Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder Have A Lot To Lose

[champion4ever]

the article tries hard to remain neutral and does a good job for the most part

the biggest problem is that....wilder would have taken the 15 mil and would have signed the deal if hearn had made it for this year instead of next.....hearn tried to hoodwink the entire public by failing to guarantee the fight to be NEXT for both guy.....he dragged wilders side through months of BS and insulted wilder and his manager.....so now wilder stance has changed due to hearns behavior...he wont be so keen to the 15 mil when it comes time to talk again

Bingo! You hit the hammer on the nail!

[Noelanthony]

I didnt read the article mainly because Im tired of this shit.The bottom line is Wilder should have taken the 15 million dollar offer. It was offered for the next fight as I follow the timeline and Im sure Ill have mfers from both sides arguing either side. I dont care really but the fact is Joshua has 3-4 belts..has the better resume and the better following. Wilder has stated unequivocally that he will knock Joshua out so why not take the short money the first fight and clean up from then on. I mean thats what the mfer that alot of people here worship did when he fought ODLH and went on to be the highest paid boxer in history. The facts are the facts, Wilder needs Joshua, Joshua doesnt need Wilder. What did Joshua pull down last year? Ive heard upwards of $50 mill. He can literally fight anyone and sell 80k arenas out 3 times a year. He is calling the shots and he wont be giving that position up, he would be dumb to do so.

Wilder will take his $15 million and like it just like Floyd took what ODLH gave him. Time will tell if he can capitalize on it.

All facts . However Go off line bro just to be safe. My internet is buffering meaning I can sense they are typing as we speak

[Noelanthony]

Bingo! You hit the hammer on the nail!

Lololololol did he now?

https://goo.gl/images/LUhNtY

[juggernaut666]

Bingo! You hit the hammer on the nail!

"Bingo! You hit the hammer on the NAIL ! "

Bingo is right , confirmation you live in bizarro world !

[Accolade]

The $50 million offer with a 50-50 split was the most lucrative option for both fighters. Anthony Joshua declined that and countered with a $15 million flat fee despite saying he'd take the fight with those terms. The $15 million flat fee offer would force Wilder to go against his loyalty and not fight on Showtime, leave his country, have no say in the judges or referee, no say in the press conference locations/format, and worst of all, push the fight out to 2019 AFTER the Povetkin fight, which Joshua could lose.

Joshua, Barry Hearn, and Eddie Hearn all came back and said Joshua would be willing to lose out on tens of millions of dollars for the fight to be in the UK, "for the fans." Yet they couldn't provide a percentage and can't even guarantee a rematch clause where Joshua takes the same as Wilder should he lose. What is more important to the fans: the fight happening in the UK or the fight happening at all?

[Nightfall]

In these days and times a heavyweight champion turning down $50 million plus guarantee to fight another champion spoke to the highest volume. Un-****in-believable.

[juggernaut666]

The article ignores the fact all the extensions Hearn asked for so assuming Finkel was clueless about any deadline only an idiot would believe bc he also put it on social media that he was holding the contract and sending it back unsigned .....do the math Wilderettes ?

[Noelanthony]

In these days and times a heavyweight champion turning down $50 million plus guarantee to fight another champion spoke to the highest volume. Un-****in-believable.

Say it with your chest . I believe in you Americans you never let me down

[champion4ever]

"Bingo! You hit the hammer on the NAIL ! "

Bingo is right , confirmation you live in bizarro world !

You Joshua and British fanboys must be living in a Goddamned fantasy world if you think Wilder is going to accept the same terms and conditions as before.

After that older offer was snatched out from under him by Eddie Hearn for a Povetkin fight which included: Fighting on foreign soil, with no rematch clause if he loses, a $15mil Flat-fee, no guarantee or a percentage of the live gate or PPV.

Eddie Hearn is crazy. He turned down a bargain. Now he is forced to start all over again from the scratch by negotiating in good faith; That means to either deal em up straight or don't deal em up at all.

As there's no way Wilder and his people are accepting similar terms now. If you think Wilder is going accept that old contract after that bullshit Bait-and-Switch tactic that Matchroom Boxing tried to put down then you guys are more irrational than I thought.

[Noelanthony]

The $50 million offer with a 50-50 split was the most lucrative option for both fighters. Anthony Joshua declined that and countered with a $15 million flat fee despite saying he'd take the fight with those terms. The $15 million flat fee offer would force Wilder to go against his loyalty and not fight on Showtime, leave his country, have no say in the judges or referee, no say in the press conference locations/format, and worst of all, push the fight out to 2019 AFTER the Povetkin fight, which Joshua could lose.

Joshua, Barry Hearn, and Eddie Hearn all came back and said Joshua would be willing to lose out on tens of millions of dollars for the fight to be in the UK, "for the fans." Yet they couldn't provide a percentage and can't even guarantee a rematch clause where Joshua takes the same as Wilder should he lose. What is more important to the fans: the fight happening in the UK or the fight happening at all?

Look at my earlier comment I predicted this.... You didn’t even warm into your angle just the first sentence.... $50 million. God bless you bro you are a honest man. This world is evil, keep believing