Comments Thread For: Hearn: Joshua is Fighting in The UK, The Ball in Wilder's Court

[Robyn Banz]

UK fighters and promoters are such hoes

[Corelone]

Look at the wilder fans on this thread saving face

Wilder needs to accept to fight the true champ

Joshua is the a side

Wilder said he had no problem fighting in the uk

Why is the b side such a coward

AJ has been slapped in the face with a 50 million Dollar challenge. It's called prize fighting. Calling Wilder a coward when AJ won't come get that 50 mil, and haggles over splitting the purse at home. That is unreasonable. Why should Wilder fight for less money? Especially in a Stadium full of beer swilling AJ fans.

[juggernaut666]

I accept the fight now give me 20 Million _ lol

[Dr.Cool]

Look at the wilder fans on this thread saving face

Wilder needs to accept to fight the true champ

Joshua is the a side

Wilder said he had no problem fighting in the uk

Why is the b side such a coward

Yea, it is the money. Is Hearn guaranteeing Wilder $50 million to fight in England? No, he is not. Because the fight will not generate close to the revenue if it is in England. It is not about where the fight is, but about how much the fighters make. Duh.

It is not being a coward. It is realizing, if the fight happens in the U.S. both fighters get $50 million or more. And if it is in the U.K. then each get a fraction of that.

Let Hearn guarantee the same payday and the fight will happen in a heartbeat. Hearn knows he can't pay either fighter even half of what Haymon, Wilder, and Finkel have offered.

Also, AJ said guarantee a $50 million payday and he will sign the fight that day, regardless of location.

It does not save face to say he will fight Wilder, but only if Wilder accepts 20% of what he would make in the U.S.

There is a clear coward who keeps demanding one thing, getting it and then demanding something else entirely. That person is AJ.

Why is AJ so scared to fight for $50 million???? AJ idiot a**lickers like yourself, are grasping at straws now. You are beyond desperate and it shows.

[EnglishOxide]

Wilder has already accepted the fight. Hearn and his boring ass champ keep adding road blocks. They are the cowards you sour idiot

If he has accepted the fight why aren't they announcing it?

Wilder has had an offer for over 2 weeks. He has not made it public so clearly it is not bad.

Stop giving excuses to Wilder. The fight is there. The money is reasonable. The date is there. The location is there. All he has to do now is say yes, and he gets a chance to become king.

What are these road blocks? A side decides the location. A side offers Wilder his biggest ever purse. A side offers Wilder chance to be king.

Anthony 'A Side' Joshua has made 2 career high offers to Wilder to fight in the UK. Wilder said he will fight in the UK. What's the hold up? If it was money don't you think Wilder would be running to the press again?!

I'll tell you what the hold up is. Wilder wants $50m in the US instead of what he has been offered in the UK. He is not worth $50m and the whole world knows that.

[Gillie]

My God is this whole thing getting boring! They somehow came up with the 50 million and yet, we are back to "...its gotta be in the UK". I really hope that Wilder accepts but then Hearn will come up with something else like "..no right hands for the first 11 rounds..."

[Nightfall]

If he has accepted the fight why aren't they announcing it?

Wilder has had an offer for over 2 weeks. He has not made it public so clearly it is not bad.

Stop giving excuses to Wilder. The fight is there. The money is reasonable. The date is there. The location is there. All he has to do now is say yes, and he gets a chance to become king.

What are these road blocks? A side decides the location. A side offers Wilder his biggest ever purse. A side offers Wilder chance to be king.

Anthony 'A Side' Joshua has made 2 career high offers to Wilder to fight in the UK. Wilder said he will fight in the UK. What's the hold up? If it was money don't you think Wilder would be running to the press again?!

I'll tell you what the hold up is. Wilder wants $50m in the US instead of what he has been offered in the UK. He is not worth $50m and the whole world knows that.

obviously Wilder's worth it because vegas is on board,but Hearn knows when his coward get knocked out all the good heavyweight business gone. They are holding the fight up with their back and forth road blocks simple and plain

[stellen]

My God is this whole thing getting boring! They somehow came up with the 50 million and yet, we are back to "...its gotta be in the UK". I really hope that Wilder accepts but then Hearn will come up with something else like "..no right hands for the first 11 rounds..."

Now you know how the whole world feels watching wilder keeping the wbc belt hostage by fighting can after can after can. LOL karma is a bytch aint it.

[kingstip9]

Joshua said 50m and done deal. Now they put up more road blocks. Very disappointed

[sotgoda]

If it is fear of Wilder knocking him into next week or fear of ped tests, no one knows for sure. The only thing for sure is AJ does not want to fight Wilder for the WBC title.

First AJ offers a flat fee of $12.5 million, no matter how much money the fight makes. Then Wilder said the fight would generate $100 million. So AJ said, guarantee me $50 million and I will accept the same day. So Wilder offered AJ a guarantee of $50 million and if the fight does over $100 million, it is a 50-50 split.

Then Hearn says he doesn't believe Haymon, Showtime, and Finkel would pay him. Then it wasn't serious. Then Hearn could not help but call people names, so there was no use in negotiating. Now, the money does not matter. Either accept the fight in England and both fighters get a fraction of what they would if they fought in the U.S. Wilder can either accept a pay cut of tens of millions of dollars and fight in England or no fight at all.

Even if Wilder agreed to fight for free, anywhere AJ wants, and at anytime AJ wants, Hearn would come up with some other excuse.

This is beyond just plain pathetic now. It is the clearest case of ducking the boxing world has ever seen. AJ let down an entire country. The holder of three heavyweight belts is from England and refusing to fight the only opponent who could beat him. Makes the whole country look bad. It really does. AJ had a chance to bring back boxing, to bring interest back to the heavyweights. He has instead chosen to refuse to fight the only challenge and also has changed his style to the same as the robotic Klitschko's. Not the fights fans want, and not even fun fights to watch.

Well said. Wilder already accepted the offer provided it is 40%. I am almost certain lying Eddie and A juicing J low-balled Wilder with their 2nd offer because we all know they do not want to fight him next. Instead, they make it sound like it is Wilder's fault, i.e., that he does not want to fight in the UK - another lie. Eddie's plan from the get-go was to create smoke-screen to make it look like AJ wants to fight Wilder. We all know he is not ready. Either way - Wilder sparks him out and destroys AJ.