Comments Thread For: Hearn Sides With Joshua's Position: No Face To Face With Wilder

[2fast2strong]

Even as a fan of AJ I can't defend it anymore... They seem scared to me.

Respect for that post bro, but in all reality I think it’s just fast Eddie who is ducking.

I’m pretty sure AJ would fight anyone he doesn’t seem mentally weak to me at all

[Bronx2245]

Hearn said there's an 80% chance it's going to be Wilder next. He can't say any more than that till they talk and he finds out if Wilder is going to be reasonable with the money he's asking for now.

Maybe you missed this one?

March 7, 2018:

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.

“The fact of the matter is I’m not negotiating on the 50-50 [premise],” Finkel told Mannix. “If the deal is right, and it’s not exactly 50-50, we’ll take it. That is not an issue. It is a monetary thing. 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...”

According to Finkel, there have been no discussions between representatives for Wilder and Joshua since November 29. That was the day Finkel met with Barry Hearn, Eddie Hearn’s father and the founder of Matchroom Boxing, which promotes Joshua.

“What I said was that on November 29th, 2017, I met with Barry Hearn, which is Eddie’s father,” Finkel said, referring to a story he told toward the end of Wilder’s post-fight press conference Saturday night. “And he said that he believed he could bring more people to Vegas, at a higher ticket price, that we would make more money than if we fought in the UK. I said to him, ‘We’re open to fight either place. If you’re ready, we could make a deal.’ He also asked us if we would fight on February 3rd against Dillian Whyte. I said, ‘Sure, if we could make Joshua.’

“I got a letter later that day and it was from Eddie. He says, ‘Hi Shelly. Glad you had a good chin wag with the old man.’ I laugh a little because this is language I never could’ve made up. ‘I will get the respective P&L, profits-losses, to you this week for discussion. All the best, Eddie.’ That was on November 29th. I have not heard from him since. Then he goes out [and says] that we were asking for this and we were asking for that. We haven’t asked for anything.

https://www.boxingscene.com/wilders-manager-we-50-50-split-make-joshua-fight--125972

They're still waiting on Eddie!

[1hourRun]

somebody embed this

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"and Fury... Tyson Fury where you at?" screams AJ after the Klinchko fight.

was AJ vs Fury signed when he did that?

why is AJ comfortable calling out a PED coke head disgrace but so shook of Wilder? any brits have an answer for that.

Thanks for sharing, great post.

[Curt Henning]

anyone who continues to support Anthony Chickenson and hearn are not boxing fans...plain and simple...just UK/anti American/anti black American fanboys

[factsarenice]

So what's keeping this fight from being signed already??? Wilder has dropped the 50-50 talk, he's willing to travel to the UK for the fight, and he's willing to take whatever is offered as long as aj accepts the same in a rematch if he loses. So what is team aj offering wilder to make this fight happen....I mean, is it a deal on the table he's refusing to sign???

Easy, the deal is 60%/40% in England because AJ puts fans in the seats and is undeniably the bigger draw... many times over. As for a rematch, not sure it would be any different, why should it be any different? Where's the incentive for AJ, he's still the draw and he knows he can fight Fury or a bunch of other contenders and make just as much.

[STREET CLEANER]

Where is Robbie Barrett and the rest of those AJ hardcore fan who will spin this to why it is not a financially sound fight?

[STREET CLEANER]

You can almost see the feathers growing out of AJ and Hearn

[Straightener]

That dude thinks Joshua vs Martin was a real fight and Martin was a legit scalp.

Martin was another American hype job .... just like brezzeele and wilder

[AdonisCreed]

Isn't having Wilder as a commentator hyping up the fight as well??? So that's backwards. They want to control the situation I wouldn't be surprised if they hired extra security guards to prevent Wilder from getting in the ring lol hahaha I bet they'll have Whyte standing by the ring as bouncer to give AJ extra protection 😂

[Mrbamladen]

Easy, the deal is 60%/40% in England because AJ puts fans in the seats and is undeniably the bigger draw... many times over. As for a rematch, not sure it would be any different, why should it be any different? Where's the incentive for AJ, he's still the draw and he knows he can fight Fury or a bunch of other contenders and make just as much.

If that's the deal.....why isn't it signed?? I've never heard team aj say anything about split or what they think is fair. Wilder has already said he would take 40 or fight in the UK. So, is there a contract Hearn sent that wilder is refusing to sign??? I'd love to see a link or something where team aj has even mentioned what it's gonna take to make the fight.