potential Joshua PPV fight(possible PPV series of at least 2), and Wilder's likely cleared $100m [a long bit of time to predict, but simply completing the example].

Payouts/other revenues/tax structure/etc are in flux, but Wilder could potentially have taken home $35m, before counting the Joshua series of PPVs (I imagine Joshua to be more of a boxing lifer, even though both guys had relative late starts with boxing).

Boxing wasn't the first love, you would've already made a ton of money, and (as America's undisputed heavyweight champion of the world) there are likely to be marketing opportunities galore [Nike, Addidas(Reebok), and UnderArmour are basically the three major players in sports apparel and I have no doubt that they'd be interested in working with Wilder].

Unless he just saws through Anthony Joshua (which I doubt), why keep fighting on? He'd be all of 32/33, made more money from the sport than he ever could've imagined, won a world championship, unified all of the belts, had a pretty good run with the belt, and would then be in a position where he'd have to slog through a few fights, get into a mandatory position, bide his time for another shot, and then face a guy he'd battled again (likely a 2-year process to get his own shot at the undisputed heavyweight champion).

He'd accomplished everything he set out to accomplish with boxing before the age of 34, leaving him the full rest of his life (having just over ten years in the sport, and not having too many out and out beatings should have him fresh enough to enjoy his fruits).

[glenn mcrory]

To make a way for his daughter and family, when he almost believed that there was no way. He wasn't a boxing super fan when he was a kid, he didn't have any ambitions to being a boxing champion or win an Olympic gold medal, and he didn't give his life to the sport.

Public disclosure doesn't show every bit of money that was picked up (let alone what was left to the fighter after everyone else gets their piece), but Deontay Wilder made, at least, almost $1m for the Stiverne, $1.5m for the Molina fight, and will likely be PBC's first $2m man for the Duhuapas fight next week.

You add that Wilder-Povetkin is a gigantic fight (possibly PPV) and, if he were to win, Klitschko-Wilder being a PPV fight in the United States and you've easily picked up a pair paydays that would dwarf the Duhuapas payday. It's taken time, but over just those 5 fights, Wilder would've been able to clear $10m-$15m in fight purses.

If he were to beat Klitschko and become undisputed/unified heavyweight champion of the world ... he'd be a license to print money (only heavyweight he'd have to worry about, imo, is Anthony Joshua).

Las Vegas would definitely be interested in Wilder's fights, but Deontay would be the type of personality who you could take across the country and sell premium tickets for; simply line up the mandatory challengers and go.

Come late 2017/2018, the buzz behind Wilder-Joshua would finally break that fever, and you make that fight on PPV (in the new PBC model, every Wilder fight is likely to be on primetime NBC/CBS/ABC or Showtime and I'd imagine that sponsorship money plus the live stadium gate, plus the PBC money would make better sense than just going to PPV, for every showdown but those super elite ones), leaving the option for a series of fights based on how the first one goes.

You figure 6-7 fights, between the Klitschko PPV fight and the potential Joshua PPV fight(possible PPV series of at least 2), and Wilder's likely cleared $100m [a long bit of time to predict, but simply completing the example].

Payouts/other revenues/tax structure/etc are in flux, but Wilder could potentially have taken home $35m, before counting the Joshua series of PPVs (I imagine Joshua to be more of a boxing lifer, even though both guys had relative late starts with boxing).

Boxing wasn't the first love, you would've already made a ton of money, and (as America's undisputed heavyweight champion of the world) there are likely to be marketing opportunities galore [Nike, Addidas(Reebok), and UnderArmour are basically the three major players in sports apparel and I have no doubt that they'd be interested in working with Wilder].

Unless he just saws through Anthony Joshua (which I doubt), why keep fighting on? He'd be all of 32/33, made more money from the sport than he ever could've imagined, won a world championship, unified all of the belts, had a pretty good run with the belt, and would then be in a position where he'd have to slog through a few fights, get into a mandatory position, bide his time for another shot, and then face a guy he'd battled again (likely a 2-year process to get his own shot at the undisputed heavyweight champion).

He'd accomplished everything he set out to accomplish with boxing before the age of 34, leaving him the full rest of his life (having just over ten years in the sport, and not having too many out and out beatings should have him fresh enough to enjoy his fruits).

Sucking them balls dry...
Come on man, have some shame, get off your damn knees.
What is this? Wilder fan-fiction?!

[PunchyPotorff]

Yep, he's prophetic. Cuz Pov annihilates him, and that bout should be in 2016. So yeah bub, make as many duckies as you possibly can, now. Future is NOT bright. You gotta wear shades to hide the lumpity bumps on your face.