Reports are Anthony Johnson is turning down the $50 mil plus offer

[bigjavi973]

That's what we call him im America

https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=782791

all this time eddie hearn's like....

everyone knows who he is

[EnglishOxide]

The financial argument doesn't work, as Wilder's team is offering an even larger payday to Joshua in the US. I have no idea where the money is coming from, and Wilder should be the B side in the negotiations, but for thisone specific offer, he's the A-Side.

Just because he was prepared to travel for Povetkin 2 years ago doesn't mean anything now.

They're both world champions striving for a unification match. In a perfect world, they would fight somewhere on a neutral ground.

AJ is the A side, quite clearly. Wilder has probably doubled his highest pay packet of $2m if his next fight is against Brezeale just by piggy backing off Joshuas name.

AJ has 3 belts, an ATG on his record, fights in front of 90k live audiences, sells millions of PPV and earns $30m+ per fight.

Wilder has 1 belt, nobody on his record, cannot sell out small arenas, cannot sell PPVs and earns $2m per fight.

It doesnt take a genius to work out who is the champion and who is the challenger.

Just because Wilder happens to live in a bigger country which has history of generating more money in these type of events, it doesn't make him A side in any way and he deserves no 'fairness' when he already has a shot at all the belts and all the financial uptake. He stands to gain more from a win than Joshua relative to their current status.

[Szef]

they called him Anthony Johnson at the warriors game last night lmaoooooo

I like AJ but that video made me laugh

[uppercut510]

i hope youre not being serious lol. why wouldnt a boxer want to fight in front of 90k at wembley? if hes confident he should be relishing that experience of a stadium fight and knocking out joshua in front of his home fans. and hes very much the B side financially plus he was prepared to travel for povetkin. if wilder was some big draw in the united states then yeah it could happen over there but hes not, dont let the idiots on here tell you otherwise cause his figures are miniscule compared to joshua

all hearn had to do was offer a percentage and wilder had no problems going to the uk. but hearn says hes not worth a percentage even though parker was... when aj made that mistake and asked for 50mil it changed everything, that was a terrible decision. im not sure what the issue is, he was offered 50mil... hearn said he got confirmation and his questions answered, unless a bigger offer comes from hearn why wouldnt the guy who offered the most money want the fight in his hometown? lets be reasonable here...

[boliodogs]

Why are so many posters calling him Anthony Johnson when his last name is Joshua? He is a world famous champion.

[The Gambler1981]

The thing about Johnson and his team turning down the offer is they should essentially have to pay Wilder the same or more that he would have been standing to make in the bigger money fight. Are they willing to cover that? Because it is their choice to devalue the event not Wilder's so he should not have to suffer for that choice.

Wilder should be paid well to travel every other title holder is so if he was standing to make X in the $50 million fight that would be in Vegas (which I wouldn't exactly call Wilder's back yard) he should be making x+ to go to the UK. If they can't do that is a pretty bad look on Hearn's and Johnson's part. Wilder should more than likely still do that fight but I could see where it would be off putting if their offer was not up to par.