Comments Thread For: Hearn To Parker: Joshua Has Glass Jaw? Then Jump on This Fight!

[RapidSon]

Errr, you do know that when Parker was still a prospect he beat Takam, right?

That was also after giving Takam a full training camp including sparring etc.

Lol O s**t. Shows you how much I follow these two.

[Dean_Razorback]

parker (and wilder for that matter) deserve as much as charles martin. if they are offering them less they are lowballing

[Scipio2009]

There is no hatred for AJ. No one, no matter how good or pitiful, is worth my getting to the point of hatred. So, let's not make stuff up that you don't have any clue about. Most Wilder fans just want to see them fight - the repeated excuses made by AJ, Eddie and his fans are the issues. At the end of the day, whatever numbers these guys agree to, none of it comes to your or my wallet. These are just opinions.

On the value you stated, having an Under Armor picture does not mean he has value to the US audience. There are a lot of athletes that in spite of their pictures, the American audience does not know or care about.

On the rest of your talk about Parker, I'll just skip - no need to go back and forth on stuff that we can't agree on.

The Under Armour image/deal makes it clear that UA has money behind Joshua, whether he sell 1 shirt or 1 million. Under Armour is on board, just as Showtime has been on board with Joshua (no matter what the matinee numbers look like).

Under Armour is going to likely sponsor the Wilder-Joshua fight (patch on the ring and likely a deal to sell merch at MGM Resorts).

Simply put together the pie; Sky Sports will push the fight on Box In UK/Ireland, RTL will push the fight in Germany, SuperSport will push the fight in Africa, the rest of the TV deals for Europe will happen, Showtime will put up the money to properly market the fight in the US, MGM Resorts will put up the money to stage the fight, Corona will bid up for the center patch (with a likely other half dozen of patches getting onto the ringmat).

And that's just the general stuff; all money made bigger before any fan buy-in for the actual event.