Comments Thread For: Joshua: First Wilder Fight Has To Be in The UK, I Call That Shot

[DougalDylan]

Will anyone in America pay for it at best it seems like a hard sell, Wilder has zero ppv sales. I know its impossible now but maybe the Miller fight made sense , free to air in the States primetime it might have helped drum up interest .. we could be looking at another Kov / Ward in terms of not generating the bucks for the quality of the fight. That fight should have pushed boxing forward in the mainstream and didn't.

If AJ wins he could still come over and do free to airs against Miller etc but if Wilder wins and the ppv s are disappointing he may really end up regretting not fighting Whyte.

To be fair Sky sports \ Hearn are trying to push Wilder in the UK despite Wilder \ Finkels best efforts.

I actually prefer the fight to be in the UK better atmosphere than vegas but they will lose American PPV money having a super fight in the afternoon

[P4Pdunny]

Yeah it's great when Eddie hearns referee completely ruins the fight like the last 2 aj fights. Not

You patriotic Wilder fans are the worst.

This was Parkers team B4 the fight:

We've got an Italian referee. We signed off on those officials [at the beginning of March]. We're very happy with what the various sanctioning bodies have appointed for us.

- stop talking trash, if anything that ref breaking them off was benefitting Parker when it looked like AJ was about to tee off.

[Brooklyn926]

Definitely not, he tried to sell some weed and failed it’s a goof thing he stuck to boxing

[mvooom]

I think wilder should accept the terms, go to the UK and prove to us that he is the best.
After all he came out to tell us he is not doing it for the money.
Team wilder go sign that fccking contract and let's get it rolling.

Wilder and his multiple managers have agreed to fight in the UK, that is not an issue. Joshua somehow keeps forgetting he already agreed. Don't know how many times Wilder has to say "yes" to UK, maybe he needs to tattoo it on his forehead.

[mvooom]

If team wilder really wants to be undisputed champion, let them just take the fight and prove to the fans that they are the best.
If financial split doesn't bother team wilder, why do they end up at stake mate?

Because it's not charity.

Do you love your job, business or product, why don't you clear out all profits, sell at cost price or work for free?

[Ray*]

If Wilder beats him like I think he should then a rematch would sell more in America than over here. But as of now that fight makes more money for both over here.

[LetOutTheCage]

All he talks about is that the place, the money, the time, even the face to face, everything needs to be on his terms. This screams of someone who is bluffing and plans to take a different opponent. Even a notoriously difficult negotiator like Ward made sensible compromises to make fights work, because he WANTED those fights. AJ just doesn't want it and fand are protecting him with this "he has the right to..." Regardless what rights he has, his rigidity proves he's ducking.

***, even Mayweather, who was a MUCH bigger deal than AJ and had the right to call every shot, was more flexible than AJ.

Come on man, Wilder brought up venue and money so many times already lets not pretend its a one way thing.

I fail to see how AJ saying we will fight in the UK in the first fight is a duck, he has made it clear he wants to fight Wilder...

[TheFlawless00]

Wilder already said yes

Wilder already said 100 times that he'll fight you in the UK. Why are you even saying this like he's not? You already have been acknowledged as the A side so whats the hold up? What are you talking about??
Its like you're just trying to stall. You AJ fans are the same way. Dont comment if this is the first boxing article you ever read.
Shut up and send the damn contract.

[Brooklyn926]

You patriotic Wilder fans are the worst.

This was Parkers team B4 the fight:

We've got an Italian referee. We signed off on those officials [at the beginning of March]. We're very happy with what the various sanctioning bodies have appointed for us.

- stop talking trash, if anything that ref breaking them off was benefitting Parker when it looked like AJ was about to tee off.

Bro not for nothing you’re out and delosonal to defend the last two Joshua refs, there’s human error here in the states and corruption too but no where near what it is over there.. what’d you gonna bring up ggg v canelo? What you Brit’s fail recogniz is neither of those fighters are American so the door swing both ways here, but look at Joshua fights, look when that fat British ref carried Cleo to the corner after Kovalev whacked him.. I’ve even seen British refs give brutish fighters encouragement and advice, do yourself a favor bro and get real with yourself cause you’re not convincing anyone else.. and if skull too thick to understand I tell I’m not a wilder or even much of a heavy weight fan it just what is happening in boxing

[Holler]

Wilder and his multiple managers have agreed to fight in the UK, that is not an issue. Joshua somehow keeps forgetting he already agreed. Don't know how many times Wilder has to say "yes" to UK, maybe he needs to tattoo it on his forehead.

Nothing is agreed until the contract is signed.

All those soundbites, all those interviews, all the 'I'll take whatever split you like as long as I get the same in the rematch' is utterly worthless unless it appears on the final agreement.

It's all hot air. It means nothing.

Nothing is agreed until the contract is signed.