Comments Thread For: Wilder Rejects Claim He's Pricing Himself Out For Joshua Bout

[TheBigLug]

You always start high in negotiations but Wilder does not deserve a 50/50 split. If Parker is getting 35% then Wilder should get 40% especially if he has a good performance against Ortiz.

Exactly.

If Wilder refuses to move from 50% though, then we can say he's pricing himself out.

[Outwest Exp 355]

He should accept the same deal as Parker. Parker has a whole country supporting him and wilder doesn't really have any support outside Alabama. The fans in New Zealand will buy this PPV but most Americans will stream it illegally.

The whole country is about 5 million people so who cares about New Zealand. At least Wilder is the kind of guy that will help promote the fight. And in the end it’s going to come down to the US PPV. That’s why the fight will happen in the US in Las Vegas. That going over to England shyt is over. Both Haymon and Hearn want this fight to happen in the US.

[HarvardBlue]

Being a threat doesn't entitle you to 50%. Which is why Canelo-Golovkin wasn't 50/50.

With a dominant Ortiz win I believe he deserves it. Especially if Parker is getting the split he's getting. Right now he should be closer to the Parker split but yes, 50/50 with a dominant victory over Ortiz.

[Robbie Barrett]

I asked this question a while ago and nobody could give an answer.

NAME ONE FIGHT WHERE A FIGHTER THAT IS OVER 10X THE DRAW GAVE 40%+ TO HIS OPPONENT.

It doesn't happen because it isn't fair and makes no sense.

[TheBigLug]

If Wilder blasts Ortiz out in 4 or 5 rounds he deserves 50/50. I'm solidly behind Joshua against Wilder but fair is fair. Right now Wilder is the biggest threat to Joshua.

There's just no way Wilder deserves 50% in this one. It comes down to who brings in the revenue and that's Joshua, by a long long way.

He will probably get about 35-40% and even that's generous really but you have to acknowledge its a big fight and he's a champ, same with Parker.

If we were talking strictly numbers and money they bring, Parker and Wilder probably wouldn't even deserve 10%. That's just the reality of it but it can't work that way.

[Robbie Barrett]

With a dominant Ortiz win I believe he deserves it. Especially if Parker is getting the split he's getting. Right now he should be closer to the Parker split but yes, 50/50 with a dominant victory over Ortiz.

Not going to happen and nor should it. Would set a bad precedent for boxing. Guys that aren't 1/10 the draw of their opponent asking for 50/50? We'd never see any damn fights.

[Ray*]

This fight would happen but Wilder is not ******, getting 40% after a great build up is better than getting 40% now, the only issue was he fooled a lot of American posters on here, those who were crying like he wanted the Joshua fight now lol.

[Patsfan bri]

Delusional and so are Wilder fans. Joshua doesn't need Wilder even more so when he beats Parker and has 3 world titles. How does this ****** believe he deserves even 40%. He makes 1.5 mil, Joshua makes 15+ mil. He has 1 belt, Joshua will have 3.

Ok , here is a delusional wilder fan coming back at you. First Joshua will need Wilder if he wants to prove he is the best HW of this era and Wilder needs him just as much which is why Wilder wants to fight him. Second if AJ beats Parker he will have 4 titles not 3 ( WBO,IBF, IBO,WBA ). Last I think he will settle on 40 % which I do think is fair especially if Wilder dethrones King Kong pretty easy and if AJ struggles with Parker. A lot will depend on how each guys performs in their upcoming fights. I personally thin AJ might be juicing and Hearn knows it that is why they are avoiding the fight at this time. And don't come back at me with this whole A side crap just cause AJ is big in England. If that is the case then Horn will be the A side if Crawford travels to Australia to fight him.

[Deus]

If Wilder dislikes the claims he probably shouldn't have priced himself out in the public domain with "50-50 or no fight", because if that statement is taken literally then he has clearly priced himself out.

Obviously he won't get 50, but the fight will get made because there's no way Haymon/DiBella will accept losing out on millions and Wilder will simply take whatever the best offer they can get out of Hearn is (most likely 40).

[AdonisCreed]

You always start high in negotiations but Wilder does not deserve a 50/50 split. If Parker is getting 35% then Wilder should get 40% especially if he has a good performance against Ortiz.

That's exactly right. Wilder knows he's not getting 50% he's just trying to get the most money he can which is what every or most fighters do.