Comments Thread For: Lennox Lewis: Wilder Deserves 60-40 Split for Joshua Fight

[EnglishOxide]

the contract didnt have the agreed terms.

the agreed terms were the fight being NEXT. the contract didnt reflect that.

Hearn says the contract did reflect that.

He applied for 2 months worth of extensions to ensure he could make the fight next. Unless you are claiming Hearn intentionally wasted his own time trying to agree a fight for 12/11 months down the line? That just makes no sense business wise or PR wise.

That's unprecedented and goes against the reputation of Joshua and Matchroom for making big fights.

It comes down to who you believe, and I believe the man who has dared Finkel to post the contract, emails and term sheet online to call his bluff.

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B*tch.. if Wilder was from the U.K he would be a God. Them cheap ass tickets fool.. lol

No, Wilder wouldn't have been a god. He never won a gold medal to catapult him to the top before he even went pro. Plus, he would never be allowed to fight 40 bums in a row, he would have been forced to fight proper competition. Which would have resulted in him getting knocked out. He'd be a bum over here. Just like he's a bum over there now.

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people tend to arbitrarily decide what the right thing is based on who the fighter is. Wonder if all of these people who agree that wilder should just accept a flat fee were also in agreement with it when mayweather offered one to Pacquiao or when canelo offered one to ggg. Btw, both guys went on to make millions and millions more than the flat fee offer once the fights happened.

They argued for it for months and years on end. But now they're saying different. They're hypocrites of the highest order.

Plus, G and Pac are worlds away from the 2 bit nobody Wilder. They are actually quality fighters. Wilder, not so much.

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Here is an example of how you know that Hearn doesn't and hasn't ever negotiated a potential big fight. Dlh's previous ppv high was 1.4 against Tito. Floyd had never sold anything close to that before fighting Dlh. Dlh Floyd sold 2.4 mil. You do the math.

I say that to say this.

They think they know Wilder's worth, but they don't know how to pay Wilder and still make top dollar in the U.K. All they know is that the fight can be big over there and that the just want to be greedy which is why they refused the fight in America, lmao. It's hilarious...

AJ wants the fight in the UK because he is the A side. A side always choose.

Floyd was P4P number 1 and had a very good resume when he fought Oscar. Wilder will never be anywhere near to that level. And Floyd took 30% to get the fight on. Wilder wants half. You and Wilder are in dream world.

[uppercut510]

So 40% to Wilder even though he brings no money to the table.

There should be a rematch clause if he loses even though it's never been done before for a B side.

And if he wins, he should get most of the money in the rematch even though such a contract has ever been made by a big A side.

And you think this is fair? **** off you deluded little drip, no it's not. If this was the other way round you wouldn't support it. You're a biased little hypocrite with nothing of worth to say. Go away.

why are you so emotionally attatched to this? if parker got a percentage wilder deserves a higher one, he could have got 35% I don't give a dam but the man deserves to negotiate a percentage, they both bring eachother the highest pay so to say wilder bings nothing is crazy. why do u think its ok to call another grown man a name over money your azz will never see? if it was the other way around I would say aj deserves 40% as well. as a boxing fan why are you crying that an opponent gets a percentage? its just something to hold on to so that you can argue why its okay for hearn to duck

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wilder's offer for 50 million to joshua was real. this fight would be bigger here overnight if it was signed and promoted. barry hearn has admitted this, so has eddie. there's just no comparing the top end boxing mathces in either coutnry. hopkins - calzaghe did better at the gate than joshua - klitshcko . really! look it up!


fill an arena doe

you guys don't know what you're talking abotu. eddie does, and that's why he's said that he wants the fight in the UK in spite of the bigger upside for having the figh there, and the 50 million dollar offer being real.

california alone has a bigger economy than all of england. acknowledge that and refute its impact.

It wasn't a guarantee the fight makes millions and millions in the US, it was just a hope that it would.

And the guarantee was only to Joshua, not Wilder.

Plus, that contract was for a 50/50 split. No way that made sense letting Wilder make millions on the back of Joshua's success. No way.

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How could anyone trash the credibility of Lennox Lewis; A Hall of Famer, an all-time great? Not to mention one of the greatest heavyweight champions of his generation.

One would think his voice should carry some weight. He is an expert because he actually fought and risked his life in the ring.

Are you saying we should listen to all ex fighters regardless of whether it makes sense or not?

I love Lennox, but he is wrong here. Wilder is a scrub. He doesn't deserve huge money at all. He's not getting 40%. If he doesn't like it he can continue fighting bums in unsold arenas and making 1.5 mill a fight.

[Joeboxeo]

Good stuff Lennox! 100% right

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Notice how quickly the back stabbing limeys have turned on old Lennox? This is classic to witness. Next it’ll be another British boxer chiming and they’ll sack on him too. It’s as if AJ were being crucified by Ponches Pilot and the Brits were witnessing it in protest. What a bunch of pampered ninnies

Show me where Brits were back stabbing Lennox? All we've done is say we disagree with him and claim he's jealous. I'm his biggest fan, he's my favourite fighter, but I can see from his comments today and in the past, that they have a hint of jealousy to them.

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I think by the time this fight happens next year, i do think he would have deserve that 40%. His name has come up a lot more than before thanks to the Joshua link. This fight would now make more money next year than it would this year. If this was their plan all along then good for them.

We'll look at how many tickets Wilder sells and how much money he generates before we go round saying he deserves 40%.