Comments Thread For: Joshua To Team Wilder: Give Me $50 Million - I'll Sign Tomorrow!

[Gentblue]

Why will AJ agree 60/40 split when Wilder can't boast of generating $5M per fight. In reality the 12.5M is much for him

On what planet does wilder deserve a 60/40 split? Wilder deserves 75/25 maybe 70/30. Joshua is an infinitely bigger draw than him and it’s not even close.

If Parker got 33% and his first Million dollar fight is Fury they’re is no argument.... this what Wilder was palking about... Let’s not forget AJ is getting a pareer high pay day with Wilder too...

[FLY TY]

So 25% is a pretty decent opening offer, considering I don't think Windmill deserves more than 35%. What's Windmill's counter? Windmill's response is to cry in the media and call Joshua a ducker. I don't think Windmill wants to travel to the UK for that fight. He talks about going to others' backyards but when it gets serious, he reverts back to saying the fight should be in the States.

Wrong and wrong. If Parker got 33%, and this fight is expected to do more than double what the AJ-Parker fight did, you can honestly sit up with a straight face, and say Wilder deserves no more than 35%?

Ok, fine.

A 25% take-it-or-leave-it offer definitely isn't a good opening offer, if one is serious about making the fight. I'm sure you can agree with that.

Wilder has stated several times he'll travel to fight, and he hasn't asked for the fight to be here in the states. Bottom line is, if AJ is a "businessman" and a "hustler" as he states, clearly the fight does better numbers here though.

[Robbie Barrett]

If Parker got 33% and his first Million dollar fight is Fury they’re is no argument.... this what Wilder was palking about... Let’s not forget AJ is getting a pareer high pay day with Wilder too...

Parker got less than 9.2 mil, Wilder is being offered 12.5.

[Holler]

are u anthony man? u write like he talks.

Sshh. Eddie says I'm not to let on.

[bballchump11]

Don’t twist it now


You wilder fans have been crying like two year olds saying it’s a 100m fight since yesterday

Jeez what will your next excuse be

I never said that and never believed it that, so don't put words in my mouth. Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya didn't even split $100 million with their purses.

[Mike Haynes]

The man said 60-40 so take the damn 60% you big ass punk. Nobody got time to play these games. Middle finger to all you hoes supporting this trash.

[Gentblue]

Mate you may know that and so does anyone who follows boxing with more than a passing interest, but you don't have to go far on here to find people authoritatively stating that Vegas will pay X, the gate will be Y and the US PPV take, for a foreigner and a guy who has never fought on PPV is going to be XY and Z multiplied.

The fabled riches only exist in fanboy imaginations. The real revenue is all locked up in the house that AJ built. It's 90k fans in Wembley Stadium, 2m X 30$ Sky TV PPV packages and the international rights that come yr way if you are a 28 year old holder of 4 heavyweight belts in only 21 fights and perhaps boxing's only true, potential international superstar.

It's enough money to dwarf Wilder's previous pay checks and set him and his team up for life if wisely invested but it's not 50m USD and it will never be. If Wilder had made the same progress in his market that AJ has over here then it could be, but he's not. Nowhere near in fact.

Wilder can take a slice of the pie AJ and Hearn have baked but he won't get 40% because he doesn't deserve to. He didn't take the risks in the fights he took on. He didn't overpay to assemble the belts. He's 32 and 40 fights into his pro career and his resume sucks. These are e uncomfortable facts.

Did Parker take risk or Martin??? No and they got lots of cash ..... Wilder took a massive risk with Ortiz and if Parker got 33% then Wilder has every Right too 40 percent. While I’ll admit he only has 2 top 10 ( 5 in ratings) under his belt, he still the number 2 Draw only behind AJ.....

Let’s not Forget this fight will be Joshua biggest pay day too more then Klits and Parker. So too short change the guy who’s bringing the most money too the party is ****ish.

[chrisJS]

It's almost like Joshua and Hearn read the board and are owning the Wilder fans/accountants.

This has all happened in a week from Wilder's fans

"It's not about the money who cares about the money we aren't making their money I just want to see the fight. Wilder will take anything he's said that"

Offer is made and is 6x higher than his highest reported purse

It's a lowball offer they don't want it. The offer is a slap in the face while Joshua makes 88m and the fight is guaranteed to generate 100m

Joshua offers 50/50 split and to take 38m less than what Wilder fans said he was demanding.

What's next? Is it only a $50m fight? Is Wilder really deserving of 60%? He ducking doe?

Whatever it is the Wilder fans have to backtrack and have contradicted themselves if they say anything but "Wilder should take the 12.5m" or "Wilder should offer the $50m"

[Ray*]

the 100mil was quoted by eddie hearn, there is really no way to figure out how much it will make. just like they did with parker they should work out a decent deal and sign the fight, not sure why all of these road blocks are all of a sudden issues, nobody asked how much parkers previous purse was. but now wilders last purse is the biggest topic? none of it matters... just negotiate and come up with a deal where Joshua the A side gets the bigger piece of the pie and move forward. The fight is in AJs backyard, he makes more, not sure why they are doing all of this after they negotiated and came up with a deal with the other champ parker.

The only roadblock so far is from Wilder side. Two offers is on the table so let’s make this fight happen.

[chrisJS]

On the real, it sounds like AJ is overpricing himself....has he ever took home 50 million?

$50m is slightly less than 3x his highest purse whereas $12.5m is more than 6x Wilder's biggest purse. Also the $50m is mocking Wilder's teams claim that it's a $100m fight and acting like they were offered 12.5%.