Joshua has to take the 65/35 to fight Parker?

Interesting, you made a post about this fight with talk of percentages, spits, a-side etc! haha

I think Parker will try and get inside and on AJs chest, really make AJ work and rip him to the body. If he can do that then its going to be a very interesting fight late on.

 

For the record, I think 65-35 split of everything is fair.

If Hearn is serious about making AJ unified champion, that's about what Parker and Wilder need to get paid.

Let's not forget, the only "champion" Joshua has ever defeated is Charles Martin !
Parker and Wilder might not exactly be univerally highly-regarded but they'd bring a decent level of legitimacy to Joshua, which he needs eventually. He can't ride off the Wlad Klitschko (T.Fury's 41 year old leftovers) victory forever.
The only other route to sustain championship legitimacy is to wait for Tyson Fury, who Hearn probably is considering as preferable soon as possible. But Fury will be asking for more than 35%, I'm sure.

 

Doesn't work like that, not saying it shouldn't but it doesn't

 

Hearn is playing hardball here big time, he is young and brash and has a big mouth and a bigger ego. I think anywhere between 30 and 35% is fair to Parker but they Higgins and Duco have pretty much squared up to Hearn and Trolled Joshua with that video yet Hearn holds all the power cards in this and if he feels him and his fighter are being disrespected by the New Zealanders then he is going to make them pay, literally. Same with Wilder, again Hearn holds all the cards and the Americans have been gobbing off a bit.

Not saying i agree with Hearn on this im just saying i think this could be why its getting so sticky and messy at the moment. I personally think both Parker and Wilder should be offered 35% Not that i feel either of them actually add close to 35% worth of revenue to the fight.

 

The eddie hearn **** sucking club!

 

It will probably end up 70/30 with a rematch clause for AJ thrown in there.

I do find it funny though how from Parker/Wilder it's "if he wants to unify he will have to pay". Don't both of you want to unify? Do you have to pay double as he has two belts?

 

Good point. And if Joshua won't give Wilder and Parker the split thy think they deserve, why don't they fight each other? Because they just want to be paid more than they deserve, that's why.

 

75/25
The end

 

Exactly neither will risk the payday. The time is now. What if Parker manage to beat Joshua? Whats left for Wilder then?

 

Parker's team - Duco are absolute amateurs, why put a % figure out there? they put out 40% saying they won't come off that only to go down to 35% the next week.

On top of that Duco have stated 35% of net profit - this leaves the final number open to be gamed with added "expenses" to bring the number down... they are just coming across as idiots

 

I believe the split needs to based on the following requirements in order of precedence :

1. Popularity and PPV draw. I fine example was Arturo Gatti. Despite his losses he always got a decent split. In this department obviously Joshua has the upper hand due to an entire country with a boxing tradition backing him up compared to New Zealand.

2. Financing capability. Hearn has a proven track record that all events are financially safe. We all know the charade that took place with Duco events requiring government investment for the Horn - Pacquiao fight.

3. Number of belts out on the line. From a business perspective the value of each belt is based on its sanctioning fees. Since I do not have this info we’ll assume they are all valued equally. Once again Joshua has the upper hand. Just on this point alone without taking into consideration anything else, the max allowable split should be 66.7/33.3 assuming all belts are valued equally.

4. Quality of opposition. From a faded Klitchko alone, Joshua has the upper hand.

Taking into consideration all of the above, with the present conditions I can’t see this fight happening at anything less than 85/15 for Joshua.

Note that a split should not be mixed up with chances of winning which in my opinion is 60/40 in favor of Joshua.

 

Yeah they've been exposed badly. First it was 40% or we walk, now it's 35% is our final offer. Hearns knows it's all a bluff, then tossed out the "25% is under valuing Parker "and instead of being insulted by it and walking away or at least threatening too, Higgins says that's encouraging and that just tells Hearn there is still movement possible from Higgins because he's still open to negotiating the split.

 

It all comes down to risk. And to be honest Duco has more to lose than Hearn. If Joshua loses, well I think his future fights will still be fairly lucrative for Hearn. If Parker loses then I think it will be extremely detrimental to his future earning potential. Hearn had to realise this and accept it from a business stand point, and forget this simplistic who-brings-what-to-the-table mindset. He himself swears by the axiom thats its all business at the end of the day, and accepting that Duco wants to be looked after due to higher risk is simply part of the business deal.