Comments Thread For: Wilder Taking Step-Aside Money Would Be Embarrassing, Hearn Says

[Sparked_26]

Wilder will never step aside.

I dont doubt his stubbornness and self-belief for 1 second.

Besides Fury is a weird lad himself. If Fury decides he doesn't really give a s.hit Wilder could still land the right hand from the back of the room. Even if Fury is good on the night he could still get banjoed

If Fury smashes him again. Then Wilder can retire at 35 with all the marbles he had to begin with. That is a highly successful prizefighting career there.

Wilder can get up for one more fight and leave it all in the ring.

It wouldn't make sense for Wilder to knock over someone like Charles Martin for a few million. Wilder going back to the drawing board at his age is unrealistic and you could see him losing to someone else anyway. Just like AJ got shocked. If someone smashed Wilder in the interim it wouldn't stop the world turning.

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Wow, the complete opposite thing that a promoter would say if he WANTED the fighter to take the step aside money.

Seriously are you trying to be dumb all the time ? The article said he wants him to take the side step money for his fighter but is comparing the AJ situation and how that would have went if AJ avoided the rematch ,one that Wilder said he wouldn’t win .

[lion33lit]

Hearn is finally taking the time to figure out championship mentality, instead of looking at every opportunity to line his pockets....Legacy -vs- having profit as the main aim.

[MastaBlasta]

LMAO. Who's going to pay that bum that type of money? He'll eventually pull out.

LoL. No one's paying while CoronaVirus has everything on standby, but if we get clear in the next4 months ... look out.

[powershots]

Shame or not though, it depends on the step-aside money. They could offer enough. $20 million would probably do it.

If I were Wilder I'd take 20 - 25 million and stand down. Work on things I need to work on. Time well invested is always priceless and pays the most dividends.

If he comes back and takes down Fury and Joshua, history would say he was a genius.

Same! I agree with that!

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I see what hearn is doing,he is goading deontay into taking the fight anyways because he knows if fury beats or better demolishes him again fury has no qualms taking the joshua fight and they have one less heavyweight to worry about

He’s not goading anything he was asked if he offered Pulev money to step aside which the answer was no and only if Wilder would do that would he even go into conversation with Bob Arum about that .

[lion33lit]

Comparing a legitimate slick 300lb boxing gargantuan with a floppy stiff palm - to a little tubby fast handed stationary target is stretching it Eddie.

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Comparing a legitimate slick 300lb boxing gargantuan with a floppy stiff palm - to a little tubby fast handed stationary target is stretching it Eddie.

Ruiz would be a far more difficult fight for either AJ or Fury then Wilder would. He’s not stretching anything he’s telling it like it is because Wilder cannot back out without looking like a fool again which seems to be a common theme again and again with all the smack he talked about AJ loss and how he would lose because he was a fake champion .

[SinderellaMan]

Take $10 million.
Step aside
Let Fury & AJ fight 2x.
Let them get some wear & tear.
Fight winner for undisputed & after KOing Whyte, Parker.
But Finkel wants to cash out now for less.
Hate him or love him, Hearn would've taken much better care of Wilder than Finkel.

[MulaKO]

A lot of coghsucking from the usual Hearnamaniacs
Incredible how butthurt they get the minute someone mentions AJ or Hearn
Personally I wish all three of them would go away