The Wilder Excuses Begin

[Ron Swanson]

Don't feel like reading all of this and all the articles. Was the offer of 88 million plus upside for AJ and 12 million flat for Wilder the only offer?

You must have read something on the matter. Else how did you also come up with this nonsense $100m number?

Didn't read a thing, there's just a bunch of boxing channels saying these numbers. I don't doubt they're wrong that's why I'm trying to find out what offers have been made.

FTR I think this fight makes far more than 100 million. But after TV companies take their splits 100 million did seem a dangerous guarantee

How do you figure it makes far more than 100 million? And what TV splits are you talking about?

Well, getting 50 million in PPV in USA is rather easy, less than 1 million buys. I would imagine the biggest heavyweight fight since 2003 tops 1 million buys. Wilder has gotten great ratings for years fighting bums.

We keep hearing about all this UK money so if it is what it is billed to be one would expect the more popular AJ to produce equal buy money or greater in the UK.

Add sponsors, TV rights around the world, gate and this pushes well past 100 million.

Not sure how UK TV money is split but in the US the providers take half.