Comments Thread For: Finkel: Joshua Fight Will Only Become Worth More for Wilder

[Cigar]

Typical J*w. Not satisfied until they take every penny they can get.

[Noelanthony]

Everyone who knows business knows what this is.. 120 million for 3 fights.. 15m for Breazeale, 40m for AJ, and 65m for rematch. I WISH HE TOOK IT.. but, his perspective is, once ge dethrones AJ, if he gets past miller, it will be worth more than 65m.. not to mention the 50 to 60 million for the first azz whoopin.. AJ will retire before facing Wilder twice.. so u gotta get it all the first time! The End.

I don’t have a problem with Wilder I just wanted his fans to be realistic and don’t be blinded into thinking Winkle had any intentions in letting wilder fight for 15 million. You can see now how shrewd and cunning he is he would be doing Wilder a disservice if he signed. Most realistic Wilder fans know this. I’m not questioning Wilder he wanted to fight but his team knew his worth which in hindsight I suppose is a good thing.

Wilder is in a good position because nobody can become the undisputed without him. If AJ becomes a huge hit in America come June 1st it benefits wilder when they fight. If Fury does well it benefits Wilder too. He just has to ensure he takes care of his side which he will as it’s Brezeale.

So in 7 months his value has risen from 15 million to 40million and he got a draw in his last fight. It can only really go up unless he loses so as crazy as it sounds he is right to not sign. However the hypocrites need to stop they know who they are

[Noelanthony]

So does this mean that they never tried to negotiate at all before? When did they come to this conclusion, because they were willing to fight for 15 mil last year.....supposedly

Exactly bro

[Redgloveman]

Why would Finkel say this?

He's straight up admitting that he's delaying the fight which is a major PR loss - i.e. Finkel and Wilder are the reason that we're not getting the fight.

The reason is that Wilder will never fight Joshua. Finkel wants to make it appear that Wilder and co are still interested in the fight. They aren't. Wilder is obviously worth more to the PBC as a figurehead than he will ever generate and so they're going to put him in with soft touches and no-hopers until he retires.

The end.

[James Hunt]

Damage control.

[P4Pdunny]

Finkel pretty much confirming it but you will still have these deranged Wilderites shouting and hollering the contrary

[James Hunt]

btw, how much will he get from SHO for Brazil fight?

Hope Brazil floors him.

[EnglishOxide]

I want to see how Lennox and Holyfield spin this.

[James Hunt]

Don't think Wilder had much to say. Other interests prevailed over Wilder's. Haymon just can't afford 2 weight divisions being locked with DAZN, esp. HW. A lot of PBC fighters think that if Al is black he can't milk them. Your own people usually milk you the most. Why? Cuz you don't expect them to.

[Adamsc151]

Finkel is taking a risk by letting it marinate for further profit, and why is Wilder letting him do it?
I'm sure it was Wilder who was accusing Joshua's team of trying to wait until he was age-damaged; looks like it's his own management team that's risking this happening, and was doing so the whole time while throwing blame the other way.