Comments Thread For: Hearn: Wilder, Parker Do Not Warrant a 50-50 Split With Joshua!

[Butch.McRae]

IDK if the fight makes that much money in the UK....
I heard Joshua made a little under 20 million for the Klitsko fight but it be good to know how much Klitsko made.
IDK though, maybe your right.

They both made $20 million apiece. My numbers above account for higher administrative and sponsor fees and a slight uptick in ticket price for the future fights. I see them happening in the UK no matter what at this stage.

[The Gambler1981]

Fair enough but I reckon Joshua doesn't even need Wilder to build himself in the US.

He's already beat Klitschko who has his share of US fans and is based in the US.

Reckon he could fight a mid-level US fighter like Jarrell Miller or even a a journeyman in his US debut and pull a decent crowd. He's extremely marketable and doesn't need any of these guys.

It is boxing man it is always better if you have someone better to have as much help as possible and Wilder is clearly above all those guys in terms of US exposure it isn't even close.

Wilder might not be a huge star but he has been seen on boxing telecasts for a long time, his highlight reel is nasty even if his competition is marginal.

The best way for Joshua to achieve stardom in the US is perhaps fight one of those guys first and do his thing then fight Wilder after some kind of confrontation. That fight is a mint and certainly the best way to really kick Joshua q-rating up some notches. That also involves putting off Wilder which involves statements like these.

[BigStomps]

They both made $20 million apiece. My numbers above account for higher administrative and sponsor fees and a slight uptick in ticket price for the future fights. I see them happening in the UK no matter what at this stage.

You really think Wilder is a bigger draw than Klitsko?
If they each made $20 million then IDK where all that extra money comes from cause I don't think Wilder is a bigger draw than Klitsko in order to justify higher tix prices and all that you mentioned.

[Butch.McRae]

Fair enough but I reckon Joshua doesn't even need Wilder to build himself in the US.

He's already beat Klitschko who has his share of US fans and is based in the US.

Reckon he could fight a mid-level US fighter like Jarrell Miller or even a a journeyman in his US debut and pull a decent crowd. He's extremely marketable and doesn't need any of these guys.

Klitchsko doesn't really have any presence in the US to be honest. Some Europeans in the NYC/east coast market but thats really it.

He could pull a crowd somewhere between 7 - 10k in the US and that's only in NYC or Vegas. That's it lol

The economics really don't work well for him in the US unless somebody here makes a splash. Wilder just missed that opportunity with Ortiz.

AJ isn't coming stateside anytime soon. He won't miss those massive checks in the UK to fight here. A network would have to guarantee him a purse of $5 million for a non PPV fighgt and he'd need to sell some UK PPVs for it to work (this would be a 4am card there btw). But that's highly unlikely.

That $10 million live gate and 500k PPV buy minimum he's doing in the UK in primetime is hard to beat. With Wilder and Parker he cracks 1 million UK buys easily for both.

I just don't see it happening in the US now.

[Butch.McRae]

You really think Wilder is a bigger draw than Klitsko?
If they each made $20 million then IDK where all that extra money comes from cause I don't think Wilder is a bigger draw than Klitsko in order to justify higher tix prices and all that you mentioned.

In the UK, he sells the same number of tickets (90k) and more PPVs. That's how. He'll break Floyd/Conor's 1.5 million UK buy record against Wilder. The loudmouth American stuff will play extremely well. Brits love that ****. (Joshua/Klitschko had the previous record around 1.3)

[ArtyApe]

Lol he should put his money where is mouth is and make it conditional if the other fighter wins it's 50/50 if they lose 80/20. At then end of the day if he really wants to be unified champion they shouldn't be crying about money I agree Aj deserves more purely for the Klitchko fight but 80/20 split is just ridiculous lol if those are the numbers he's talking

[MrRolltide91]

60 - 40 split....

[Randall Cunning]

Highest purses $20mil - $2mil, 90/10 split, give Wilder another 2% to sweeten the deal. Lets go.

[vitali1999]

No **** Sherlock, not only is Joshua the bigger draw, he has more belts, more belts more money

[nixxter]

Hearn should offer 90-10 for the winner. Then Wilder will very quickly forget about wanting to unify and will be like: "Joshua is a PED user. Why should I fight him?"