Hey, if Wilder is guaranteeing AJ at least $50 million, then he should decide where they fight. If AJ would give Wilder a $30 or $40 million guarantee with some split in favor of AJ, then AJ could decide. But Hearn gave a $12.5 FLAT FEE offer, take it or leave it.
And then AJ said offer me $50 million and I will sign that day. He didn't say give me $50 million, and it will have to be fought where I want, and it will be the day I want, and this and that. He said $50 million, and we got a fight. They thought Wilder was kidding when he said it would do at least $100 million. When Wilder came back with the offer, Hearn literally said, he did not trust Al Haymon, Showtime and Finkel to honor a contract they sign. And then he said, he could not negotiate because he likes to call people offering his client $50 million names. Yea, AJ wants the fight, but not if that means Hearn has to negotiate and can't call names like a third grader.
AJ said $50 million and we have a fight. Now he has that and now he wants to make other demands.
If Hearn can give Wilder at least a $40 million guarantee in England, let him offer that. The location will definitely effect the ppv buys. Honestly, I think if it happens in the U.S. it will do much better financially. There is a million in the U.K. who would buy an AJ fight, and at least 70% probably will buy it no matter what time it is. But you have a ppv boxing show on at 5 in the afternoon, just 2 o'clock on the West Coast, and Americans aren't going to buy it. Plain and simple. If it is on a Saturday night U.S. time, it will be the best non-Mayweather number ever. If Hearn can guarantee Wilder similar pay to what Wilder has offered AJ, then Wilder would go over there just like Errol Spence did. But if the both fighters get over $10 million more if it is in the U.S. then well, money talks and bull**** walks. $50 million guarantee is not bull****. A flat fee of $12 million is bull****.
And then AJ said offer me $50 million and I will sign that day. He didn't say give me $50 million, and it will have to be fought where I want, and it will be the day I want, and this and that. He said $50 million, and we got a fight. They thought Wilder was kidding when he said it would do at least $100 million. When Wilder came back with the offer, Hearn literally said, he did not trust Al Haymon, Showtime and Finkel to honor a contract they sign. And then he said, he could not negotiate because he likes to call people offering his client $50 million names. Yea, AJ wants the fight, but not if that means Hearn has to negotiate and can't call names like a third grader.
AJ said $50 million and we have a fight. Now he has that and now he wants to make other demands.
If Hearn can give Wilder at least a $40 million guarantee in England, let him offer that. The location will definitely effect the ppv buys. Honestly, I think if it happens in the U.S. it will do much better financially. There is a million in the U.K. who would buy an AJ fight, and at least 70% probably will buy it no matter what time it is. But you have a ppv boxing show on at 5 in the afternoon, just 2 o'clock on the West Coast, and Americans aren't going to buy it. Plain and simple. If it is on a Saturday night U.S. time, it will be the best non-Mayweather number ever. If Hearn can guarantee Wilder similar pay to what Wilder has offered AJ, then Wilder would go over there just like Errol Spence did. But if the both fighters get over $10 million more if it is in the U.S. then well, money talks and bull**** walks. $50 million guarantee is not bull****. A flat fee of $12 million is bull****.
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