Comments Thread For: Hearn: I Want To Know This Week If Wilder Wants The Fight

[hitking]

I don’t understand why people are comparing this to the Canelo-GGG situation. GGG is asking for a bigger cut of the money at the eleventh hour after he had already agreed to a smaller cut. He’s also asking for a bigger cut, while GBP is financing the event. Wilder wasn’t happy with the offer Team AJ made him. AJ pulled a $50M guarantee quote outta his ass. And Wilder simply chose to put up the money himself to finance the event, and guarantee AJ his $50M. It’s apples and oranges.

[Fanofreason]

And people wonder why Hearn isn't signing any US fighters. His word is Garbage.

[ShoulderRoll]

I see it as a case of needs rather than wants. One side makes a fortune with or without it, the other doesn't. Whether we like it or not, big boxing is ALL about business.

In what business do people actually choose to make LESS money when they can make more?

[Fanofreason]

Clear duck be Joshua here.

Hearn is garbage. No one signing with this fool.

[EnglishOxide]

So why say, “guarantee me $50M and we got a fight”?

The entire point was to bring Team Wilder to the negotiating table. They were trash talking but went silent when Hearn sent out an offer for 12.5m and didn't even get a reply for over 2 weeks.

It worked, and Team Wilder even managed to turn it into a positive PR spin for themselves.

Just remember this, Team Joshua got the ball rolling on making this fight. If it weren't for them, the Povetkin fight would be signed and Wilder would still be shouting his mouth off but fighting Bumzeale instead.

[peplz]

I know .......

How would Nigeria be neutral then?

[Biolink]

The thing is AJ is clearly the a side, he can earn 15 million fighting anyone, what does Wilder earn? 3 million?

Wilder is in a similar position to GGG imo, I know he has a belt that AJ wants but he'll probably still have it in 18 months or whatever.

If Wilder wants the AJ fight now which I think he clearly does then he's got to make concessions.

The waiting game won't do any favors for AJ. Public pressure will start to build, Dan Rafael will start writing articles, etc... Its a logical common sense fight unless one of them lose. I don't think they want to play the waiting game with that 50 million offer out there sitting. You'll be able to get away with it for a single fight, maybe 2 fights if one of them is against Tyson Fury; anymore than that and people(That are not from the UK) are gonna start asking even more questions.

[kafkod]

oh yeah, you have to troll a little to keep it fresh lol.


and from those two major threads, I feel like I'm some kind of freak since I like Wilder and GGG. Apparently that's impossible!

You must be one of them half-hybrids I've been reading about ..

[peplz]

Nah if this fight wants to make money it has to be held in a White Man's Country with White Fanboys of Joshua supporting him. I find it ironic that both Joshua and Wilder with their Anti-White Feelings will end up making their living, raising their children in a White Man's Land. All the Best Deontay and Anthony...

What the fack are you talking about ****head!? You find it ironic that a Brit and an American make there living in "White Man's Land"? That's some of the ******est shet I've ever read on this site and that's saying a lot. Maybe you didn't realize this but everybody on the planet has "Anti White Feelings" including white people themselves.

[sportbuddha]

Povetkin got knocked down by David Price last fight (the ropes caught him so he didn't actually hit the mat, but it was scored a knockdown). Joshua will make quick work of him, as would Wilder.

Price can ****, so there’s no shame it that. He brutally KO’d him in return. Boxing isn’t about making zero mistakes, it’s making sure the mistake doesn’t cost you the fight.

It’s two ex Olympic champs, solid puncher, technically better than Wilder, can deal with the taller man, hits hard, I don’t agree Wilder beats him easy, nothing suggests that.