Comments Thread For: Wilder: I Won't Accept Flat Fee; Now It's 50-50 for Joshua Fight

[Ray*]

He won't accept flat fee of $15 mil.
Yet he's been making an average of $1.3 mil per fight.
This guy's math is fkd up.

He turn down 12.5m, for all the belts when he wasn’t the A-side! That is something I cannot back as a fan of the sport.

[rickJen]

He turn down 12.5m, for all the belts when he wasn’t the A-side! That is something I cannot back as a fan of the sport.

Yeah, what gets me is the shot at multiple belts.
They don't have any value anymore in this fkd up sport.

[HURTFEELINGS]

He turn down 12.5m, for all the belts when he wasn’t the A-side! That is something I cannot back as a fan of the sport.

AJ just turned down THE LARGEST GUARANTEED CONTRACT FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT 50 Million, for ALL the belts. if YOU say 12.5mil is alot for all the belts, then 50m is GARGANTUAN!!! But he'd rather fight Povetkin.

[GhostofDempsey]

AJ just turned down THE LARGEST GUARANTEED CONTRACT FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT 50 Million, for ALL the belts. if YOU say 12.5mil is alot for all the belts, then 50m is GARGANTUAN!!! But he'd rather fight Povetkin.

But $50M is just a little over 2x his best payday. While $12.5M is over 6x Wilber's best payday. How's that for scale? Don't forget all the money AJ makes in endorsements. Way more than Wilder.

[MaksBox]

Wilder had agreed to go to Russia and fight Povetkin, but AP failed his drug test and the fight was canceled. Joshua is the A side and if he really wanted this fight it would have happened.

That is not correct. Wilder lost the bid and was forced to go to Russia. He never stepped foot there.

[Ray*]

AJ just turned down THE LARGEST GUARANTEED CONTRACT FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT 50 Million, for ALL the belts. if YOU say 12.5mil is alot for all the belts, then 50m is GARGANTUAN!!! But he'd rather fight Povetkin.

When your highest payday at 21 fights is almost 25 millions then you can easily say no to 50m and the chance to control things. When your highest payday is 2.5m then you shouldn’t be turning down 12.5m and a chance to get the other 3 belts.

[Sid-Knee]

The Americans have clearly lost their last brain cell with this one. Deontay asking for half the money is so extreme that anyone with an ounce of sense sees this as delusional and ducking. And that's not even including the rematch clause he wants even if he loses which has never been done before but the Americans are once again justifying this complete and utter nonsense.


Wilder agreed to the offer so the contract is still live, so all he has to do is sign for April at Wembley. But no, he finds another way to duck. He never wanted the fight in the first place. His team ran out the clock to force the Povetkin mandatory. Now they have all the time in the world to get contracts signed for the fight next year and Wilder is yet again spooked, so he throws another spanner in the works. Anybody who buys this grotesque bull**** is being beyond dishonest. They will support Wilder no matter how extreme because they are biased nationalists who look through stars and stripes coloured glasses. So get with the program people, you are being taken for a ride.

Deontay will do all in his power to make sure this fight doesn't happen. Just like in the past. Forget this deluded ****ing idiot. He simply shouldn't be tolerated at this point. You know you're dealing with the village idiot when he thinks Joshua is being taken for a ride and won't have enough money at the end of his career, even though he has millions in the bank while Wilder gets paid peanuts in comparison. The guy is beyond help. He's a freak, and so are his scummy little fans. Let him rot.

[Sid-Knee]

US fans don't pay to watch AJ fight on PPV cause he isn't a PPV fighter here, US fans don't even bother to watch him fight live and you could tell by his ratings.

Who cares? Joshua fights on PPV at home. Deontay doesn't. The only way he will is if he fights Joshua. Quite simple really.

[Sid-Knee]

It takes two to make a fight though. This fight would draw much more than any other fight Joshua could have. Wilder deserves his share of the money due to that. Maybe not 50/50 but he should get at least 40% at this point after Hearn keeps messing around. Joshua backed out of saying he would take 50 million. It’s similar to GGG/Canelo where Canelo is the obvious A side but a fight against any other opponent wouldn’t draw as much as against GGG.

Hearn keeps messing around even though it's Wilder who keeps changing his demands?

Throw yourself out of a window from the top floor. Thanks.

[Sid-Knee]

Good. Fùck the lames and bītches. They got everything they wanted and still tucked their tails between their legs

Having to fight your mandatory because Wilder's side took too long to sign is tucking your tail between your legs?

Oh right.