Comments Thread For: Wilder: Eddie Hearn is Not a Guy That You Can Trust

[champion4ever]

Correction to whoever wrote this article; Wilder was offered 12.5 million initially to fight Joshua in the UK which he rejected. He then sent Anthony Joshua an email claiming that he had 50 million dollars to bring the fight to the U.S. 50 million dollars was not the initial offer. Deontay Wilder did not make the initial offer. He rejected the initial offer. Get it correct boxingscene.

He didn't reject that offer. Just because he didn't sign it doesn't mean he rejected it either. It was Joshua's mouthing off that killed that deal by his "Give me $50 Mil- I'll sign to tomorrow" comment which was why Wilder never agreed to sign that $12.5 Mil contract. He simply called AJ on his bluff to only have him blink on his threat later.

[Bronx2245]

Of course he didn't fight for the flat fee. He had already been offered a 50/50 deal. It was pretty much public information that Pacquiao had been getting advances on future earnings from Bob Arum and that he was not managing his money well. Mayweather maybe thought that he could take advantage of that with the flat fee offer. But Deontay Wilder does not have the same kind of leverage that Pacquiao had in that scenario. And I know that you're not arguing that.

He doesn't have that kind of leverage, but if Parker got a percentage split, Deontay deserves more, because Wilder vs. Joshua is a much bigger fight! Canelo vs. GGG II, Spence vs. Crawford, Garcia vs. Loma, are the only fights that can compare!

[PunchyPotorff]

Not that there hasn't been a little b.s. from both sides in this back n' forth... but Wilder just needs to stop all the whining and sign for this one. HE isn't bigger than boxing like he thinks he is. And BTW, this whining right here is just indicative of the difference of experience and skill in the 2 camps. Shelly is small change, Hearn is the more experienced by far. Wilder has worked for peanuts because of Shelly. Hearn obviously has bigger stones and it shows with the mega purses Joshua has brought in. Wilder just needs to shut. the. he!!. up. and. SIGN. Get this show on the road.

[Oshio]

I don't understand what Wilder mean by "Everybody can see that we tried"? How is this true? Oh, has he given up on the fight already