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

[Noelanthony]

well eddie hearn himself said it would do more money in America. I just think they should have offered wilder a percentage this way it would be in the uk no doubt

Bro they have to offer wilder a sizeable percentage now. Realistically he deserves 35%. In fact because we fu#cked up with the 50 million shenanigans perhaps closer to 40%. However if the fight makes more money in the states and Joshua being the A side has decided that he can afford to take a financial loss surely it’s not fair to suggest his opponent should also take a financial loss in order for Joshua to feel more comfortable in his surrroundings. I am pro Joshua but Deontay should be rewarded for travelling and secondly being out of pocket. Team wilder are my enemy but even enemies can show respect when it’s time

[OCPancho]

name me a more neutral venue for this or any major fight. and don't say england, i'll spit out my coffee.

Nigeria!!!!

[Holler]

It's Hearn, not Hearns.
Hearns was the great boxer .
I guess this was fake news.https://www.************.com/2018/04...-joshua-fight/
So was this one .https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxin...ilder-12338429

I bet he did and retracted.

That was a typo. I did know the correct spelling, but it's nice to be reminded of Tommy in any case.

One of your links has been auto censored. The other didn't load properly on my tablet, but the use of quote marks suggests the journalist didn't have solid info on the nature of the offer.

Finkel said the initial offer had a 48 hour limit and was take it or leave it. Hearn denied both points. Frankly I don't care, I'm bored senseless of both the antics of the principals and the resulting circus on here.

[sportbuddha]

You obviously missed the last two AJ fights. two stink fests in a row. his fight vs Parker was the largest pile of **** in heavyweight boxing history. Can't think of any fight worse than that.

And how can you say Wilder brings nothing to the table when he offered Joshua $50 million plus PPV upside?

AJ is a fckn shameless coward. Period.

"Give me $50 million I'll sign tomorrow." The coward got his card pulled.

Now the goalpost moves to the location.

AJ fanboys have zero credibility after spending weeks calling Wilder's offer a PR stunt.

Cowardy glass jaw robot already had five fights paying more than double Wilders highest earnings, so, someone is the smart one in all this, I doubt playground name calling will bother him much.

[Smash]

Legitimate tactics in negotiating is making reasonable offer in good faith.
Lowball offers are masked ducks to me .

I'll bet your fav fighters have been involved in many lowball offers over the years

a reasonable offer in good faith lol, we are talking about boxing promoters here, they are slimey individuals, its their jobs to get the best deal for their fighter

12.5 mil will not be the final offer and im sure never was intended to be

[Jkp]

AJ wants no part in us based drug testing.

[sportbuddha]

My understanding is that it's dollar for dollar. Wilder fights in the UK for $10m, the UK government takes $4m in taxes, Wilder's US tax for the year is $5m, deduct $4m from the UK tax, and Wilder only owes $1m (the numbers are completely made up, but you should get the point).

?? How does this UK take any tax from Wilder? Wilder would only pay tax where he’s from, the US

[uppercut510]

Bro they have to offer wilder a sizeable percentage now. Realistically he deserves 35%. In fact because we fu#cked up with the 50 million shenanigans perhaps closer to 40%. However if the fight makes more money in the states and Joshua being the A side has decided that he can afford to take a financial loss surely it’s not fair to suggest his opponent should also take a financial loss in order for Joshua to feel more comfortable in his surrroundings. I am pro Joshua but Deontay should be rewarded for travelling and secondly being out of pocket. Team wilder are my enemy but even enemies can show respect when it’s time

right! well then you all should be asking eddie why he doesn't think wilder is worth a percentage! but parker was! 35-40% is fair and wilder would go to the uk. but if this 50mil offer is there I don't see them allowing eddie to dictate where it is held. thanks for the balanced post! rare these days. seems like aj is fighting pedvtkin next

[Redgloveman]

Long term PR value? What? You’re just blabbering now.

Joshua already draws 80-90,000. They aren’t going to build a new stadium seating 150,000 because he was nice to fans.

Eddie Hearn doesn’t control the promotion if it’s in the US. If you think he’s more concerned with the fans than that fact, then you are being naive and there really isn’t a need to discuss this further with you.

I'm not talking about attendances, I'm talking about endorsements, I'm talking about the value of himself as a brand.

And I'm clearly not talking about Hearn, I'm talking about Joshua.

[saintpat]

Joshua turned it down, because he wants the fight in England. We all know that there is a way to compensate both fighters to their satisfaction. The real issue is having "home court" advantage. The "A" side should get to choose the location of the fight, and that "A" side is Anthony Joshua, period.

Fair play. But AJ’s side should then pay Wilder whatever he would be getting if the fight was in the U.S. — and more than Parker got — no flat fees, no monkey business.

If he’s exercising his ‘A’ side on venue rather than purse, he needs to give up the $$$.