Comments Thread For: Making Sense Out Of The UFC Signing Anthony Joshua

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Oh, ok, Andreas Hale says AJ is worth $50 mill a fight, that must make it true.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, no one is paying AJ half a billion for 10 fights. Here in the states, AJ isn't going to be a real big deal until he fights Wilder. And beating Wilder is no sure thing. That is pretty close to a 50/50 fight. And as AJ's fans admit, even Wilder isn't that big in the U.S.

But assuming AJ fought and beat Wilder, who else is there that anyone in the states would be willing to pay to see fight AJ? Miller, lmao. Whyte? Haye? Povetkin? Sorry, but AJ is not Mayweather, he is not selling millions of ppvs for $100 a pop. Even Floyd needed dance partners. ODLH, Canelo, Pac, McGregor...

I have yet to hear one person explain how anyone is going to pay AJ that much per fight. Yea, if Dana White offers AJ $50 million instead of $15 or $20 mill to fight Whyte and Miller, then yes, of course AJ would sign with him in a heartbeat. But not one person has tried to explain how Dana White can afford to pay AJ over twice as much as Hearn can. This opinion piece, simply says, yea but its Dana White, so he can do it. Unless Dana White is selling shares of UFC to pay AJ, this is nothing but a bunch of b.s.

If AJ can make over $20million in the UK, against anyone, why couldn't he add another $30million if he breaks big in the States, which has 5 times the population of the UK?

Doing it for 10 fights is a big ask though, because he would need to keep winning, and the HW division is becoming one of the most competitive in boxing.