Comments Thread For: Lennox Lewis Backs Split, Not Flat Fee, For Joshua-Wilder Fight

[Liondw]

An even split could also be fair. I mean really now, why squabble over a million here or there, when you can be the undisputed heavyweight champion. Not to harp on the past era's which were better of course, but Lewis back then beats AJ and Wilder on the same night. One of the greatest of all time, Lennox.

[artfuL_]

So what’s your thoughts on the flat fee Hearn originally offered being more than what he made against fury?

Wilder is not a scrub you can offer peanuts to fight.

He is an undefeated champion and should garner a fair percentage split, just as the champ Lennox Lewis is stating.

Not that I need to state the obvious, a fight with AJ is far greater economically than fighting Fury.

[Shadoww702]

What are the terms offered after the Fury fight?

Even less lol.

[DougalDylan]

Wow you have the Parker contract that was never released can we all see it ............ place a link here please ...

Its kinda weird only Wilder fans seems to have a copy of this contract.

... what was actually said was from Higgins who reckoned it equated to 30-35% of the revenue and was not a straight split and could have been a flat fee, there was no definition of what parts of the revenue either, its been suggested AJ took the UK ppv and Parker the NZ similar to how the Fury Wilder was suggested it worked ...

Warren/Wilder said the Fury / Wilder split was 50:50 but the purses are on public record now and not surprisingly he lied.

.. but as you obviously have the contract Parker/AJ post it here otherwise I'll say Parker got 10% .... see making up figures is easy.

I have been saying for MONTHS that 35% is the OBVIOUS number to get that fight made

1) Parker got paid 32.5%
2) it was debatable whether Wilder was worth 40%
3) it was obvious that Wilder would accept 35%.....

..... so, why didn't they offer Wilder 35%.....?

then recently, even Fast Eddie slipped up and admitted that fact.....

"At the moment I think a split of 65-35 in AJ’s favour is fair"

https://www.boxingscene.com/hearn-if-wilder-fury-1-million-buys-ill-give-wilder-50-50--133005

wtf ???

they could have EASILY made that fight by now

now Wilder will want 40%, because now he is probably worth 40%

Joshua will fight Dillian Whyte lol

[BeLikeWater]

This has to hurt Joshua fans right in the feels. I mean the British legend himself, Lennox Lewis is calling Joshua a duckingham chumpington. It's gittin embarrassing for AJ INNIT...

[James Hunt]

Someone should tell this sellout Lewis that Hearn's last offer was % split with a 2-way rematch. But why sticking to facts when they can continue running an organized PBC/Sho smear campaign against Joshua. Disgusting.

[James Hunt]

Wilder is not a scrub you can offer peanuts to fight.

He is an undefeated champion and should garner a fair percentage split, just as the champ Lennox Lewis is stating.

Not that I need to state the obvious, a fight with AJ is far greater economically than fighting Fury.

So Wilder vs Fury is no longer "2 best HW's" fight?!
btw, Hearn's last offer was % split with a 2-way rematch. Even Parker didn't get that.

[nubianpiye]

You guys are ****** what perecentage of the pot do you think 28 million is? Probably about 35-40 percent of the pot right? Dependant on how many buy the fight. Where do you guys think the £28 mill is coming from? ****** ****s if this fight makes £80 mill which is probably an over estimation what percentage is a guaranteed £28 mill? That’s right dummies do the math it’s 35% ****os not sure why people just quote the numbers without using common sense

[Lopez_Boxing]

Here we go again. Same old shit, just a different day.

this was my exact first thought.

My second was, its funny how a no body like wilder has become the biggest topic around here.

But what to you said is how I feel on it now

[lion33lit]

Cornball greedy Hearn is still gonna come with his flat fee condescending offer. He always prepared for the lump sum payout, just in case his robot would have lost. DAZN needs funding. So if Joshua had lost, thereby probably losing his islands financial zombie funding ....Hearn would have had to do something extra desperate .....like promoting Miller as the next big thing...