Why is Joshua expected to pay fighters double or triple what Floyd did?

[Madison Boxing]

Wilder fans think Hearn should be a charity. They've got that entitlement mentality

[Kezzer]

Two factors here in my view:

1) American bias. If it was others way around they would expect Joshua to except far less.

2) joshuas desire. He has already proven by taking on Martin, Klitschko and Parker that he will take fights early in his career. He also has clearly stated his desire to unify the belts. In order to do that he has had to overpay several including the likes of Parker and Martin. If he was less vocal about his desire then I guess he wouldn’t be expected so much. Infact he could have chosen easier fights to this point and Klitschko a-side the money difference would not have been huge. The position he is in now is largely where a voluntarily or mandatory defence earns him more money than a unification with Wilder because of the split he may end up sharing. So for him the only incentive is the belts.

[BLASTER1]

One cause he aint floyd.
Second cause he needs Wilder to unify and make this a superfight.
If Aj cant make this happen and doesnt go for the last belt on offer then hes a fraud and its a duck.

[Kezzer]

One cause he aint floyd.
Second cause he needs Wilder to unify and make this a superfight.
If Aj cant make this happen and doesnt go for the last belt on offer then hes a fraud and its a duck.

It takes two to tango. If the fight doesn’t happen I think the track record of the two men involved would make it unlikely you could call Joshua the duck in my view. Americans may see it differently but upto now Ilder has ducked many. Only a single challenge (Ortiz) in his entire career has anyone even considered there is a possibility he could lose.

[BLASTER1]

It takes two to tango. If the fight doesn’t happen I think the track record of the two men involved would make it unlikely you could call Joshua the duck in my view. Americans may see it differently but upto now Ilder has ducked many. Only a single challenge (Ortiz) in his entire career has anyone even considered there is a possibility he could lose.

Yes. He seems to know that now is when the fight should happen not 2 fights down the stretch.
This is the biggest fight in boxing at the moment and it needs to happen very soon or else it will drain out.