Finkel and the Wilder team had two questions about the contract Hearn sent:
1) It did NOT specify that the Wilder-AJ fight was next (nor did it have a date, a month or a venue).
2) It had a one-way rematch clause (only if AJ lost).
Wilder wanted the fight next. That’s not what Hearn offered, it wasn’t in the contact it woud have just bound Wilder to fight AJ at some unspecified point in the future (including after a Povetkin fight) and Wilder’s side wanted the rematch clause to work both ways (he’s also a champion) since he was taking short money to make the fight happen NEXT on AJ’s turf.
You can say whatever you want, but the fact is it did not say the fight was to be next. Asked to clarify that point and put it in the contract, Hearn balked and decided to fight Povetkin next ... which was always going to happen anyway.
1) It did NOT specify that the Wilder-AJ fight was next (nor did it have a date, a month or a venue).
2) It had a one-way rematch clause (only if AJ lost).
Wilder wanted the fight next. That’s not what Hearn offered, it wasn’t in the contact it woud have just bound Wilder to fight AJ at some unspecified point in the future (including after a Povetkin fight) and Wilder’s side wanted the rematch clause to work both ways (he’s also a champion) since he was taking short money to make the fight happen NEXT on AJ’s turf.
You can say whatever you want, but the fact is it did not say the fight was to be next. Asked to clarify that point and put it in the contract, Hearn balked and decided to fight Povetkin next ... which was always going to happen anyway.
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