Anthony Joshua vs. Deontay Wilder: Which side are you on?

[Jax teller]

Hmm, I'm not sure if the "Wilder just wouldn't entertain ANY offer" is actually true, or just Eddie Hearn's spin on things. It seems like Wilder's side do have their own ideas and they will no longer entertain anything less than what they believe to be the value of the fight.

Nothing from the Wilder team saying they tried for more or correcting Eddie, so that would seem the case.

Wilders team appear to be waiting for the maximum value of the fight as per their words to make one last smash and grab, cashout fight against AJ otherwise they'd be taking the slight hit now to make the most money in the rest of Wilders career after gaining the US casual market by becoming Undisputed.

[redmish]

I don't take sides, but AJ is my favourite of the two. He is better in almost every way in my opinion. He's fought better opposition too.

[Kezzer]

Well, only a few months ago the arguement wasn't about the figures, but the split. Parker got 65/35, Fury was offered 60/40 etc. So how can you be in favour of Wilder taking a deal that could equate to less than 85/15 across two fights?

Say for example the first fight is a split of $40M Wilder and $75M AJ. That looks and sounds great. But what if the first fight is a thriller and vin the rematch the split is $40M Wilder and $200M AJ?

He also turned down a guaranteed $20 million or 60/40 which is greater. So even if value was worth more he doesn’t lose out....

He has a choice of guaranteed money or a guaranteed split. THis guy seems to want his cake and eat it. Infact he’s only used to eating cupcakes but wants a wedding cake to eat, and a number of them.

Reality is that is all a smokescreen and wilder (or his team) do not want the fight yet. That might be because they think the value will go up or it might simply be they aren’t confident of the win - but either way they don’t want the risk at this time for the significant money on offer.

Joshua has consistently taken on tough opponents from early in his career so even despite some stories used against him from the wilder camp I struggle to see it. Career resumes say a lot and both are polar opposites currently!