Comments Thread For: Arum: Haymon, Wilder Were Wise To Walk Away From DAZN Deal

[Nusky]

They were also wise to not accept your deal old man.

[Input1914]

Arum is very clever but full of BS. He's clearly thinking about himself and has no interest in doing what's best for the fighter. Manny is still fighting for cripes' sake. Arum just wants the rematch with Fury and knows that the DAZN deal would make it nearly impossible. I think his projections are way off due to illegal streaming.

[alexnation]

And Usyk is their money maker right? Lmfao

He has a very good chance to become a big draw in heavyweight

[REDEEMER]

Maybe, somehow Arum can guaranty Wilder beats Fury. You know how it can go.

Then the Joshua fight isn't bigger for Wilder down the line and he just lost out on multi millions , so how can he say Wilder made the right choice ? He just contradict himself and is not telling the truth.

People don't understand Pac man had already lost in the Mayweather situation, a loss to either doesn't work in this one.

[Calibaloc]

Not so, you can find the actual deal offered in Dan Rafael's piece on ESPN but Wilder was offered a CHOICE of two deals.



So to be clear, he could've fought Breazeale on DAZN for 20m then Joshua twice for 40m a time, regardless of how he did in the first fight and that was it. No ties, no further options, just the mandatory then the two Joshua fights for $100m.

Oh ok. I'm just hearing different things. 3 fights is still a lot though. I guess Haymon and DAZN is going to have to work together to get the fight apparently.

[Califire209]

Al Haymon didn't exist to Bob arum a couple weeks ago, now he is being applauded and complemented..

[SUBZER0ED]

"Then, next year, when Fury and Wilder fight, the amounts that were offered are miniscule compared to the kind of revenues that will come from a Wilder-Fury fight. That’s the theory." Hmmm, theory, vs actual $$$ offer. That's a tuffy.

[Fanofreason]

Arum and Haymon are both desperate to defend the existing PPV model. They've built their empires upon it and if DAZN succeed in disrupting it they're in big trouble.

Understand what's happening here. It's not really about Wilder or Joshua, it's nothing about cowardice from either man, it's about a fight between alternative models of how to deliver boxing to US fight fans and this fight, as the biggest that can be made right now, is simply the battleground where these networks have chosen to fight.

US fight fans who are celebrating Wilder refusing this offer should look at how these decisions affect their own pockets. Compare the amount they would've had to pay for two PPV fights on Showtime PPV, say $180 for two months of DAZN subscription, $40 under the new plan, or $99 if they want all of DAZN's programming for the next year.

Wilder's team are backing the old way. They've turned down an offer that was above what the market would likely deliver in the hope they'll get more eventually and maybe they will or maybe they won't. What is clear is that the only place this additional revenue is coming from is the pockets of US boxing fans.

Dazn has not succeeded though. Your point is mute. Fox and ESPN are now 1 under Disney ownership. Dazn is the oddball left out.

[Lion81]

I'm tired of seeing Wilder wearing these ****** masks.

You're wearing those masks because you have to do whatever you can to try and make yourself interesting. Boring ass sucka.

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lol boxing has so many liars..