If Povetkin wins...

[Randall Cunning]

Yeah well I don’t know how anyone can support a so called Champion talking about “freezing” out his #1 rival.

That’s unmanly in my book, this is prize fighting and I can understand waiting until you feel ready for the challenge or to hype the fight more but to say you will willfully not fight someone for no real reason other than I make more money than you is disgraceful.

Golovkin got frozen out, Crawford will get frozen out. This **** happens.

[TheBigLug]

The big paycheck won't be there anymore.

The fact is that AJ's fanbase relies massively on the casual audience. About 95% of his fights attendees don't really follow boxing, hence why he can sell out stadiums v Takam, they don't care who the opponent is, it's just a popular event. once he loses, the fickle fanbase will disappear and it'll be back to fighting at the o2 Arena.

That's why Hearn hasn't been keen on the Wilder fight. He'd rather sell out a few more stadiums v lesser opposition and milk AJ.

They wouldn't even be fighting Povetkin if it wasn't mandatory, it'd be someone like Miller or a Whyte rematch.

[Curt Henning]

AJ fanboys are so shook of wilder they are creating fake scenarios where chickenson loses to a 38 year old who got his ass kicked by a cruiser 6 years ago...

this cant be real life...

[Boksfan]

Donkey Wilder will never go to Russia, he will vacate WBC belt before fighting Povetkin, Alabama fraud is fake

[_Rexy_]

why do so many new fans give a **** about purses and money?

I want to see the guys fight in the ring for the title of the world, not fight on social media for the bigger percentage of the purse.

[MDPopescu]

If Povetkin wins...

I'd be LMAO if Deontay would still want a big paycheck with Joshua,
and not with Povetkin.
AJ would surely want a rematch with Alexander.
What would happen with Wilder then?
It would take at least a year to see AJ makes a comeback victory with Pov, if ever.
Where will Deontay even make $3 mil with?

... If Povetkin wins...

... well, Povetkin is likely to have three options:
1) a huge money rematch at the Wembley, in April...
2) a Ryabinsky-type fight in Moscow (vs Joshua or vs Wilder)...
3) a unification fight vs Wilder, in Las Vegas (for that $50 million purse we are already aware of)...

[rickJen]

The big paycheck won't be there anymore.

The fact is that AJ's fanbase relies massively on the casual audience. About 95% of his fights attendees don't really follow boxing, hence why he can sell out stadiums v Takam, they don't care who the opponent is, it's just a popular event. once he loses, the fickle fanbase will disappear and it'll be back to fighting at the o2 Arena.

That's why Hearn hasn't been keen on the Wilder fight. He'd rather sell out a few more stadiums v lesser opposition and milk AJ.

They wouldn't even be fighting Povetkin if it wasn't mandatory, it'd be someone like Miller or a Whyte rematch.

Doe, they sent Deontay the contract to sign.
He just let it rot for almost a month.
He could have brought up the issues he's not happy with within 2 days.
The guy is a huge undeserving diva.

[MDPopescu]

why do so many new fans give a **** about purses and money?

I want to see the guys fight in the ring for the title of the world, not fight on social media for the bigger percentage of the purse.

... tbh, true boxing fans don't give any shit about the fighters' purses and money, but they try to imagine how those fighters would react given the circumstances... i.e. they all know that fighters are money-driven, right?...

[Randall Cunning]

Doe, they sent Deontay the contract to sign.
He just let it rot for almost a month.
He could have brought up the issues he's not happy with within 2 days.
The guy is a huge undeserving diva.

Golovkin 2008-16 would have loved for someone to have even sent him a contract. Same with 2022 Crawford.

[Curt Henning]

Golovkin 2008-16 would have loved for someone to have even sent him a contract. Same with 2022 Crawford.

yeah he would have loved it...what he wouldnt have loved is if it had no date on it and when he asked for clarification on the date the other guy said "next year"..lol