Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua Explains Why He's in No Rush To Fight in America

[PensionKiller]

I understand the money but the ticket sales who cares. I'd rather figjt in a historic city and arena in front of 20 k with real fans of the sport instead of fighting in front of 90k brain dead poor brits.

Fans equal money TBH. Fans talking about going to events means more PPV sales etc too.

A historic city yeah, but unless Las Vegas or MSG would get him the same money, why bother?

[N/A]

Why do people think Joshua needs to fight in the U.S. when he can make $20 mil fighting at home?

Joshua made about $13 million in his last fight. He doesn't need to fight in the US, but if he can become a PPV star in the US, that is when purses 2-3x that amount start to become possible.

Wilder is only averaging about $1 mil per fight as of late

You have no idea what Wilder actually makes because Haymon is a manager, not a promoter. He structures the events completely different and the A-side purse filed with the commission is often wildly inaccurate to save on taxes and sanctioning fees.

Hearn would be crazy to give Wilder anything above 35%.

He's giving Parker over 33% and Wilder brings much more to the table. Wilder will definitely get over 35%. He'll get 40%.

[jjsmyth87]

True boxing is a business so you'll go wherever the most money is. If GGG vs Canelo happened in Cowboys they would have had to pay to book the stadium.. Vegas is the only place in the world that pays you to host your fight there..its all casino money. So even if GGG vs Canelo sold out 100k stadium they wouldn't make as much as they'd have to pay for the stadium and the average ticket price would be way less (better for boxing fans but not for business).

Vegas is not the only place in the world that pays a site fee mang, the Australian government paid a big site fee to host Pacquiao Horn and the Macau casinos paid big site fees for 2 of Pacquiaos fights. Those are just 3 examples

[DougalDylan]

"historic city" .. you think Vegas is historic compared to London .. wow just wow you really need to study history.

.. and you think those super rich 20K fans are the grass roots boxing fans ...

I give up .. you're on more drugs than Wilder.

I understand the money but the ticket sales who cares. I'd rather figjt in a historic city and arena in front of 20 k with real fans of the sport instead of fighting in front of 90k brain dead poor brits.

[Mrbamladen]

Wasn't aj trying to rematch klitschko in Vegas??? Funny how he doesn't wanna leave the UK all of a sudden when it's a wilder fight in Vegas.

[Sid-Knee]

I hope Parker knocks this arrogant prick off his pedestal

AJ not wanting to fight in the US is arrogant behaviour?

Really?

[Tygshsu]

Americans getting butthurt.I thought you guys dont like AJ and he's a fraud.You know you wanna see him fight in the US

[Sickmerch1990]

Just a quick question: which one of those guys is the convicted drug dealer that thinks the “black race” is “superior”????😬😬 Is that the same “humble clever kid”🤣🤣

You’re right about one thing though the HW division is trash.

was a bit of weed he got nicked with when he was 18 all do daft s h i t as kids let that go yeah the black race crap was a bit much like the cheeky basrard

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

was a bit of weed he got nicked with when he was 18 all do daft s h i t as kids let that go yeah the black race crap was a bit much like the cheeky basrard

I think AJ’s a fraud tbh, anyone who walks around claiming they’re humble really isn’t all that humble. The whole “superior” stuff is blatant racism. Everything he says to the media is just so scripted and fake, I used to like him as an amateur but ever since he turned pro he’s become a fraud.

[KING5TWENTY]

Yea London is the most historic boxing city right? Everyone dreams to fight in London one day where all the biggest boxing matches in history have happened.