When God said to the both of us "Which one of you wants to be Sugar Ray?" I guess I didnt raise my hand fast enough
Charley Burley
Former Undisputed 4 belt Prediction champion. Still P4P and People’s Champion.
I'd be surprised if this fight doesn't cater to US time as they are really trying to push wilder mainstream here. It will be interesting to see what happens time wise, they did Vlad fights in the afternoon here. Actually an afternoon showing would be more convenient for me but they usually don't consult with me about air times
Bottom line is that Wilder needs more fights like the Ortiz one to build his profile more, the Barclays Centre wasn't even sold out for the Ortiz fight and it only holds 18,000 people.
Joshua's last 3 fights have pulled in around 250,000 people.
Those figures and the fact Josh holds 3 of the 4 belts tell us all we need to know.
Wilder and his people are shit businessmen, they should have jumped at the chance to be ringside on Sky Sports the other week and taken the Whyte fight without even thinking about it whether it was in the UK or the USA.
Shows you just how potent Eddie Hearn is at promoting![]()
Deontay Wilder has nowhere near the clout that AJ has. I'm talking promotional clout. AJ also has far far better names on his resume. There is no way wilder should be getting more than 40% of the purse.
That's interesting news. I just threw that number out there 40% but if this is true now what you're saying that was a pretty good guess on my part. I mean AJ has fought Wladimir Klitschko but who has Wilder fought? Bermane Stiverne and Ortiz are his two best wins and that is not saying much although Ortiz did very well for himself at the age of 41. Perhaps AJ should demand 65% and force Wilder into a 35% humiliation. In the end Wilder will have to accept if he wants to continue with his career
Let me teach you guys something. America never gave a shit about Klitschko. Wilder is from here and can bring fat money with PPV. So yes the fight could bring in 100 million. I don't know if AJ is trying to price himself out of a fight. I think AJ is a better fighter. Still if I was his management team I would have at least one or two more fight to sharpen my skills.
Let me teach you something. Your American fighter is not PPV in your country, never has been, not once, ever, 40 fights. He doesn't even have an exclusive deal with a major cable outlet. He got paid $2 million for his last fight (his biggest payday).
So you're claiming that $98 million extra is on the line, Wilder is going from a $2 million to $50 million fighter overnight. Get real.
3-Time SADDO PREDICTION COMP CHAMPION.
Be honest with yourselves. Are you really trying to use Wilder's past fights against powderpuffs to gauge what his following would be for a mega-heavyweight-unification fight involving an American, the likes of which haven't been seen in decades? So because the American public has been slow to warm up to Wilder, they would stay home or tune in to something else if and when they find out Wilder is going to be fighting the great AJ? There's two sides to this coin, and it amazes me how many people are only willing to look at one.
1. Why have the Americans been”slow to warm up” to Wilder? Ans. because he doesn’t compare with what went before him.
2. AJ isn’t a great, nowhere near it, he’s the best of the current bunch, that’s all. Consequently , that’s why it won’t sell on a Saturday afternoon in the States.
3. If I’m wrong and it is a mega-heavyweight-unification fight involving an American, and it is a $100 million fight, then Wilder’s team will have no trouble stumping up an offer to get AJ over there. And if AJ refuses to take the bait, then they can start to say AJ is ducking Wilder.
Former Undisputed 4 belt Prediction champion. Still P4P and People’s Champion.
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