Comments Thread For: Wilder Feels Joshua Unification is Worth $100 Million Purse

[Pechorin]

If you dont live in the USA you really have no viable opinion on the matter of wilder’s growing popularity....it’s without question....he saw him on the NCAA programming, we are him all over ESPN, all over showtime, on showtime tv shows, successful ppv, selling well at the Barclays and in Alabama....the fact that he was once offered $12m to fight Joshua by Hearn and now over $100m for multiple fights with dazn...it’s clear his star is growing. PBC has entered a new era in boxing exposure that is reaching the sports fan who doesn’t always tune in to boxing. In fact boxing is now more talked about than Mma again. If wilder wins and does so impressively, especially if he stops him early or one sided, and then makes a couple more defences and looks impressive, he is probably right about his pay....he is only going to get more popular in the USA, where even Hearn has said the fight will happen due to the money

I'm sorry. That's all nonsense. Wilder is all over the place, but nobody knows who he is. If he was as popular as you want to make him seem, then this fight agaisnt Breazeala would be PPV. 100million purse but can't even get close to 1million PPV buys. Remind me how much his last PPV sold.

For all the foreigners who read this crap. Dont be fooled. Wilder is a nobody here. Nobody knows he is.

[Boxing Logic]

Im much more interested in Joshua vs Usyk or Fury. Fury beat Klitschko before Joshua did, and Fury beat Wilder. Usyk is the undisputed cruiserweight champ and the most skillful guy at heavyweight, so there is intrigue there.

[Nomadic]

Wilder needs to close the chapter on Fury before fighting AJ. Then that fight will be worth it all!

[Boxing Hero]

Wilder is delusional or a duck. He's always pricing himself out

[Blueboy3]

is this coming all out of DAZNs pockets, Cause ain't no chance in hell it does enough PPV to pay wilder 50 million and AJs fee

[SchoolTheseCats]

I'm sorry. That's all nonsense. Wilder is all over the place, but nobody knows who he is. If he was as popular as you want to make him seem, then this fight agaisnt Breazeala would be PPV. 100million purse but can't even get close to 1million PPV buys. Remind me how much his last PPV sold.

For all the foreigners who read this crap. Dont be fooled. Wilder is a nobody here. Nobody knows he is.

We have saw how forcing fights that shouldn’t be on ppv plays out now since the May/pac debacle, Breazeale fight was not ppv worthy especially when illegal streaming is up and way easier to do... you do know his first ppv was on par or better than canelo/Floyd/Oscar/pac first ppv in buy rate right? Not saying he going be a big ppv seller cause need right dance partner to sell ppvs now

[champion4ever]

How is Deontay Wilder pricing himself out though? Eddie Hearn is already on record offering a double rematch clause starting at 60/40 for Joshua and a 50/50 split if Wilder wins their first bout.

[DougalDylan]

If you dont live in the USA you really have no viable opinion on the matter of wilder’s growing popularity....it’s without question....he saw him on the NCAA programming, we are him all over ESPN, all over showtime, on showtime tv shows, successful ppv, selling well at the Barclays and in Alabama....the fact that he was once offered $12m to fight Joshua by Hearn and now over $100m for multiple fights with dazn...it’s clear his star is growing. PBC has entered a new era in boxing exposure that is reaching the sports fan who doesn’t always tune in to boxing. In fact boxing is now more talked about than Mma again. If wilder wins and does so impressively, especially if he stops him early or one sided, and then makes a couple more defences and looks impressive, he is probably right about his pay....he is only going to get more popular in the USA, where even Hearn has said the fight will happen due to the money

It's actually quite easy we can compare the ticket prices and crowd for the two NYC shows right ,,

Its Wilders home base and a relatively small arena so must be sold out with tickets costing four times the MSG ones if PBC is any good or if they are currently selling for 50$ groupon then he sucks right ....

[champion4ever]

You guys are talking like you don't want to see the fight. If you want a little then you must willing to give a little.

In order to get ass. Then you have to bring ass. Make up your minds people. Do you want to see the fight or what?

Finally Wilder is coming around and starting to melt a little by warming to the idea of challenging AJ soon but all you boxing fans do is just criticize and complain.

[kafkod]

The total will keep increasing.

So it will always be worth waiting if you don't think you can win. This has got years to go yet.

Those are the key words. If Wilder and his team thought he could beat AJ they would have accepted DAZN's offer and got it done, twice, for a guaranteed $80million.

Then Wilder would have been the undisputed HW king with enough fame and drawing power not to need AJ or anybody else to pull $100million per fight.