Quote Originally Posted by Memphis View Post
The US money is an area where I just dont understand peoples thinking. As you've said, The Joshua money is pretty much set in stone for a UK fight. He will fill Wembley, he will get 1.5+ million UK PPV buys. But these numbers are for a UK based fight for a UK audience. The 100 million club just want to throw a million US PPV buys right on top of that. They want all of the money from all of the revenue streams all at the same time. It's just not possible is it?

Are the US Audience going to buy into a PPV event at 50 dollars a pop in the afternoon, that's going on in England, between two guys that aren't exactly setting the World alight in US TV land? If they do, to the tune of a million buys, then you're getting close to your 100 million dollar fight. If not, Showtimes monetary investment in the fight is going to be exactly the same as it was for Parker, the same as HBO are willing to offer. Peanuts.


I'm not arguing that it's a 100 million dollar fight. The time difference also has a lot to do with that, as you say. Be that as it may, the flat dollar offer was $12.5 million. Using $50 million as the yardstick, that still amounts to 25% of the proceeds. To me, that's rather insulting, not to mention greedy. Ok so supposedly Joshua made $30+ million for Takam (I'll take that at face value). So what. So basically he wants $30+ million for Wilder.... and screw Wilder, let him be happy with the $12.5 million? Team Wilder can do and accept whatever they want... it's not like I'M making any money off of it. But IMO, they should hold out for a better offer. While I'm at it, this obsession with Wilder having to make a counter offer is silly. It's a technicality, and an absurd one at that. Who cares whether it's a counter offer by Wilder, or a 2nd offer by Joshua. The end result is the same. Honestly, I've rarely seen such back-and-forths regarding negotiations that are still in progress...... and we're not even the ones fighting!