Comments Thread For: Hearn: Joshua Wants Wilder - But He Wants The Fight in The UK

[STREET CLEANER]

Joshua/Hearn doing right by the UK fans and no doubt SKY who will also want it in the UK.

LOL, you are a hypocrite in the highest order.

Defending the financial issue that AJ should get paid and now he is doing the right thing for his UK fans.

The right thing for the UK fans is to give them what they want, a fight against Wilder.

[Ake-Dawg]

And I wouldn't get involved in such a contract either, nor would I advise anyone to enter into such a contract. Even when (In fact especially when) it seems too good to be true

Saying you are interested is not saying you accept the terms.

All Hearn said was ok..tell me more. As more information comes out we see that he ultimately was saying, yes, but only if the fight is in the UK and we use our sponsors.

Not sure why ANYONE is hung up on the authenticity of the 50M. As much as Hearn talked about needing to know it's real, you would think that he would just keep telling people he hasn't gotten it yet rather than now saying....well the offer is great money but we want it in the UK. That puts the bullseye on Joshua. What sense does it make to do that if you hadn't already conceded that the money was real. Which he did last week I think. His dad did as well, indirectly. Google it. Will take less time than your responses to others on the matter.

[Redgloveman]

What part of my post mentioned signing anything? Lol Furthermore, a signature isn't necessarily required for formal contract to exist (that's a common misconception). My post pertained to the ability of Wilder's team to guarantee $50 million. Nothing more.

Fired huh? I'll be sure to let my supervisor know when I grab my bonus next week lol

Exactly, dumbass, all the more reason why Hearn isn't willing to give an assurance that he's willing to accept the contract.

Hearn has already stated that he's interested in the offer, he's just not willing to "accept the offer" as Finkel has asked him to without knowing what it is specifically that he's accepting. Because as you have so ingeniously pointed out, such assurances can be legally binding.

I'm not questioning the ability of Wilder's team to guarantee $50m. I'm asking whether there's any evidence that they actually did it. It just amazes me that someone who purports to be legally trained doesn't get this.

[New England]

If Wilder loses his next fight (let's be honest it could happen against any top 30 ranked fighter, he was getting outboxed by Szpilka FFS) he'll be crying about that $12.5 mil he turned down. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

do you understand no why nobody takes you seriosuly?

[Redgloveman]

Saying you are interested is not saying you accept the terms.

Exactly, which is why he is willing to say that he interested, in order to assess what the deal actually is, but not willing to accept the terms. Personally, I have no problem with that reasoning.

I have googled this for you... genuinely didn't find anything satisfactory.

Look, I'm not inclined to be argumentative. Personally I hope and think Wilder wins the fight. But I don't think either side want the fight now and I think it's disingenuous to try to blame Hearn for not accepting what amounts to a BS offer. You'd have to be insane to enter into a $50+m contract without knowing exactly what the terms are.

[ukbox]

Joshua overpaid everyone of them to build his name.

You mean bought them off

If by his own promoters admission, that he's still not a global star..

Common sense says pay wilder a decent cut...then you're global..then you're built

Seems bizarre haha that they've changed tactic for wilder. Wilder is a bigger threat than Parker or Martin.. he always has been. Fact!

[Mick Higgs]

This is the biggest fight in years! So why not have it on neutral ground? Fa$t Łddie Hearn has to realise that he is not the big cheese of Global boxing & AJ's credence is slipping fast until he gets his passport stamped! "Real World Champion's fight outside of there back yards"!!...................

[ukbox]

But Joshua was all over that amount..agreeing to fight if he was paid 50 mil
Wilder never agreed to fight for 12 mil

[SinderellaMan]

Minuscule buddy. For the past 3 months you and all the other British flock were screaming how the money was in the U.K. Now you hear it from Hearns own mouth where the money is and now you’re up here trying to change the narrative. Face it your biggest events = chump change. And it doesn’t have to be the biggest fight in the US to beat the U.K. in total revenue.

Exactly. GGG vs Canelo had “only” 18000 vs AJ vs Wlad having 80000, but the Vegas fight made more money.
Wilder is going to kill AJ. I’m a little fearful for AJ’s life

[SinderellaMan]

Wilder: "I'll come to your backyard, baby!!!"

-Still hasn't fought outside of the U.S. even when offered multiple times the amount of money of his highest paycheck.

He knocked Audley Harrison out in UK in the 1st round.
Was on his way to Russia when Povektin pissed dirty.
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