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

[Robbie Barrett]

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.

Klitschko was the best of his era, he never had the WBC.

Joshua doesn't need Wilder to make big money = He already does.
Joshua doesn't need Wilder to be recognised number 1 = He already is.

Who the **** recognises the IBO as a legit title?

Joshua is WBA champ. Which means he does the same VADA testing as WIlder.


Wilder needs Joshua far far more than Joshua needs him. But Wilder has no interest in the fight really. Which is why he's making ridiculous demands.

[redmish]

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.

Americans don't buy PPVs anymore. 1 million buys is considered a success in the US now. Apart from the Floyd vs McGregor freak show that is. Do you think this fight does 1 million over there?

[Breno G]

40% is way more than Wilder deserves imo. 30 - 35% should be enough. I mean, Parker is making 12million to fight AJ. How much does Wilder get for a fight?

[koolkc107]

If it is in Britain where AJ fans will pad things thru tickets and $25 PPV buys, 60/40 is probably acceptable.

If it is in Vegas, where the most money can be made, it is a 50/50 fight.

[Robbie Barrett]

You have 2 fighters that are less popular in the US than Ward-Kovalev and ******s are talking about US PPVs.

[HarvardBlue]

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.

I don't think it's going to happen either but we can at least agree he deserves more than Parker. They were mighty generous to him.

[bronx7]

Not a easy deal to make because both are champs with big egos. Facts are Joshua is A side of all boxing in the UK can draw 100,000 live gate. So Hearn believes in 70/30 split. Like for Parker. Wilder not seeing whole $ picture just hears 70/30

[Robbie Barrett]

I don't think it's going to happen either but we can at least agree he deserves more than Parker. They were mighty generous to him.

Being generous and deserving aren't the same. Parker didn't deserve 30%. Wilder doesn't deserve more than Parker, if he gets it it's Joshua being generous again.

[Patsfan bri]

Klitschko was the best of his era, he never had the WBC.

Joshua doesn't need Wilder to make big money = He already does.
Joshua doesn't need Wilder to be recognised number 1 = He already is.

Who the **** recognises the IBO as a legit title?

Joshua is WBA champ. Which means he does the same VADA testing as WIlder.


Wilder needs Joshua far far more than Joshua needs him. But Wilder has no interest in the fight really. Which is why he's making ridiculous demands.

And tell me another HW in the Klitschko era that was even half good . Of course he was the best at the time but he was also boring.

For the first time in a long time there are 2 HW with devastating KO Power, both undefeated , both hold major titles, who doesn't want to see this fight ? why wouldn't they want to fight each other ? The WBA just started their drug testing protocols this year and AJ struggles in his last fight. You keep talking money, and while I know it is a business, I want to see guys fight the best to prove who is the best.

I`m just saying he holds the IBO title, if you want to build your guy up you might as well mention all his accomplishments.

While AJ is the consensus number 1HW cause he beat a 40 yr old coming off a loss and had not fought in 18 months ( and nearly KO`d AJ , Wilder wont let him off the hook )he will have a cloud over his head if he doesn't fight the other undefeated champ .

See ya whistle balls.

[Andrij]

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.

Exactly my friend. Also Parker faced better competition than Wilder despite being 7 years younger than him. This tells me that Wilder is protected for a reason especially protected from punchers in their prime.