Context often tells a different story
Wilder did not exactly duck Joshua's 120 million dollar offer...Al Haymon ducked DAZN to preserve his relationship with Showtime.
In context, Al was looking out for Al when he cooked up his "so called" better path for Wilder. The path was to fight Breazeale for 20 million, then Ortiz II before beating the former lineal champ. It was sold as the perfect end-around Joshua while making just as much fighting easy BUT more importantly Haymon thought he could keep the fights in house.
In the real world, Wilder got paid for Breazeale but made peanuts for Ortiz and Fury who turned out to be better than expected. Before the rematch Fury signs with Arum, Wilder gets knocked out and the promise of big money is dead. Wilder gets to watch Ruiz capture the belts and Haymon keeps his relationship with Espinosa.
Everyone wins BUT Wilder.
As I've said many times, a little honest context often tells a different story.
Wilder did not exactly duck Joshua's 120 million dollar offer...Al Haymon ducked DAZN to preserve his relationship with Showtime.
In context, Al was looking out for Al when he cooked up his "so called" better path for Wilder. The path was to fight Breazeale for 20 million, then Ortiz II before beating the former lineal champ. It was sold as the perfect end-around Joshua while making just as much fighting easy BUT more importantly Haymon thought he could keep the fights in house.
In the real world, Wilder got paid for Breazeale but made peanuts for Ortiz and Fury who turned out to be better than expected. Before the rematch Fury signs with Arum, Wilder gets knocked out and the promise of big money is dead. Wilder gets to watch Ruiz capture the belts and Haymon keeps his relationship with Espinosa.
Everyone wins BUT Wilder.
As I've said many times, a little honest context often tells a different story.
Originally posted by Squ□redCircle34
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