Speaking of "Pocket-watching" wilder...
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Listen WBC WBA IBF alt.Wilder just headlined a successful PPV. ESPN and Showtime both made huge offers to put his next fight on PPV. For whatever reason, he preferred to have the fight on premium cable.
You were the one insisting Wilder should accept 12.5. Then you insisted he should accept 15. Now you insist he should accept 40. Time has proven you wrong over and over.
The men managing and advising Wilder are the men who were managing and advising the fighters who received almost all of the biggest purses in history. In a short time, they've guided him from a 12.5 offer to a 40 offer. If he ultimately gets 50 or 60, or even 100, what will you say then? Where would he be if he'd accepted 12.5 like you said he should?
He's nowhere close to being as popular as Pacquiao was, that comparison is ******ed.
Wilder highest payday is 7 mil. Now he's back to 2/3 mil on Showtime. If he accepted 12.5 and won he'd be earning a hell of a lot more than he is now.
He's not going to get offered more than DAZN offered. That was an unbelievable offer in which they'd lose massive money paying him. They were only willing to do it because they're just starting out and trying to gain customers.Comment
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So does Joshua. He would have made career high paydays against Wilder and Fury and turned both offers down. Something being a career high payday doesn't automatically make it the wise business decision.Comment
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