Comments Thread For: Wilder's Manager: We Don't Need 50-50 Split to Make Joshua Fight

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NEW YORK Deontay Wilder's manager claims his highly anticipated heavyweight title fight against Anthony Joshua won't be as complicated to make as those that follow boxing have been led to believe. Shelly Finkel, who has worked with Wilder throughout his career, told Yahoo! Sports' Chris Mannix during a podcast made available Monday that Wilder won't demand a 50-50 purse split to get a much-discussed shot at Joshua. Eddie Hearn, Joshua's promoter, has repeatedly stated that Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs), a superstar that fills soccer stadiums in the United Kingdom, deserves more money for their heavyweight title unification fight than Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs), the WBC champion from Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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[skinnystev]

birdlegs is the champion and the a side fight should be in las vegas

[uppercut510]

hopefully this can quite all the promoters on this site who were supposed to be boxing fans

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

What’s the advantage of having Shelly Finkel as your manager?
I’ve heard he manages a few big names.


This rubbed me the wrong way

“I don’t pay for rent by percentages. I pay for rent by what the fighter gets. And that’s what we’re looking for.”

[wrecksracer]

I'm sure Hearn will insist on some additional roadblocks....Wilder has to go through Whyte first, right? Meanwhile Joshua has 3 or 4 fights lined up. This fight can't possibly happen until 2020.

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

hopefully this can quite all the promoters on this site who were supposed to be boxing fans

Lmao they are all Eddie Hearn fans now. Whatever Eddie tells them or says is the greatest thing ever to them. He has convinced the ******ed boxing fans that Wilder- AJ won’t happen. Many of them hopes AJ signs with HBO

[Dr Rumack]

AJ has 4 years on Wilder. I doubt they're in a rush. The fight is inevitable but we're probably looking at 2020 before it happens.

[uppercut510]

AJ has 4 years on Wilder. I doubt they're in a rush. The fight is inevitable but we're probably looking at 2020 before it happens.

this year or early next year is when it should happen

[cameltoe]

Better tell Wilder that then, before accusing Hearn of making it up.

"I knock Joshua out and don't be surprised if it is in the first round. But I definitely knock Joshua out," he told ESPN when asked how he believes any fight would play out.

“It is a great fight, it is one of the biggest fights in the world and everyone wants it. It will be 50-50 or else we don't see a fight."

[miked85]

Hearn shook, Shelly ready to do business