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The fights with AJ were conditional on neither of them losing before they fought each other. If AJ had fought Ruiz and lost after Wilder beat Breazeale, the deal would have been off. Wilder could have banked his $20million from the Breazeale fight and gone back to ST or Fox.
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Anyone who believes Wilder made $20m vs Breazeale is a Moe Ron.Comment
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Wilder made $20 mil in the non PPV Breazeale fight?
But why? Is Showtime a charitable institution now?Comment
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Actually, what Wilder made for Breazeale was readily available then. You had some reports saying only 10 million, some saying 18 million. But most folks reported him making the same money DAZN offered. Between what Showtime paid and what Haymon put in, Wilder made 20 million, as was reported by the Forbes article in the OP. More documentation to that effect follows:
2. Don't read into the ratings. Popularity is often judged through the lens of ratings, and Showtime ponied up a lot of money—Wilder was reportedly paid $20 million, through Showtime and his advisor, Al Haymon, who doubles as the head of Premiere Boxing Champions—to keep Wilder on premium TV.
Finkel told ESPN they are discussing a three-fight deal with Showtime. While he declined to give the value, he said Wilder would "make as much or more than he would have made under the DAZN deal" and that is without a fight against Joshua. Finkel also said that if the Showtime deal is finalized it wouldn't prevent a Joshua fight or Fury rematch on other platforms.
Showtime Sports President Stephen Espinoza, whose network has been quiet since late December when PBC relaunched its new deal with Fox, said Wilder’s loyalty to Showtime was the “tiebreaker” between offers that were “in the same ballpark.”
Wilder sold this night—for which he made a reported $20 million for 137 seconds of work—and sold it hard. Sold the incident between him and Breazeale in 2017 at a hotel in Alabama. Sold their confrontation, the bad blood, the pain he intended to inflict. He said in a press conference this week that he wanted to kill Breazeale and get paid for that at the same time.
Hope this helps...probably won't.Comment
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Only time would tell, since he turned down the guaranteed 100M he has had two fights, since we are now talking about money then we know he earned way less against breazeale on showtime instead of the 20M he was offered on DAZN.
We know showtime then pulled out of the rematch with Ortiz because they didn't think it was financially rewarding for them to pick up that fight, with the fight going to FOX and both boxers guarantees totalling 4.5m, let's see how their PPV does. Its on FOX which i believe is more viewed than showtime in america.
If the fight sells well, then he would be vindicated for "Betting on himself" but it doesn't then he must be the dumbest boxer in the history of the sport for turning down guaranteed 100M for less than 30M over THREE fights.Comment
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Correct. That's why they use the phrase "he was reported to have earned...". Or they quote Dan Rafael.
If they knew what he earned they would state "Wilder earned...".
They're reporting what others have reported. That's no more reliable than the original report.
Forbes are being very careful in what they're saying.Comment
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