Comments Thread For: Hearn Provides Update on Joshua vs. Wilder Negotiations

[COVID-19]

Wilder needs a hometown advantage to win.

[AdonisCreed]

Stop with all the talk already! Make the fight or move on. We dont need an update every 6 hours.

For Real!!! I agree 100%

[BigStomps]

Did anybody hear about the match room deal they sent to Broner? This guy is a fool.

What deal? How much was it for?

[Phenom]

Fight only generates $40M in UK according to Hearn so they have to give up money from their end if they want wilder to come to UK

They can't have it both ways

[SchoolTheseCats]

Wilder needs a hometown advantage to win.

Since when is Vegas a hometown advantage for wilder?

[AdonisCreed]

"He's the one producing the 90,000 (fans in attendance). We've got a great offer from Deontay Wilder's team, unfortunately for Deontay Wilder's team Anthony Joshua doesn't need the money and he's not driven by the money. But we want to do everything we can do to get the fight to happen in the UK."

It's little comments like this that keeps me thinking there's a slight chance it may not happen!! But I do agree that AJ is the A Side and if he wants it in the UK so be it. But aye that's why they call it "negotiating" right?

[Reality1]

Reality1

It's obvious Hearn knows there's a good chance AJ will lose, so he needs every advantage possible!

[McNulty]

I don't care where the fight happens as long as it happens.

I think we should all care where it happens. Wilder fighting on UK soil will be controversial to his treatment.

[Scipio2009]

If the fight happens in the UK, it seems Eddie/AJ is willing to give Wilder a substantial %. (Maybe 40%?)

It will be interesting to see how this plays out but I think it's safe to assume we're getting this fight next. (Seems like a 90% chance right now.)

The fighters are to thank here. Both guys want the fight. Good stuff.

A bit funny when you consider that this fight could've been done a month ago, from the looks of things, if Matchroom would've offered 40% of the take (Wilder was also asking for 60% of the take in a rematch, but that could've been negotiated on, imo).

Joshua-Wilder at Wembley in September, Joshua-Wilder 2 to close out 2018/open 2019, mandatory defense is settled in Spring 2019, with Wilder-Joshua 3 to close out the summer in 2019.

[In my dreams it'd be a draw at Wembley in August, a draw at T-Mobile Arena in December/January, Povetkin gets put out inside 5 rounds in March/April, and a draw at Barclays Center or T-Mobile Arena during the last week of the summer 2019.

For sheer morbid drama, Wilder stops Joshua at Wembley in the 10th/11th after a 50/50 fight in September, Joshua stops Wilder at T-Mobile Arena in the 9th/10th after a 50/50 fight in January 2019, Joshua throttles Povetkin over 5 rounds at Principality Stadium in April 2019, and Deontay Wilder defeats Anthony Joshua in a 7-5 split decision at T-Mobile Arena in August 2019]

Wilder stands as undisputed champion, Anthony Joshua stands as a global megastar (with the Fury fight and a few others set to draw global interest from the UK), and the build to their 4th fight can likely be the next event to try and push passed Mayweather-Pacquiao in terms of business.

How their careers go after that will be on their dedication to the craft and what not, but in 4 fights, both men would've established things for the next 2-3 generations of their children.

[7not8]

For Real!!! I agree 100%

Thanks creed! I'm ready for an announcement saying it is or it ain't!