Comments Thread For: Joshua, Hearn Stand Firm: Wilder Fight Must Be in The UK

[sotgoda]

Stopped reading when you made unsubstantiated claims.

Know you will deny the truth even if it hit you right on your forehead. $12.5 million offer to Wilder is a low-ball. Plain and simple. Everyone with common sense knows that. Keep on with your job of spinning the truth to suit your goals. Real fans just wanna see the fight.

[SUBZER0ED]

So he asked for an offer, got it..then turned it down??? sounds like moving the goal post to me man

But see, he said he wanted the money, but he never said that he would fight Wilder in the states.

[yoz]

I think its less to do with the fans & more to do with conyrolling the event, refs & judges

Johnson knows he wont get away with calling his own time out on amercian soil. He knows he wouldn't get away with removing his glove tape mid fight anywhere but the uk

Johnson's not half as confident as he makes out..

Its a step up for both.

Wilder, despite being poor in many areas, stocks incredible power; more than anything AJ has encountered as a pro.

Same applies the other way. Wilder's resume is hardly stocked with live punchers.

There's no getting away from the fact that AJ is the a-side here, though. Surely he is going to push Wilder as far as he can in negotiations? Who wouldn't in that position?

[JimRaynor]

Hey, I don't need to make excuse for the man. He said he wants the fight with Wilder to be in England. That's not an excuse, that's a FACT.

You cant have your cake and eat it to. You wanted 50 million you got 50 million. It's absolutely customary and protocol for the person who puts up the money to choose the venue. When that Russian billionaire put up the money for the W. Klitschko vs Povetkin fight he said the fight had to be in Russia, and Klitschko was fine with it because he was guaranteed 20 million.

AJ and Hearn are being pigs.

[yoz]

Know you will deny the truth even if it hit you right on your forehead. $12.5 million offer to Wilder is a low-ball. Plain and simple. Everyone with common sense knows that. Keep on with your job of spinning the truth to suit your goals. Real fans just wanna see the fight.

Ah, I see what you're doing - label anyone who calls out your BS a 'casual fan'.

Everyone on NSB wants to see this fight.

[Legendary Hater]

LMAOO!!...doing and saying anything they can to try to prevent the inevitable...

Man I can't WAIT until that straight up and down swollen boy officially ducks or gets whooped by The Alabaman Wild Man...

My "Told ya!" is gonna be so loud...

[Illmatic94]

Right, OK. Have a look at Deontay's resume and come back to me.

He skirted Wladimir and gets upset when someone else steps up, beats him, and, rightly, begins calling the shots.

Joshua is the a-side, i'm afraid.

Also, are you personally privy to negotiations? Have you seen the guarantees and conditions of this 'offer'? I don't think any of us have, and it doesn't seem like it has been substantiated.

Calling a boxer a coward is also ridiculous. If you've followed the sport for any serious amount of time, you'd know that, in most cases, it is the promoters that prevent match ups..

"Give me $50 million I'll sign tomorrow"

*gets offered $50 million*

-- AJ doesn't sign --

that's a coward. Yes pro boxers can be cowards.

Why is Hearn open to fight Miller in the U.S. but not Wilder? riddle that one for me. Is Miller offering him more than $50 mill?

It's just hilarious that for the longest time AJ fanboys wanted proof of the money and now they're saying he doesn't even need the money smh.

[ukbox]

Its a step up for both.

Wilder, despite being poor in many areas, stocks incredible power; more than anything AJ has encountered as a pro.

Same applies the other way. Wilder's resume is hardly stocked with live punchers.

There's no getting away from the fact that AJ is the a-side here, though. Surely he is going to push Wilder as far as he can in negotiations? Who wouldn't in that position?

I agree with what you're saying but i think the fear factor is on aj side.

He's far more likely to get ko'd & finished in the usa. In the uk he'd be pulled out before that point. He'd also know that he could get a stoppage with a flurry in the uk more than he would the US.

Imo it's more that he doesnt want to get stretchered on foreign soil

He doesnt see that risk with miller in the US

[Illmatic94]

Hearn said this fight is not that big. That it only makes $40 million. The fanboys swallowed that and ran with it.

So if its only a $40 million dollar fight why are they turning down $50 mill with PPV upside?

About Juice is shook as hell.

[Madison Boxing]

90k stadium fight, massive event with brilliant atmosphere. or 10k in some quiet auditorium where the crowd is indifferent as to who wins. tough decision