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

[mvooom]

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.

Then tell Joshua and Hearn to send the contract or should Wilder sign on an empty piece of paper?

[Holler]

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

As a boxing fan who has watched UK boxers mugged off in various states across the union I had to laugh when I read this.

Here you go, a rundown of the 15 worst decisions in boxing history:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1677686-ranking-the-15-worst-judging-decisions-in-boxing-history

12 out of 15 in the US. 0 in the UK. If you had to look for bad refereeing it would be easy to find similar.

Don't get me wrong there's hometown cooking over here also. I hate it and will happily condemn it when I see it. From dodgy scorecards to refereeing, it's sadly part of boxing pretty much anywhere you find it. In some places its more blatant than others, or they're just not quite as clever as covering it up, but it's everywhere that money and sport mixes.

The difference is that you're more attuned to seeing it when it's affecting your guy overseas because the affront to natural justice is so acute.

[Boksfan]

He's a troll, Wilder has stated that the 50/50 will not stop the fight from happening, this guy bokfan is still arguing that, this is why the fight shouldnt happen.......now its about Wilder not going to his (aj) home to fight, when he's already stated he will..........this guy willfully ignores facts stated......and argues false facts. He's not worth debating ANYTHING related to boxing.

You ****** Wilder never said he will take any less than 50% or go to UK. It's all coming from Finkel, this dude can talk any crap he wants when Alabama fraud will jump in front of the camera and scream 50/50 or no fight, you Wilder bytches are pathetic

[Holler]

Then tell Joshua and Hearn to send the contract or should Wilder sign on an empty piece of paper?

I'm not part of the negotiating team mate. You'd need to get in touch with Matchroom if you wanted to expedite the negotiation process and my guess is they'd not entertain your suggestion.

As for Wilder, no he shouldn't sign an empty piece of paper, but if a contract arrives that pays him several times what he'd normally earn, includes a rematch clause and a chance to become undisputed champion an increase the number of belts he owns by four times then I suggest he shouldn't quibble over a couple of points on the revenue share. Especially as the guy he's fighting is bringing the lions share of the revenue and the belts to the table. But that's just my view.

Sit back and relax would be my suggestion, there's apparently a contract offer on the way. It will be done when its done and at that point the discussion on the actual boxing can begin.

[bluemax]

I hate these rematch clauses. Wilder knocks out Joshua and after Joshua gets out of the hospital and his jaw is healed he gets a rematch!

[b00g13man]

Wilder has already said he'd fight in the UK, so why does this need to be brought up again?

[P4Pdunny]

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

that was a load of hot air from you, because i clearly wasn't defending the ref. I've also said on here that that ref was bogus cos he weren't letting either of them fight. To put it on Eddie Hearn is BS. Parker's team coming out to complain about the ref when they made the statements backing him beforehand is BS - he treated them both the same which was poorly. It wasn't a landslide but the better man won on that night which was AJ.

Why the American's can grate is cos its always time to face facts until its defending one of your home fighters then it becomes distorting the picture to suit your arguments. I'm British but I'm no AJ fanboy, I even like Wilder. When they fight, whoever wins so be it. It's got nothing to do with the me, the annoying changing of narrative to suit your 'home' fighter is BS tho - lets keep it real.

[TyrantT316]

I am a Wilder fan. I am backing Wilder in all of this. I don't think Wilder should be treated like a C or D-side opponent. I pick Wilder to beat AJ.

However, Wilder's team would be foolish not to jump on a deal even if it isn't EVERYTHING they want. Say the deal is for 10 million and they want 15. Take the 10, beat AJ and I guarantee you you'll be looking at 15mil in the rematch and in future fights. Plus something like 8 or 10 million is like 7 times what he's been making.

Basically look at that 5 million you are "giving up" in negotiations as investing in yourself being the Undisputed HW Champion of the World. And what better way to become that by beating AJ in his home country.

[zok310]

American cry babies are gonna cry for the fight to take place in the USA now or no deal.

[thabanga510]

Wilder already said he will go to the UK. Hearn and Joshua just talk, let us see the contract.