Comments Thread For: Joshua Says Wilder Must Be "Realistic" in Unification Deal
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you honestly think Joshua would want to fight fury first before wilder???? Joshua has a better chance at wilder than a fit fury. Don't you notice that Joshua has stopped calling out fury???I think the competitor in AJ wants the fight. But from a business standpoint, it probably makes for AJ to put the fight off for awhile. What’s being lost in all the AJ-Wilder talk is that Tyson Fury is attempting a comeback. And not only does Fury have a lineal claim to the true heavyweight title. AJ-Fury is probably a bigger fight in the U.K. than AJ-Wilder. I wouldn’t doubt that Team AJ secretly wanna do a Fury fight before taking the risk against Wilder. But like you, I wish they would just come out and say it instead of playing all these PR games.Comment
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Finally, some common sense around here. This is the first time I've ever seen the B Side take the majority of the financial risk. I can't think of any time this has ever happened. Anyone else?But the A-side also usually gets to dictate the terms because they’re the ones putting up more money to stage the event and taking more of a financial risk. That’s why Hearn should pounce on the $50M guarantee. Because essentially, Team AJ will be getting a monster payday without taking any kinda financial risk. Outside of AJ potentially being derailed, this $50M guarantee is probably the sweetest deal I’ve ever seen in all my years as a fight fan. Anyone with a small degree of rationale can clearly see that Team AJ doesn’t want the fight right now.Comment
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No, it only makes more money in Vegas if they rip off the fans. Joshua v Wilder still sells out Wembley with triple the ticket prices for Klitschko but AJ and to a lesser extent Eddie want to keep his and the sports popularity by keeping ticket prices down.Comment
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He'd have to rip of the fans that put him where he is to do it and should be commended for turning down an offer that would f^ck over the average fan.Comment
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So they want to make less money, and yet we are to believe this is all about business?
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