Comments Thread For: Wembley Stadium Site For Joshua's Next Two Fights 9/22, 4/13

[PrBoxing88]

Why this boxers fight only 2 times a year??? Make no sense.

[kafkod]

Agreed but that has to go both ways.

It would have gone both ways. The officials would have been appointed by the BBBoC, but Wilder's team had the right to insist on a neutral ref.

The ref for AJ vs Parker wasn't picked by Hearn. Parker's promoter vetoed the original choice and insisted on a ref from a neutral country who had never worked on any of Hearn's shows before. That was why they ended up within an inexperienced idiot who fcked the fight up by interfering too much.

[The plunger man]

why sign now for something so far off and lock yourself into a number?

Wilder could inflate his worth with a spectacular performance. AJ could lose or look bad and deflate his. He could get injured. He could sign it now but that might cost himself a few million.

who is going to look spectacular against and how is he going to inflate his number...he has not in 7 defences and he is lined up to fight breazeale...look I am not saying he has to sign to fight but if he keeps on whining about not getting the fight then he has it right in front of him..
Wilder is not going to go superstardom if he carries on fighting nobody's ..it's that simple fella

[The Big Dunn]

who is going to look spectacular against and how is he going to inflate his number...he has not in 7 defences and he is lined up to fight breazeale...look I am not saying he has to sign to fight but if he keeps on whining about not getting the fight then he has it right in front of him..
Wilder is not going to go superstardom if he carries on fighting nobody's ..it's that simple fella

Elevating his worth is not saying he is going to reach superstarom by fighting brazeale. You made a ridiculous stretch of my point.

He could get a monster rating and sell more seats than usual, which should elevate his worth.

[The plunger man]

so he should sign for an april 2019 fight, if he wins its a guaranteed rematch in which he isnt the a side (hed still be the b side), if he loses aj is not obligated to rematch him, no showtime, danz only, hearn picks the judges and ref, for a flat fee? This means even if aj looks terrible and or loses vs pedvtkin wilder is still locked into the flat fee for a future fight? This is what you are saying he should sign,yes or no?

If wilder agreed to all these terms and got the contract and didnt sign you would have a point but its simply not the case

hearn cannot pick the judges what the hell is wrong with you...bbbc control the whole set up and they govern the whole official situation and it's the same if AJ was to fight in Las Vegas and NSAC would govern the event...that's how it is and when you choose to fight someone in there own backyard that is the way things are.
The B-side always plays second fiddle to the A-side and that's the way it is fellA

[OldTerry]

A Povetkin win would be a disaster for Wilder. His one hope of a big career payday would be gone forever.

Your viewpoint is too simplistic. Let us say Povetkin beats Joshua (he won't) then Wilder fights Povetkin to unify the title (fairly big money). Wilder beats Povetkin which sets up a very big money against Joshua. In this scenario Wilder becomes the A-side and gets the lion's share of the proceeds. Joshua also enjoys a huge payday.

[uppercut510]

hearn cannot pick the judges what the hell is wrong with you...bbbc control the whole set up and they govern the whole official situation and it's the same if aj was to fight in las vegas and nsac would govern the event...that's how it is and when you choose to fight someone in there own backyard that is the way things are.
The b-side always plays second fiddle to the a-side and that's the way it is fella

so you are saying wilder should sign that contract with those terms yes or no

[OldTerry]

That's the problem with us brits, we don't do racism as well as the yanks.

There are a lot of things you don't do as well as us yanks. I'll leave it at that.

[OldTerry]

Meanwhile Wilder somewhere in Alabama wants 50% split... lol

Alabama 52,419 sq. miles
England 50,346 sq. miles
UK 94,058 sq. miles

Alabama Average high Temp 76.5 degrees F
Alabama Average low Temp 53.5 degrees F

UK Average high Temp 56. degrees F
UK Average low Temp 43. degrees F

Alabama Average annual precipitation 53"
UK Average annual precipitation 33.7"


Other than being slightly larger, I don't see a single thing that makes the UK superior to Alabama

[uppercut510]

For the ones who keep posting the $50mil was fake

While Joshua was initially skeptical of the high offer, Hearn confirmed that it's legitimate and the money is there.

Even with $50 million on the table, Joshua is willing to make less money in order to face Wilder in the UK.

If Wilder wins, then Joshua is willing to make the rematch in the United States.

"It's the general opinion of myself, AJ and Rob McCracken [Joshua's trainer] that because of the status of AJ in the fight and what we've built over here in the U.K. that we should try and get it over here because he has earned the right for that fight over here," Hearn told Nick Parkinson.

"If Wilder wins, the rematch can be over there in America. We are going back and forth with talks at the moment and I'm confident we can make that fight. AJ appreciates he might not make as much money by fighting in the U.K. but realises that Wilder should be coming to the U.K. to fight first."

Joshua has grown accustomed to having massive crowds at his events, which recently range from 76-90,000 fans packing a stadium.