Comments Thread For: Hearn is Firm: Wilder Doesn't Deserve 50-50 For Joshua Fight!

[MC Hammer]

Joshua/Fury would do more numbers than Joshua/Wilder.

Yeah with the same fanbase coming from each opponent? No one in the US would pay to watch that fight. It's a domestic ppv in the UK at best

[Boxingraya]

Thing is - Wilder needs a supporting cast even in his own country.
The logical way to view it is that they both PROPORTIONATELY increase their money making opportunity if they fight each other, but that increase is disproportionately slanted toward Wilder in a 50/50 arrangement. Heck, even 40% for Wilder is a disproportionate increase and generous to his side.
He simply doesnt want it. His story / excuses change every day. If you cant acknowledge this I think you're either trolling or are lacking in discernment skills - its very easy to see what's happening for those who just tell it like it is, just as so many former Wilder defenders are now Wilder detractors. He's hurting boxing and gmfans who back him are allowing that to happen- to.us all.
Instead of defending him why don't you join the many others who now call him out for his blatant cowardice? That'd help improve boxing for everybody as well as the young fighters coming into such a corrupt environment.

Not even Floyd could always fight no-hopers on PPV and expect it to sell. Eventually AJ will need a real dance partner. Unless you think yellow tooths will continue to support his bum of the month club tour? His fans should be demanding more IMO.

[MC Hammer]

Joshua makes Sky a lot of money, Joshua makes a lot of money, the fans now know Wilder is the one that ducked. There's no pressure on Joshua. Pressure is on Wilder. The fans are ****ting on him and how long do you think Showtime are going to pay big money to a fighter that can't sell PPV?

Not "the fans" just "the brits" and no one here cares what you guys think because fighters aren't trying to break into your market the way that UK fighters are trying to here. Have you ever stopped to ask yourself why all of your precious champs are coming across the pond? It's because you guys are tapped over there. They can't get any bigger which means that they're purses have peaked. Your opinion doesn't matter because you have nothing more to add. So if AJ wants to actually get paid he is going to need an American fanbase and he will need Wilder for that. So it's time to up that 50-50.

[MC Hammer]

So Wilder-Fury wouldn't be PPV worthy either, it sold the same as Canelo-Smith.

Miller can't sell tickets, it's all Joshua. Where does it say tickets prices are being dropped?

They're 3x the price of Wilders. Joshua drawing a bigger gate than Wilder is going to be very embarrassing, i'll be sure to make a thread about it.

LMAO it went from AJ sold out MSG quicker than anyone ever to "well Miller can't sell tickets" and "watch when the gate figures come out". Secondary markets, where the tickets are being sold, don't count toward gate figures.

[TexasCowBoy]

Why do people that don't even know the cable providers take half the PPV discuss money?

Because these so called bidness men don't know business .....

[SinderellaMan]

Holy ****!!

40% is a great offer for wilder, wtf is wrong with him wow

It's because Hearn offered him peanuts when Wilder wanted 40%.
Hearn's original offers were insulting & now Haymon is not budging.
The funny thing is that Wilder is very beatable, deficient in many fundamental aspects but with that lion heart & KO power, people will watch him.
And I don't see him losing for a while.
I think he's turning down the offers because he is closing in Rocky's record & if played smartly, it's not beyond reason to tie or even break it.
I'm a big fan of both guys but I've been with Wilder since he started.
JUST SIGN THE DAMN FIGHT!!!!

[Thebrownbear]

Hearn must have spoke to Stevie Wonder, I’m sure Stevie broke it down as far as the split and any thing else Wilder didn’t deserve no 50 percent, maybe 25 to 30 ha ha

That does it then Edwina you smelly old twat. There will be no Wilder fight.

[JWHardin]

Wilder vs Joshua?

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

[NachoMan]

What on earth is that source? It's a random fluff piece which is clearly not fact checked.

There were loads of articles on this very site with direct quotes from Hearn about the DAZN deal and how DAZN have first-option on Joshua fights but do not have a deal with him specifically.

So no DAZN can't tell AJ what's up because they have no deal with Anthony Joshua.

Yeah, right. DAZN has a big deal with Matchroom to do 32 shows this next year; half in the UK, half in the US. According to Hearn, 4 of those fights have to be blockbusters in order to make the DAZN deal work. Not mere PPV level fights, but blockbuster fights. Matchroom owns AJ and, by extension, so does DAZN. Keep reading.

[Nomadic]

I agree but what would he be agreeing to a 60/40 split on a subscription platform for a fight is the issue with them offering free subscriptions that they won’t make money on

Yeah, that's also a problem.