Comments Thread For: Wilder's Manager Doubts Joshua Fight Will Happen in 2019

[Akutalee]

Wilder and his teams are not interested in fighting Joshua.. first the want more money secondly 50-50 or no fight now they want rematch if you’re so sure of winning sign the ****ing contract and win big then you control the rematch... he should stop ducking and going on social media to post nonsense video

[Blond Beast]

Hearn makes Povetkin fight for less money, then claims its 50-50 close. This is promoting. If he expected u to believe him he’d be a horrible promoter to make that fight.

[AdonisCreed]

No he didn't confirm the money was there. He confirmed the offer.

It has now been revealed that Wilders team had Warren and BT sport involved in the offer. Hearn and Sky's rivals. That should confirm to any reasonable person the the offer was BS. Joshua was never going to fight on a rival to Sky, Sky would flatout not allow it.

Dude you're way off you can Google it and or even find a YouTube video showing Hearn confirming the money lol Hearn is stopping the show to protect his cash cow it's obvious. I believe AJ would definitely fight Wilder if it weren't for Hearn being in his ear. Also AJ can demand the fight he's The Man he can tell his promoter to make it happen if he wanted it to. AJ has the final say. But who can blame him for riding the wave as long as he can? AJ can fight a cub scout and sell out a stadium that's the main reason it's not gonna happen.

[Kiowhatta]

Interpretation: Wilder will only fight AJ on his own terms, on his own soil.

Some might say AJ is doing the same.

One of them will have to travel, or the event will have to be held on neutral ground.

In all likelihood in will only happen after one of them has suffered a loss and wants to punch out with a career ending pay-day.

When it comes down to it, Wilder needs AJ more than the inverse - without him he’s a paper champion with one of the most questionable records ever.

[LacedUp]

My fault..wrong thread. For your education:

"I have sent three separate emails to Barry saying that I have no desire to meet with Barry unless I have a real offer for Wilder to meet Joshua," Finkel told Sky Sports.

"He and I have been in the business long enough to know what that offer would look like."

Oh dear. They've sent a signed contract on the terms Shelly and Wilder accepted.

Then came "we want 50/50 or no fight"

Wake up and smell the coffee.

[LacedUp]

Did Team Wilder saying they wouldn't accept a flat fee back in August stop Hearn from sending a contract with a flat fee? Makes no sense right....

No because they literally said they accepted the offer

flat fee of 15 million. As soon as that contract came, excuses from Wilder's side came with it.

[N/A]

B-side with one belt demanding rematch clauses against the A-side with three belts.

#1 - I want to commend you for telling the truth about how many world titles AJ has. Unifying three recognized world heavyweight championships is a very big deal. AJ did it very early in his career and will go down as an all time great IMO. There's no need to lie and claim he has four world titles like so many fans do.

#2 - When AJ fought Klitschko, AJ had a belt and Klitschko didn't. They still signed a two fight deal anyway. Hearn says AJ vs. Wilder is bigger than AJ vs. Klitschko. Not only that, he says it's the biggest fight in UK history. Wilder agreed to a flat fee and agreed to no rematch and Hearn chose Povetkin anyway. So now Wilder has moved on with his life and has no interest in the fight unless he's treated in negotiations with respect.

No more flat fee. No more one sided rematch clause. Lewis vs. Tyson was a two fight deal. AJ vs. Klitschko was a two fight deal.

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They've sent a signed contract on the terms Shelly and Wilder accepted.

That's a lie. The terms Finkel and Wilder accepted were for the fight to be before Povetkin, not after. For the fight to be next. In 2018. Before the new PBC TV deal kicked in.

They were never sent a signed contract for the terms they accepted. They never accepted 2019.

[N/A]

Wilder is making max. $2M per fight.

You have no way of knowing what Wilder makes. Purses filed with the commission are bogus. Were you not aware of that?

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B-side getting a rematch clause in a unification fight rarely happens, can't think of one. Can you?

Sure. Wladimir Klitschko when he fought Anthony Joshua.