Have there been a case where the B side turned down a lucrative offer...

[clemenza]

Gary “ will not call a grown man spike “ O’ Sullivan, he was offered good money to fight GGG, Gary is not even a B side fighter, maybe a C fighter at best , and he turned it down than made up a story that the money was not enough to fight for a world title. Now Gary will be the main event fighter at the local Carnival when it comes to town

[Illmatic94]

Anthony Johnson is the biggest coward in sports history.

[Phenom]

Well really you dont know much and your posts will show that like this one bc you go by what a fighter has made .

In Wilders case its a 2.1 highest pay turning down what would take him about FOUR years of 15 Million to make which is OVER 7 x his highest pay bc he averages 1.4 Million a fight.

Meanwhile in REALITY Joshua can make almost 50 Million in TWO fights yet you want to TRY and debate me on whos walking away from a high payday ?

You don't know that's his highest purse stop regurgitating what Eddie says

You see him having hard time signing top names to Matchroom usa and getting shown up publicly by Broner

his numbers are wrong obviously

[brettWall]

If he was ready to take less than they would've offered a split and would've had the 1st undisputed HW title fight in UK history

He wanted Wilder to take less hence the flat offer


AJ was ready to take less when the initial offer was $12.5

Take less than $50 mil, if it wasn't obvious to you.

So you admit it wasn't really about the titles for Wilder, it's about the money.

Case close.

[koolkc107]

If you mean turning down Mayweather's insulting offer of 40 a million flat fee Pac turned it down. He ended up making many times more than 40 million for the same fight and those who said he ducked Mayweather by not taking that offer looked like fools. GGG was supposed to quit begging and be happy with the 35% Oscar was willing to give him for the rematch. He demanded more and he got 45% instead which is many millions more. What boxer made before a huge fight means nothing. What means something is he is half of that huge fight and deserves to be paid many times what he ever made before. If the huge fight doesn't happen the B side loses out on a career high payday but so does the A side. Both sides need to take somewhat less than they think they deserve or often no deal is reached and the big fight never happens.

We rarely agree on much but you nailed this.

And incidently, Pac wasn't a duck for turning down the 40 million, but he could have been seen as avoiding things when no counter offer was given. But, I wont argue that because it can be interpreted other ways.

Folks just want to ignore that 50 million was far and away Joshua's biggest payday- and if you believe Frank Warren, it was 80 million.

[Phenom]

Take less than $50 mil, if it wasn't obvious to you.

So you admit it wasn't really about the titles for Wilder, it's about the money.

Case close.

Is he really welling to take less than $50M when they offer a flat rate? They could've offered Wilder a guarantee of $15 with an upside like Wilder team offered

I hope you are not that gullible it's always about the money

[brettWall]

Is he really welling to take less than $50M when they offer a flat rate? They could've offered Wilder a guarantee of $15 with an upside like Wilder team offered

I hope you are not that gullible it's always about the money

It wasn't always about the money when Tyson, DLH, Pac, May, were B sides.

[brettWall]

GGG was supposed to quit begging and be happy with the 35% Oscar was willing to give him for the rematch. He demanded more and he got 45% instead which is many millions more.

Not the same case.

GGG already fought Canelo once and many said he won the fight. Not to mention Alvarez getting caught in a web of peds accusations, which supposedly decreased his stock. So Golovkin had every right to demand more than he got from the first fight. Problem was Canelo probably wanted none of the rematch or any part of GGG any further. They could have moved on and make more money without GGG. So demanding 50/50 was basically ****** for an opponent who wasn't really that interested.

What boxer made before a huge fight means nothing. What means something is he is half of that huge fight and deserves to be paid many times what he ever made before. If the huge fight doesn't happen the B side loses out on a career high payday but so does the A side. Both sides need to take somewhat less than they think they deserve or often no deal is reached and the big fight never happens.

That should only apply in cases where one fighter is feared or avoided. In which case the feared one should be willing to take less to make fights happen for him. GGG vs Jacobs took about a year to make and Jacobs got what he wanted because GGG made some adjustments.

No one avoids or fears Wilder or Joshua, so far as I know.

Also no one knows how huge this fight will be. It's subjective.

[285Kid]

Wilder turning down $15 million for a fight his right hand can win + he can get more in a rematch , all because his listing to the internet boxing community

[rickJen]

Wilder turning down $15 million for a fight his right hand can win + he can get more in a rematch, all because his listening to the internet boxing community.

True. He started off yelling he can beat Joshua and wants his belts. Overtime, his confidence waned and uncertainty started to creep in. Therefore, he must squeeze every penny he can get from the fight as if it's his last fight. Meaning, the fight has become very difficult to make. He said no to every offer Hearn gave him.