Comments Thread For: SHO's Espinoza: We've Offered to Mediate Joshua-Wilder Talks

[SchoolTheseCats]

Oh no. Out come the mayweather ,pac style fanagers.... Not sure why they would put on showtime with its viewership numbers in the 300k's haha. I mean wow.

You try and take a shot a viewership numbers not realizing wilder avg mil plus when he fights on showtime.... go away casual it’s people like you that come up with excuses so we don’t get fights we want to until it’s to late

[JohnP2]

Matchroom is more about pricing Wilder out of the fight than they are ensuring AJ is properly paid. Said differently, even with a 50/50 split..I imagine this would be AJ's biggest pay day too. I can only assume Matchroom knows this will be the last milking from the cash cow so they are holding on to the ******* extra, extra hard.

[JohnP2]

Team wilder march 2018.
“Its not about the money, we just want the fight. Ill take whatever they offer me, as long as they take the same in the rematch”

I must have missed that part in the offer being referenced in this article. Can you please point to that for us? Especially since this is not a split that can be reversed. It's a flat fee. How is that even possible? Does this article reference the part of the contract where they derive the flat fee's % from the total purse and use that in the rematch? Once again...it's all coming to a close soon anyway.

[P4Pdunny]

not in the art of talking about figures, you negotiate what your worth. I just would like to see the fight next. I bet it doesn't live up to the hype when it does come around too.

[chrisJS]

Wilder said it's got nothing to do with money and he doesn't care about money.

So what does he do when offered 6X his largest reported purse? Rejects it for the reason he's not happy with the money. Lol

This is like when he rejected Whyte for $7m said it's not about money but he'll fight him for a few million more. Lol

[Raggamuffin]

Haymon told Espinoza these guys are rookies. They don’t know how to negotiate. They hear Wilders big mouth and take what he says personally when they shouldn’t. And then they come up with that garbage flat fee, take it or leave it, you have 48 hours offer.

[Raggamuffin]

You try and take a shot a viewership numbers not realizing wilder avg mil plus when he fights on showtime.... go away casual it’s people like you that come up with excuses so we don’t get fights we want to until it’s to late

Lmao lol...

[chrisJS]

Haymon told Espinoza these guys are rookies.

Source?

I believe Hearn and Harmon have a good working relationship. Hearn said as much. He said it's easy to work with Haymon. Hearn has also put on huge events and been in the game a long time.

I'd be interested to see the source though.

[chrisJS]

Maybe Wilder and his team should take lead as the main promoter and come up with a flat fee for Joshua and make it a 50-/50 purse. After all isn't Wilder the one that brings the crowd, the ratings and is the undisputed champion and his team the one that generates all the money and interest?

Maybe they will counter offer and make it 50/50 and pay Wilder what he wants which is probably $20m or so. Maybe not.

[Raggamuffin]

Source?

I believe Hearn and Harmon have a good working relationship. Hearn said as much. He said it's easy to work with Haymon. Hearn has also put on huge events and been in the game a long time.

I'd be interested to see the source though.

I’m the source. "The contract does not indicate where the fight will take place, when it will take place, or even whether it will be Joshua’s next fight".