Comments Thread For: Wilder: I'm A (Network) Free Agent; I Can Fight Anyone, Anywhere!

[Noelanthony]

Fury contract with ESPN is to fight in the states so forget about seeing him fight in the UK

All the heavyweights fighting here now

Good news for you

[Slip&Counter]

No, that's not what happened. Fury wasn't being asked to screw over his primary broadcaster. The fight aired on BT. Had Fury lost, BT still had incentive to rehab him.

And it's hard to take anything you say seriously when you're clearly just a fan boy who thinks Fury got "screwed over."

The fight was ruled a draw. The majority of ringside experts had a draw or Wilder winning. Fury winning was a minority view among ringside experts. Not because many thought Wilder won (Wilder winning was an even smaller minority than Fury winning), but because so many thought the fight was a draw. You look silly crying "robbery" when the official decision (draw) was a very common scorecard at ringside among top experts.

Oh nice, name calling. I’m not a fanboy, but I thought Fury won. I like both Wilder and Fury. They are my favorite two heavyweights.

[Ray*]

I really feel sorry for him. I really don't know why i do. I have criticise him over the last 12 months because i didn't think he wanted the Joshua fight, but he isn't the one tying himself up to network deals.. Thats Joshua and now Fury, but would Wilder's team allow him to fight on a rival network? I doubt it. In the past we have heard a lot of talk from Wilder but actions speaks louder than words.

[Noelanthony]

Let's see what road block Fury and his team come up with, because Wilder is saying all the right things. Which I bet they did not expect.

When he was offered 40% to fight for the undisputed he said nothing. ...... he is saying all the right things? You must be talking about when he talks about baby oil, voodoo and his mouth hurting from all his promoting. Wilder said if Fury doesn’t fight him he has enough PBC boys to fight for 2 years. Who says that S#hit? Then talks that he is a free agent and you are doing cartwheels because you like what you have heard. How about him saying “ let me go and get all the straps” don’t you want to hear that from your champion?

[Ray*]

Fight goes to bid, Wilder still gets 60% of the bid anyway, and his camp can still control the fight if they win (not sure what the contract looks like, but it would pretty legally shaky for a fight contract to disregard purse bids).

Not sure why Wilder would walk from 60% of the pot, lol

So if ESPN wins the bid you think Wilder's team would allow him to fight over there?

You know if their first fight was on ESPN and not showtime Fury would get that decision and no one but Team Wilder would complain.

[Ray*]

When he was offered 40% to fight for the undisputed he said nothing. ...... he is saying all the right things? You must be talking about when he talks about baby oil, voodoo and his mouth hurting from all his promoting. Wilder said if Fury doesn’t fight him he has enough PBC boys to fight for 2 years. Who says that S#hit? Then talks that he is a free agent and you are doing cartwheels because you like what you have heard. How about him saying “ let me go and get all the straps” don’t you want to hear that from your champion?

He has said all the right things in the past and he didn't take the fight. Remember the "No more dodging, no more ducking, no more hiding behind financials, I want Joshua"

And he got offered 4/5 times is usual payday and then turned it down, then they were meant to meet Team Joshua in New york and Shelly cancel two meetings, before they came out with the fake 50m offer.

So i would take whatever Wilder says here with a pinch of salt, he is an emotional person. He doesn't have any business sense at all.

[EnglishOxide]

I can fight anyone anywhere, except for Anthony Joshua on DAZN in the UK.

Nope!

Loyal to Showtime

[EnglishOxide]

I really feel sorry for him. I really don't know why i do. I have criticise him over the last 12 months because i didn't think he wanted the Joshua fight, but he isn't the one tying himself up to network deals.. Thats Joshua and now Fury, but would Wilder's team allow him to fight on a rival network? I doubt it. In the past we have heard a lot of talk from Wilder but actions speaks louder than words.

Haymon made all these promises to him about big paydays but now it's checkmate.

AJ and Fury are earning big without him on his own turf.

What can he make against Whyte/Breazeale/Kownacki?

I'd bet it struggles to break 10mill.

It's time for Showtime to put their money where their mouth is instead of trying to hold Fury and AJ over a barrel like they are the only way to get a foothold in the US market.

Are they going to back Wilder the same way?

[Fabes88]

Fury contract with ESPN is to fight in the states so forget about seeing him fight in the UK

All the heavyweights fighting here now

Lol no one really went to see him over here anyway.

[Ray*]

Haymon made all these promises to him about big paydays but now it's checkmate.

AJ and Fury are earning big without him on his own turf.

What can he make against Whyte/Breazeale/Kownacki?

I'd bet it struggles to break 10mill.

It's time for Showtime to put their money where their mouth is instead of trying to hold Fury and AJ over a barrel like they are the only way to get a foothold in the US market.

Are they going to back Wilder the same way?

Well they (Showtime) said they have 50m dollars, so they need to back Wilder with that money. Personally if i was Wilder i would be pissed off, now he is a definite number 3.

He was used by Fury and Wilder's team didn't see that coming, even Whyte is making more money than him. And if the Fury rematch doesn't come off then he better hope the WBC cancel the Whyte/Breazeale purse bid.