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so... here's what i think happened:
- wilder saw news of fury's deal, and subsequent cancellation of their fight. wilder loses it. he goes ballistic on two fronts. first because fury gets a contract before him, and second because fury makes him look like a fool.
- Wilder then receives an offer from top rank. threatens to accept unless he gets a similar deal from fox/showtime.
- Al haymon/shelley finkel start working on something for him, alongside getting the breazelle fight ready. Wilder says he is "network free".
- right around this time, eddie sends and publicizes more offers to wilder and finkel, putting pressure and backing them further into the corner.
- finkel gets on a podcast claiming he's not speaking to eddie anymore because of a weird case of phone tag.
- Eddie sends an offer to wilder, finkel and haymon to meet directly with john skipper to discuss a new deal. finkel and haymon never show up to the meeting.
- lou dibella is probably tired of all this and somehow, convinces wilder hear what skipper has to say. he likes it, and then demands that haymon/finkel meet with skipper. hearn is "removed" from talks.
- around this time, pbc finalizes a deal for wilder and the breazelle fight, announce it on ppv. the whole world is stunned. now they have no choice but to go hear Dazn out, which they do. the face-saving continues.
- wilder says it's "not goodbye" to showtime, and heads to the dazn meeting. hearns not there, so no excuses. they leave with the offer, but know they won't take it. wilder is suckered into accepting a lesser deal with someone else. they probably told him that he could fight 5 fights and not lose the wbc belt and earn more than 100 mil because pbc will pick the opponents.. they probably told him that if he goes to dazn, they won't let him fight joshua to earn that 100mil. of course he believes them.
- within 24 hours, pbc announce a presser for next tuesday. this had to be done quickly before wilder got cold feet. word gets out that they turn down the deal. of course, AJ is blamed.
- wilder saw news of fury's deal, and subsequent cancellation of their fight. wilder loses it. he goes ballistic on two fronts. first because fury gets a contract before him, and second because fury makes him look like a fool.
- Wilder then receives an offer from top rank. threatens to accept unless he gets a similar deal from fox/showtime.
- Al haymon/shelley finkel start working on something for him, alongside getting the breazelle fight ready. Wilder says he is "network free".
- right around this time, eddie sends and publicizes more offers to wilder and finkel, putting pressure and backing them further into the corner.
- finkel gets on a podcast claiming he's not speaking to eddie anymore because of a weird case of phone tag.
- Eddie sends an offer to wilder, finkel and haymon to meet directly with john skipper to discuss a new deal. finkel and haymon never show up to the meeting.
- lou dibella is probably tired of all this and somehow, convinces wilder hear what skipper has to say. he likes it, and then demands that haymon/finkel meet with skipper. hearn is "removed" from talks.
- around this time, pbc finalizes a deal for wilder and the breazelle fight, announce it on ppv. the whole world is stunned. now they have no choice but to go hear Dazn out, which they do. the face-saving continues.
- wilder says it's "not goodbye" to showtime, and heads to the dazn meeting. hearns not there, so no excuses. they leave with the offer, but know they won't take it. wilder is suckered into accepting a lesser deal with someone else. they probably told him that he could fight 5 fights and not lose the wbc belt and earn more than 100 mil because pbc will pick the opponents.. they probably told him that if he goes to dazn, they won't let him fight joshua to earn that 100mil. of course he believes them.
- within 24 hours, pbc announce a presser for next tuesday. this had to be done quickly before wilder got cold feet. word gets out that they turn down the deal. of course, AJ is blamed.
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