Comments Thread For: Joshua Promoter: Wilder on Cloud Nine With His 50-50 Demand

[greeneye99]

This is an even match, why shouldn't it be 50-50? Wilder has a huge fan base in the states as does Joshua oversea. Make the fight and move on Hearn. By making excuses only show how little confidence you have in your fighter. Pay the bills and make the fight happen.

That's a joke buddy Wilder does NOT have a big fan base in the US He doesn't sell out Arenas never done a PPV & gets paid no more 1.5 million a fight How does he deserve a 50/50 fight with Joshua that sells out 70 thousand arenas & makes 20 mill a fight

[greeneye99]

Wilder is a big draw over here and sells 12 13k seats against an opponent nobody has heard of on weeks notice. Hes done this 3 times already and in viewership he has at least quadupled ajs numbers in viewership any time he fights. His biggest payday was 5 million and he constantly makes at least 2 million a fight so hes up there in the negotiations.

Wilder's 12k fans doesn't even compare to Joshua's 78k fans in the UK & his highest payday of 5 million was from a Court case not an actual fight lol

[Shrap]

Someone needs to let that promoter know he doesn't know what cloud nine means.

[greeneye99]

Eddie Hearn is such a fraud. His glass jaw diva hasn’t beaten anybody, don’t give me over the hill, 40+ year old, just got beat Klitschko, please! 50-50 or go keep fighting bums in soccer stadiums

Thing is Joshua gets well paid to fight the Bums What will Wilder continue to do? He fights bums in empty stadiums

[DoomOnHorseback]

I agree Hearn has put on excellent nights in the past but he is taken over by greed .You can not see this? If it's left to Hearn AJ. will be fighting guys he's already sparked and he will be selling these as the biggest fights ever at premium rate both gate and PPV or with his deal with Stub Hub where you can buy the best seats for three times as much money! Hearn is operating as a loose cannon given the leverage sky have given him and the fights we want to see are being overlooked so he can protect his cash cow .This is nothing new as I'm sure you know but the fights that are live right now simply won't get made.You'd have to be a complete novice not to see that.

I don't think it's greed. It's resenting paying over the odds to unify the belts.
That's the only leverage Parker and Wilder have. The fact that they know AJ desperately wants to unify the division. Something neither of them are interested in.

[Ray*]

As you say it takes two to tango = to make a fight of this magnitude both should get a good share of the revenue they both provide for such a fight. What are the bigger and better fights you suggest?

They would both end up getting what their market value is. If you don’t know what other fights are bigger and better in boxing as a whole then you need to study up.

[BreakingBox]

Everybody keeps bragging about Joshua selling out huge stadiums with 90,000 seats. That's kind of dumb if you ask me. Why would anybody want to attend a fight and be anywhere near the middle to back row in a stadium that size? How could you even see what's going on, other than having to use binoculars or watch it on the big screen. How much are you paying per seat to be near the back row?

[thack]

They would both end up getting what their market value is. If you don’t know what other fights are bigger and better in boxing as a whole then you need to study up.

The question was to you.......looks like you're stumped again!

I would like to see Lomachenko v Garcia and more but I would also like to see Wilder v AJ. and the way Hearn makes it for 'fans' like yourself you will end up getting Whyte again and pay daft money for the 'pleasure'.I was ringside for the first but I have no intentions of being drawn in again !

Just to spoil it for you AJ. will take him out in less than four ....if Hearn gets his way.

[DougalDylan]

Everybody keeps bragging about Joshua selling out huge stadiums with 90,000 seats. That's kind of dumb if you ask me. Why would anybody want to attend a fight and be anywhere near the middle to back row in a stadium that size? How could you even see what's going on, other than having to use binoculars or watch it on the big screen. How much are you paying per seat to be near the back row?

You're basically paying for the atmosphere. Brits sing a long have a party and cheer on the boxers I'm led this is very different to a boxing match in the states . They obviously keep the tickets at the back cheaper as you're basically watching the action on a big screen.

[RapidSon]

Wilder is dreaming if he wants 50-50. It goes like this. If they have the fight here in America it won't sell because Wilder can only pull in like 1 millions viewers. Joshua gets up to 750,000 views.
Either way both will recieve low pay outs from ppv period. Have it in the UK where Joshua is known and already has a good grip on the pay out everyone will win.