Ok these are the facts; After Team Wilder offered AJ the $50 million he demanded. There was no reply from Team AJ. They said they will up their original offer from $12.5m to $15m. They said it would be the next fight and there will be a rematch clause.
However, when they sent Team Wilder the contract, there was no date, venue or rematch clause; Only saying that if Joshua loses there will be a rematch but if Wilder loses there will not be a rematch. However, when Finkel asked where and when the fight will take place they never answered and then they responded we will supply you the dates.
So Finkel said fine. Make sure that you will have the contract back by Friday. However, the very next day less than 12 hours to be eaxact, the WBA came down with its ruling that Povetkin vs Joshua had to be finalized in 24 hours.
Now why couldn't Hearn tell Finkel that he was under duress by the WBA to get the fight signed during the final hours of their negotiations? Or better yet why couldn't Matchroom boxing ask the WBA just for a little more time because they were on the verge of wrapping up the negotiations within only a few hours?
I'll answer that one for you because they used it as an excuse to avoid Deontay Wilder. They had no intentions of fighting him this year anyway. They were stalling and dragging out the negotiations long enough so that the WBA could intervene. In other words Team Joshua was just running out the clock.
However, when they sent Team Wilder the contract, there was no date, venue or rematch clause; Only saying that if Joshua loses there will be a rematch but if Wilder loses there will not be a rematch. However, when Finkel asked where and when the fight will take place they never answered and then they responded we will supply you the dates.
So Finkel said fine. Make sure that you will have the contract back by Friday. However, the very next day less than 12 hours to be eaxact, the WBA came down with its ruling that Povetkin vs Joshua had to be finalized in 24 hours.
Now why couldn't Hearn tell Finkel that he was under duress by the WBA to get the fight signed during the final hours of their negotiations? Or better yet why couldn't Matchroom boxing ask the WBA just for a little more time because they were on the verge of wrapping up the negotiations within only a few hours?
I'll answer that one for you because they used it as an excuse to avoid Deontay Wilder. They had no intentions of fighting him this year anyway. They were stalling and dragging out the negotiations long enough so that the WBA could intervene. In other words Team Joshua was just running out the clock.
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