Comments Thread For: Joshua, Hearn Stand Firm: Wilder Fight Must Be in The UK

[Holler]

They should have not said take it or leave it then.

Is there any proof they did? Hearns says not.

[uppercut510]

I just don't see how it's the huge money maker in America that people say it would be. As far as I know wilder isn't some star and people were taking the piss saying people think he's called Anthony Johnson. You're looking at more of a ward kovalev type thing than pacquiao mayweather. I don't know why wilder wouldn't fancy the job at Wembley, what an experience that would be for a fighter. Imagine knocking Joshua out in front of 90k of his own fans.

well eddie hearn himself said it would do more money in America. I just think they should have offered wilder a percentage this way it would be in the uk no doubt

[Noelanthony]

You obviously missed the last two AJ fights. two stink fests in a row. his fight vs Parker was the largest pile of **** in heavyweight boxing history. Can't think of any fight worse than that.

And how can you say Wilder brings nothing to the table when he offered Joshua $50 million plus PPV upside?

AJ is a fckn shameless coward. Period.

"Give me $50 million I'll sign tomorrow." The coward got his card pulled.

Now the goalpost moves to the location.

AJ fanboys have zero credibility after spending weeks calling Wilder's offer a PR stunt.

Wilder vs Stiverne 2. A fat old Rasta that was out of his depth stepping in with the heavyweight champion of the world. It was a fight that proved absolutely nothing. I can imagine you were entertained but history has already forgotten that fight. It was for no marbles so didn’t mean anything then and definitely doesn’t mean anything now.

Granted AJ fight with Parker was a snooze fest but it meant something. He achieved something . Probably guaranteed him an extra 5% in the negotiations. We are ready to lock horns so hopefully all this yapping will stop

[OCPancho]

what should they say? here is the offer, complain and we will up it for u if u like?

They should have not sent in that ****** amount offer for one.
$12 freaking mill for the biggest heavy fight in a long time ?

[Scipio2009]

What is the limit ?
We're talking tens of millions of dollars here.
Not some waiter's income .

My understanding is that it's dollar for dollar. Wilder fights in the UK for $10m, the UK government takes $4m in taxes, Wilder's US tax for the year is $5m, deduct $4m from the UK tax, and Wilder only owes $1m (the numbers are completely made up, but you should get the point).

[OCPancho]

Is there any proof they did? Hearns says not.

It's Hearn, not Hearns.
Hearns was the great boxer .
I guess this was fake news.
So was this one .

I bet he did and retracted.

[Smash]

They should have not sent in that ****** amount offer for one.
$12 freaking mill for the biggest heavy fight in a long time ?

it was a lowball, so what, its a legitimate tactic in negotiating, happens ALL the time, no need to get excited about it, if its the FINAL offer then its a problem, basically its nothing until it final, u heard of final offer before?

[IMDAZED]

What's naive about it?

Joshua consistently talks about his fans. Either you believe him that the fans (and essentially how he's viewed by them) mean a lot to him or you don't.

If you believe it's fake then you've got to accept that he's doing it for a reason (e.g. publicity, marketability, whatever). If that's the case then it's worth something to him so he's going to want to keep up the act by delivering the fight to the UK fans - not cut 85,000 of them out when he sniffs an opportunity to make more money elsewhere.

The longterm PR value is likely to make up the lost revenue anyway PLUS he gets hometown advantage in the biggest HW fight of the decade.

Long term PR value? What? You’re just blabbering now.

Joshua already draws 80-90,000. They aren’t going to build a new stadium seating 150,000 because he was nice to fans.

Eddie Hearn doesn’t control the promotion if it’s in the US. If you think he’s more concerned with the fans than that fact, then you are being naive and there really isn’t a need to discuss this further with you.

[New England]

Vegas is a stinking ****hole of corruption, as Kovalev and GGG discovered. If I was AJ, I would not even think about fighting Wilder in Vegas.

name me a more neutral venue for this or any major fight. and don't say england, i'll spit out my coffee.

[OCPancho]

it was a lowball, so what, its a legitimate tactic in negotiating, happens ALL the time, no need to get excited about it, if its the FINAL offer then its a problem, basically its nothing until it final, u heard of final offer before?

Well, lowball offers are usually done by promoters who don't want to risk their meal ticket .
And slimy promoters and managers also throw in slave options .

Legitimate tactics in negotiating is making reasonable offer in good faith.
Lowball offers are masked ducks to me .