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

[pillowfists98]

WBO have already said Joshua needs to fight his mandatory within 180 days. IBF final eliminator happens next month and their mandatory will be due. Keep up with the news if you want to talk crap.

Exactly why they want to negotiate now....
Wilder's teams strategy is to stall long enough and then claim Joshua is ducking when the mandatory is called.

[pillowfists98]

Being as though Joshua own promoter said aj/wilder will be biggest fight in uk history that answers ur question which is also why you wait until after wilder fights fury and if he wins aj/wilder grows bigger

Wilder shouldn't get more then Klitschko. 20 million would be about 35% which is more than fair to a B side.

[Robbie Barrett]

If Joshua wants the fight, he'll have to negotiate fairly.
If Joshua doesn't want the fight then he can just be
the "a-side" against b-level opponents.

Instead of creating a poll to ask fans weather they want
him to fight Wilder, Joshua should create a poll to ask fans
if they think greed should stand in the way of negotiations.
He should ask fans what is more important to them,
who he fights, or how much money he makes?

Real boxing fans want to see fighters fight,
and have little interest in how wealthy the fighters are.
I respect two hobos fighting over a tuna sandwich more
than I respect a greedy millionaire refusing to fight his
peer unless he can significantly lowball them in negotiations.

Favourite line of Wilder fans. But they prove they're full of **** when they defend Widers actions asking for a ridiculous ****.

[Ake-Dawg]

How is Joshua being greedy?? How much do you think this fight is worth anyway? Klitschko (who is a bigger star than Wilder) got about 20 million against Joshua. Do you think Wilder should get more? In my opinion, Wilder is pricing himself out of the fight.

Hmmm did you not hear Hearn say that a Wilder Joshua fight would be the biggest fight in boxing history. Apply that logic to how much Klitschko got and I think you have your answer.

[pillowfists98]

Hmmm did you not hear Hearn say that a Wilder Joshua fight would be the biggest fight in boxing history. Apply that logic to how much Klitschko got and I think you have your answer.

You didn't answer my question. Do you believe Wilder deserves more than Klitschko?? Even if the Wilder-Joshua fight is a little bigger its because Joshua is more popular now then he was then. Wilder is not as popular as Klitschko.

[sportbuddha]

Wilder has to be one of the worst managed boxers in history. His team playing high stakes with a bad hand over and over. Now they stalling to try and increase the value of their guy, but Fury is a terrible opponent for their guy, at best he wins and looks ugly doing it. Fury will keep him off balance all night.

If worse, he loses it’s gonna put a nail in the coffin of Finkels dinosaur era, it’ll have proved he’s past it in the game and Wilders career will be screwed a fall guy in the process.

The other totally dumb part of this is the fight likely has rematch clauses on both sides, plus there’s the mysterious mando ‘step-aside’ deal with Brezeale somewhere in all this. So I reckon team Wilder know their man is not available for 3 more fights anyway and instead of being straight up about it, they are slinging mud at the real champ.

[Ake-Dawg]

Favourite line of Wilder fans. But they prove they're full of **** when they defend Widers actions asking for a ridiculous ****.

Your perspective changes depending on the thread.

Why would we not want to see a rematch? As a fan of boxing...

Since when do fans argue about what a fighter deserves? Who cares? I support what I think gets the fight made so I can see it. As a fan...that's what I care about. At the end of the day 5 years from now I'm not arguing about who ducked who...I'm shaking my head that I didnt get to see the fight.

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

It’s too much money involved in boxing now for it not to be a business these guys get punched in head for a living every fighter should try and make as much money as possible medical bills after boxing aint cheap

Boxing has always been a business, but now the fighters
are trying to act like businessmen instead of fighters.
I understand what you are saying, and I agree that the
lowest tier fighters should be paid more than a few grand
for risking their health, but let's not pretend Joshua is
hurting for cash. The man is already set for life, with
millions upon million in cash & assets, and he is negotiating
like his dinner depends on weather Wilder get's 50-50 or
not. Joshua will never end-up eating at the soup kitchen.
He doesn't need to worry about taking food out of other
fighter's mouths. Joshua would not be squabbling over the
money if he was a hungry fighter.

[pillowfists98]

Favourite line of Wilder fans. But they prove they're full of **** when they defend Widers actions asking for a ridiculous ****.

They're too worried about how much Wilder's paycheck is going to be. They're accountants, not fans.

[Robbie Barrett]

Your perspective changes depending on the thread.

Why would we not want to see a rematch? As a fan of boxing...

Since when do fans argue about what a fighter deserves? Who cares? I support what I think gets the fight made so I can see it. As a fan...that's what I care about. At the end of the day 5 years from now I'm not arguing about who ducked who...I'm shaking my head that I didnt get to see the fight.

Your bias shines through when you think only one side should give in. You should be ****ting on Wilder demanding a rematch because that's another problem preventing the fight Mr "real fight fan"