The Wilder Excuses Begin

[Gandalf]

50 million will mean his family won't starve. Surely Joshua has to think of his family and take the fight. Surely they can compromise and have the fight somewhere neutral like Texas.

[brocktonblockbust]

Wilder KO 7 UNLESS LITTLE ANTHONY MAKES EXCUSES

[smashup]

Basically Wilders consortium claim that Al Haymon can guarantee the money side of things and that it'll be in Vegas.

VERY Clever move and they've called Joshuas bluff big time here, problem is that AJ is under a strict and unbreakable contract to honour his tv rights.

If that hurdle can be overcome and everything coming out of the USA is infact true then AJ has to take this offer or he's gonna look like he's the one dodging Wilder.


Wilders Instagram video to AJ
https://www.instagram.com/p/BiAcB1SH...y=bronzebomber

[Beanz]

Basically Wilders consortium claim that Al Haymon can guarantee the money side of things and that it'll be in Vegas.

VERY Clever move and they've called Joshuas bluff big time here, problem is that AJ is under a strict and unbreakable contract to honour his tv rights.

If that hurdle can be overcome and everything coming out of the USA is infact true then AJ has to take this offer or he's gonna look like he's the one dodging Wilder.


Wilders Instagram video to AJ
https://www.instagram.com/p/BiAcB1SH...y=bronzebomber

God Wilder sounds like a retard. I don't think they have the money at all, it's just a way of avoiding meeting up with Hearn and being held to a real deal. If it happens then great but the lack of a rematch clause etc sets alarm bells ringing. Something not right there. Why would they throw away the chance of a lucrative rematch? Why did they say nothing for like two weeks?

[Master]

Basically Wilders consortium claim that Al Haymon can guarantee the money side of things and that it'll be in Vegas.

VERY Clever move and they've called Joshuas bluff big time here, problem is that AJ is under a strict and unbreakable contract to honour his tv rights.

If that hurdle can be overcome and everything coming out of the USA is infact true then AJ has to take this offer or he's gonna look like he's the one dodging Wilder.


Wilders Instagram video to AJ
https://www.instagram.com/p/BiAcB1SH...y=bronzebomber

God Wilder sounds like a retard. I don't think they have the money at all, it's just a way of avoiding meeting up with Hearn and being held to a real deal. If it happens then great but the lack of a rematch clause etc sets alarm bells ringing. Something not right there. Why would they throw away the chance of a lucrative rematch? Why did they say nothing for like two weeks?

They were trying to raise the money, think Titofan helped.

[smashup]

This is what i can't understand about Wilders team claiming the money is all set and in place.......

This fight (In Vegas) generates money mostly by TV revenue and ticket sales...

Wilder can't even sell out the Barclays centre and against Ortiz pulled in just over 14,000

Wilder isn't (yet) Box Office and he's with Showtime and like fuck are they fronting up the cash for this

Joshua is not box office (yet) in the USA

So basically who in the USA is actually fronting all this money?

I'd like it to be true because i want to see AJ v Wilder next while both are in their prime but i just cannot see where the $$$$ is coming from?

[powerpuncher]

I feel like I need to wait until it is all said and done to really comment. The offer from Wilder sounds great but we don’t know all the specifics and if it’s just a smokescreen. Once they meet together on Friday, I hope we have more details that we can see if one side really is ducking the other.

[Memphis]

On the face of it, Joshua must accept the offer, in principle at least. You could argue that he already has with his lets roll comment, how formal does it need to be? I for one wanted them to come back with an actual counter offer rather than a request for more money. They on the face of it at least have done that. The toss can be argued over all manner of nonsense but the fact remains, Joshua said give me $50 million, they've said OK.

The numbers side of things are still a mystery to me. Wilder's mob started peddling the $100 million dollar fight line but if they plan on genuinely giving AJ $50 million, they'll need a hell of a lot more than that. I've accused the $100 million club of wanting all of the money from all of the revenue sources from both sides of the pond all at the same time. If Wilder, or anyone else for that matter is considering getting paid, they'll need all that dough and then some.

[Primo Carnera]

If it comes off, I quite like the fact that there’s no rematch clause stipulation. Whoever wins holds ALL THE BELTS! There’s gonna be a lot of mandatories and these other fighters have patiently waited in line.
There should only ever be a rematch if the first fight was either shrouded in controversy or was too close to call.

[TitoFan]

On the face of it, Joshua must accept the offer, in principle at least. You could argue that he already has with his lets roll comment, how formal does it need to be? I for one wanted them to come back with an actual counter offer rather than a request for more money. They on the face of it at least have done that. The toss can be argued over all manner of nonsense but the fact remains, Joshua said give me $50 million, they've said OK.

The numbers side of things are still a mystery to me. Wilder's mob started peddling the $100 million dollar fight line but if they plan on genuinely giving AJ $50 million, they'll need a hell of a lot more than that. I've accused the $100 million club of wanting all of the money from all of the revenue sources from both sides of the pond all at the same time. If Wilder, or anyone else for that matter is considering getting paid, they'll need all that dough and then some.

A rarity here....... someone who says "Ok I wanted to see "X" happen and it did, so I've recalibrated my opinion." Why is that so hard for people in general?

So here we are, with Wilder's team having made that very much wanted counter offer.

One thing puzzles me and I don't necessarily agree with. You say if they plan on paying Joshua $50 million, they'll need to have the fight make "a hell of a lot more than" the famous $100 million figure. How so? Unless third parties or the IRS are going to take an outsized bite out of Wilder's take, he stands to make a hell of a lot more than the paltry $12.5 million Hearn first threw at him. Again, I'm not pushing the $100 million narrative, but if it does make that much and Joshua gets $50 million, how is that not good for Wilder?