Comments Thread For: Hearn: Wilder Turned Down $3 Million Offer To Face Whyte

[Boxing42]

Wilder would KO whyte easily idk why people put faith in him, that being said if the offer was 3 million that was a bad decision from wilder to turn it down

[methodcal]

[QUOTE=Mrbamladen;18127365]

Of which he's had zero and was offered great money for another. Why not take it?


Maybe because it's a bs offer to keep wilder away from Joshua. Hearn gave Charles Martin 8m all together for aj to take the belt from him in England. So.....a guy who lucked up on a vacant title like Martin did deserved 8m to defend his title against aj, but a champion like wilder can only get 3m??? Why doesn't Hearn give him the 7 he asked for if he really wants the Whyte fight??? Unless somehow wilder is less of a champion than Martin was..... it's a bs deal and wilder is after aj first and foremost.

I agree with this but be prepared lil homie!!!!

[methodcal]

Your comparing apples and oranges. The 8 million to Martin was an investment in Joshua to get him a strap (and look how that's worked out).

7 million for Wilder to fight Whyte in a fight where Wilder would be the bookies favourite would be absolutely ridiculous and would literally just be throwing away money. Doesn't take much to work that out.

If it was legitimate offer which at this time is hear say then **** hell yea idc who it is aj or with if you gave a paper champion 8 mil to take his belt for your stable give wilder (also a champion) 7 to get another belt in the stable right. Or whyte is the pawn as some has stated to keep wilder from joshua. Saw and heard lil clips and joshua doesnt sound like a fighter in the right state of mind frame, talking about losing at this state in his career.

[T-1000]

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[thack]

Wilder doesn't want to risk his weak chin unless it's for jackpot money.A.J. has also got weaker defenses lined up and being as A.J. is a money machine this makes more sense. I would still like to see them both together after their next fight but it won't happen.

[Rip Chudd]

Why fight Whyte then have to turn around and fight Stiverne again anyway? I see the reason for Ortiz but Whyte hasn't done anything in the division warranting a fight. To be fair, neither has Stiverne

[black.ink]

I don't like Whyte and he hasn't earned a shot, but for Wilder it's a huge payday for a winnable fight. Good exposure to the UK audience for a future AJ fight too (not that exposure is needed for an AJ fight proven by Pulev selling around 80k)

[daggum]

Maybe because it's a bs offer to keep wilder away from Joshua. Hearn gave Charles Martin 8m all together for aj to take the belt from him in England. So.....a guy who lucked up on a vacant title like Martin did deserved 8m to defend his title against aj, but a champion like wilder can only get 3m??? Why doesn't Hearn give him the 7 he asked for if he really wants the Whyte fight??? Unless somehow wilder is less of a champion than Martin was..... it's a bs deal and wilder is after aj first and foremost.

the reason martin got so much is because he was fighting joshua who is a superstar. wilder would not be fighting joshua. he would be figthing whyte so bringing up purses for joshua fights is completely irrelevant. you are just creating a straw man by comparing things that are not the same. what you should be comparing is how much wilder makes vs whyte or vs stirverne. hmm lets see...

[daggum]

If it was legitimate offer which at this time is hear say then **** hell yea idc who it is aj or with if you gave a paper champion 8 mil to take his belt for your stable give wilder (also a champion) 7 to get another belt in the stable right. Or whyte is the pawn as some has stated to keep wilder from joshua. Saw and heard lil clips and joshua doesnt sound like a fighter in the right state of mind frame, talking about losing at this state in his career.

you dont understand how boxing works at all. money doesnt come out of thin air. where is the 7 million dollars for the wilder fight??? hes not on joshuas level of popularity. there isnt that much to give away unless he wants to lose millions but hes not roc nation. wilder priced himself out pure and simple. a guy whos career high is 1.5 is asking for 7 to fight whyte what the hell is that. you think martin would make 7 millino to fight whyte???

why would he have wilder fight whyte if hes keeping him away from joshua? why would he have wilder fight on the undercard and if he won that would put pressure on joshua to fight him. if he didnt want joshua to fight him he wouldnt have offered him any fights at all.

wilder usually makes aroudn 1 million plus a fight so him turning down this opportunity to put pressure on joshua to fight him, make the most money in his career, and against a mediocre opponent is puzzling.

[Ray*]

Let him get stiverne out of the way first, after that offer him the fight again. That fight would sell him to the UK public, he was willing to fight Bellew so i cannot see why a whyte fight for that sort of money is a bad idea.

A Wilder v Whyte fight makes a Joshua v Wilder fight bigger in the UK and this is why Hearn is going after that fight.