Who here still thinks Wilder and his team wanted the fight?

[chrisJS]

At first I felt it was the usual both sides playing the media and drumming up interest but then I got the impression more and more that Wilder and his team were using it as a publicity stunt. Now it's obvious. Wilder went from "I'll fight for free", "Joshua is only about money", to "I want generational wealth" for turning down more than double he made for Fury and 7x more than he got for Ortiz to "They are begging to fight me" and "I won't be rushed into it". You'll see the tone has changed a lot.

My theory is that his handlers know Wilder's fan base will disappear with a loss and if he's not a title holder so they are going to try to ride it out as long as they can fighting the likes of Breazeale. With Fury they picked him thinking he was finished and that he's not a puncher so at worse fighting in America they at least won't lose on points. He sort of needed that re-match because the public saw him lose the fight but Fury went with a deal with makes Wilder fans hypocritical whichever angle they go with that's not criticizing him for this $100m duck.

They knew Joshua is the meal ticket and the biggest star in the division but they also know Joshua will KO Wilder so saying his name enough will get attention but they aren't ready to role the dice yet. They figure they can squeeze some mismatches out of him before they cash him out. A humiliating KO loss derails this and it also gives DAZN a huge shot in the arm and gives Hearn bragging rights.

Personally I will be no longer paying attention to him or his fights because he is a fake. He's been selling woof tickets.

[Robbie Barrett]

Lol at 2-3 M you Hearn fanatics mad he turned down that ****ty 12M only now to be the most coveted heavyweight on the market. Just know that he’ll make more than your entire family for the rest of his career. That’s all you need to know son. Wilder doesn’t need to sign with any foreigners he’s doing fine without Hearn and DAZN. They need him for their horrible ratings and subscribers he doesn’t need DAZN. Wilder and AJ will cut out the middle man and make more money. I’m glad that neither of the two African brothers sold their soul.

Only 12 mil? His highest payday is only 7 mil. He's back on regular Showtime, that's 2/3 mil at most. Wilder was offered 100 mil and a chance at all the titles, he ran from it to make 2/3 mil. There's no excuse for that, he's flat out scared.

[Jewish-Reptile]

Yeah because a boxingscene poll holds a lot of stock lmao. Nerd

You’re dealing with complete imbeciles regardless of post counts.

[EnglishOxide]

You forgot the most important option yet that’s barely a surprise considering we’re on NSB.

Wilder wants to maximise his earning potential hence when he does sign he’ll be earning an even bigger fee than previously offered, that goes over your head because you choose to ignore it or don’t want to hear it, peculiar.

How is he going to get a bigger fee next time when he just went from PPV to normal Showtime?

[Falkano]

You forgot the most important option yet that’s barely a surprise considering we’re on NSB.

Wilder wants to maximise his earning potential hence when he does sign he’ll be earning an even bigger fee than previously offered, that goes over your head because you choose to ignore it or don’t want to hear it, peculiar.

Earning potential? He has had one ppv fight and has just signed a non ppv fight deal....

[wolfang82]

Looks like Wilder is cutting off his beak to spite his face!

[Robbie Barrett]

Yeah because a boxingscene poll holds a lot of stock lmao. Nerd

You know why you haven't voted in the poll yet? Because you may be talking bollocks defending him but you know he's ducking so subconsciously you avoid voting.

Now you can force yourself to vote to prove me wrong.

[CharlieStewart]

So you’re admitting that you aren’t proficient in reading comprehension. Good to know.

I know exactly what you're saying, you just won't say it outright because it's ridiculous. Wilder is making a smart choice by delaying this fight he's not delaying it tho Joshua and Hearnz are ducking.

[Szef]

You forgot the most important option yet that’s barely a surprise considering we’re on NSB.

Wilder wants to maximise his earning potential hence when he does sign he’ll be earning an even bigger fee than previously offered, that goes over your head because you choose to ignore it or don’t want to hear it, peculiar.

Yeah no **** Sherlock, that's what exactly what I'm saying. He and his team were piggybacking off of Joshua's name this entire time with the Joshua huge payday being their ultimate goal.

So did they want the fight or not, yes or no?

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

You know why you haven't voted in the poll yet? Because you may be talking bollocks defending him but you know he's ducking so subconsciously you avoid voting.

Now you can force yourself to vote to prove me wrong.

I didn’t vote on a virtual poll because Wilder is ducking. That makes perfect sense. The poll wasn’t even there when I first commented, smart guy. This nerd is talking about a boxingscene poll like it holds weight in real life. “You didn’t vote in the poll” LMAO stfu weirdo.