Comments Thread For: Wilder: I'll Repeat, Only Way Joshua Fight Happens is 50-50 Split!

[Jubei]

Jeez are there any sane people left who still support this cowardly hypejob? Shame on you if you still do.

[Boksfan]

Beyonce Wildher the Alabama coward ducking again.

[Boxing lives]

Joshua needs wilder to make the most money possible. The biggest pot of gold for this fight is in Las Vegas and Joshua needs to ride wilders bigger name in America for the pay day. 50-50 is more than reasonable for team wilder to demand. This is a fight that can’t be had in a stadium with a bunch of blokes paying a few pounds to get hammered and sing sweet Caroline. This fight needs Vegas and that means you cannot lowball the baddest man in the planet!

[Bronx2245]

OK, enough about Joshua! It's all about Breazeale! You're not getting 50/50 from Joshua, and DAZN is not letting Joshua fight in a PPV on SHO/FOX!

Hopefully Ortiz can get a meaningful fight, and prove he's not done. I would suggest Ortiz vs. Kownacki, and the winner gets a title shot! Get the "mando" out the way, and then take a voluntary!

After that, let's see what Dillian Whyte or Fury is all about!

[Holler]

Try and take the emotion and preferences out of this and look at the relative negotiating strength of each party. What does each man bring to the table? What is each man risking? What are each sides alternatives if the fight isn't made and how much can they earn from them? How old is each man and how much longer can they be confident that they are in their prime? Etc etc. If you can answer these questions honestly without bluster or self deception you can determine if Wilder will get his 50/50.

[angkag]

It’s not just about 50/50, he isn’t taking any fight outside of showtime. They protect him in showtime, that’s his network backing. If he fights Fury for more money on ESPN he would be vulnerable, if he fights Joshua outside of showtime he would be vulnerable. It’s about holding that belt hostage.

Wilder surely wants to make money though, and I'm trying to think how he plans to do that. The 50/50 demand is just tactics for the fight with Joshua, but he has to know it makes the fight non feasible in the short term (over the next year). I was thinking he was seeing his next 12 months to be Brezeale then Fury, so no harm in sticking to the 50/50 line to strengthen his position post Fury (assuming he wins, big assumption).

If no assumption that Fury II happens, he's taking an enormous risk of ending up with no big-money fight, so best I can figure it is that there has to be some plan to get around the Showtime/ESPN conflict so that Fury II happens, which gives him time to punt Joshua down the road and meantime to stick to his hardest negotiation demand of 50/50 for now, then compromising later.

[NaijaD]

The fight won't happen then and Wilder is the one that will lose out the most. Joshua will likely knock out Miller and he won't look like a novice imitating a drunken octopus doing it which will further convince fans that he's the man in the division (if they didn't already know).

[yoshik]

WILDER is S H I T. Junkyard dog vs Thoroughbred race horse. Punk ass b i t c h vs. Navy Seal. Wilder is the horses ass.

[yoshik]

Joshua needs wilder to make the most money possible. The biggest pot of gold for this fight is in Las Vegas and Joshua needs to ride wilders bigger name in America for the pay day. 50-50 is more than reasonable for team wilder to demand. This is a fight that can’t be had in a stadium with a bunch of blokes paying a few pounds to get hammered and sing sweet Caroline. This fight needs Vegas and that means you cannot lowball the baddest man in the planet!

You are out of your mind.

[yoshik]

Wilder is a genuine good guy. All that stuff that comes out of his mouth is forced, cringey, pantomime BS. Every real interview he has ever done shows a really genuine, likeable man. He wants to come across like a monster but nobody buys it.

Maybe. But he's the worst boxer in History. He deserves 30%