Comments Thread For: Joshua Promoter: We Want Wilder By Year's End - Even in U.S.

[pollywog]

It ain't about money or location or PPV or celebrity punters.

It's about history and legacy and unification.

It's what motivates windmill, with his 'one man to rule them all' schtick, and Parker with his 'destiny' talk and AJ with his 'legacy' building , hell, even Tyson Fury wants his belts back to prove he can do it again.

The money is what drives Fast Eddie and his looking beyond the immediate challenge of his charge.

If that's all they're in it for, the champs won't ever fight each other, but it's not.

[N/A]

Someone obviously needs some mummy hugs, go drink some cool aids boy, maybe that would make you simmer down.

Would have been quicker to just say no.

[pollywog]

Prove yourself worthy of fighting the best to get all the belts, and you'll get all the money!!!

[Scipio2009]

This begs the question whether US can bring up the UK money. To get the UK money in US, it has to be PPV on Showtime.I don't see any indication that Wilder can bring the numbers via PPV at the moment.Wilder can't even sell out his hometown.

If Wilder has a stellar performance against Ortiz (on Showtime) and Joshua has a stellar performance against Parker (on Showtime International in the afternoon, but likely re-aired with a live show in the evening), you've got a blockbuster event for the summer the last weekend of summer (Floyd may have stumbled onto something that could consistently work with the general public for big enough fights).

Priced $65/$75 on PPV, how many buys needed are we actually talking about needing to match the UK numbers (ignoring for a moment that, not unlike Ricky Hatton, the UK audience will still buy a ton of PPVs, even for an event that'd run, live, 2am-4am).

Given from the week after Canelo's PPV through the end of August, for the general sports press to sell to the public on the first undisputed heavyweight championship fight in 15 years, between two charismatic guys who knock their opponents dead, and I have no doubt that 500k PPV buys is a pretty guaranteed sell.

Because you're selling more than just a Deontay Wilder title defense

[DaaamnSon]

If Wilder struggles to a decision win against Ortiz and looks vulnerable then I could easily see Hearn setting up the AJ-Wilder fight at the end of the year with say a Povetkin or Pulev fight for AJ before then.

[vitali1999]

Not gonna happen. I doubt wilder gets past Ortiz and if he does Joshua won't agree to a 50/50 split not when wilder has one belt while Joshua is sittin there with three belts.

[Bonduu]

Ayo I'll swap you some fullstops for some commas but you have to promise you're gonna use them......fair deal?

Get a life punctuation ****, this is a boxing site where we discuss boxing and not English grammar.

And oh, you have to promise me you would shove the *fullstops*, commas, apostrophes etc deep down where the sun doesn't shine.

Fair deal?

[1hourRun]

'We all know', eh? You mean as in, We all know you're talking out your azz? LOL!!

Joshua regularly brings in 50-90K fans in England. Bird Legs is lucky to get 12K. Try to keep up, son.

Nobody in America cares!

You trolling Wilder right? If not, then you are a joke!

Refute anything I said! why do you think Hearns is willing to leave 80K seats @ Wembley? for less money?!

[Bonduu]

Wilder keeping the WBC belt hostage from AJuice? I think AJuice finally might be able to piss clean by the years end to compete for the WBC title more like it.

Yeah, birdlegs keeping belt hostage by fighting ex NFL players and bums earning peanuts in front of like less than 10k hillbilly fans. First time he is stepping up to fight King King though, I give him that!

[Scipio2009]

Joshua wants to face wilder and become the undisputed heavyweight champion and any truth to that is him facing parker to get one more strap before going for the last piece of the puzzle and the gum flapper wilder,only wilder's excessive demands can delay this fight..hearn gave parker a reasonable offer I trust he'll do the same for wilder..wilder has said numerous times its not about the money then contradicts himself by asking for 50/50 when he brings little to no revenue and nothing but a title to the table

If the deal is for 50/50 of the US money (T-Mobile Arena, Corona vs the biggest sponsor that Matchroom can bring to the table, SHOPPV, Canada/Mexico TV rights, Latin America rights, etc) with Anthony Joshua keeping the UK TV rights, what's the problem with such a deal?

The package matters more than any bluster of pot split because both fighters are likely in positions where they're seeing back-end money on their fights (AJ is already on an 80/20 deal with Matchroom Sport in the UK, and Wilder has been a co-promoter for his fights in Alabama, with Haymon's relationship with Lou DiBella likely having similar terms too).

Don't play yourself