Why Wilder NOT Taking The Offer Is A Duck

It's a low offer in the grand scheme of things.

Eddie's done the maths.

It will be a HUGE fight.

Finkle will obviously want an overall percentage, which will work out to more than what's supposedly been offered.

It's business mate.

 

It can be irrelevant in some situations but not in this situation.
Joshua is the money man. Joshua is the PPV fighter. Joshua is the attraction. Joshua has the fanbase. Joshua has the attendance as well as what it comes back to... 3 of the titles and the risks and fights to have got to that

 

Another silly post.

 

Shirley winkle

 

I understand what he saying, but it's not relevant.

Parker is a respectable, soft spoken guy. The casuals tuned in to watch the unification, but they didn't know much about Parker. Whereas Wilder is a huge name. Check out social media. Some boxing fans are fans of his, whilst most mock him. But the guys who mock him will buy the fight. He creates huge interest. He's a character. He's exciting. He's unpredictable. You don't know if he's going to score a huge knockout or be knocked out himself. He's creating huge waves at the moment. Everybody on Facebook and Twitter is talking about this fight.

Anthony wants and needs that last piece of the jigsaw to fulfil his dreams. Hearn will sell this fight to the public. Wilder will also sell this fight to the public when it eventually gets signed. He's a promoters dream. In the build up to the Parker fight, both camps were respectful to each other. But in this fight there'll be guaranteed fireworks at the pressers and the weigh-in.

The reality is:

It's just a much bigger fight than the one against Parker, and it will generate significantly more money.

 

If you were in Finkle's position, you would see things from a completely different perspective.

You are a huge fan of Anthony's and you want to see the fight. And that's fair enough. But Finkle is a businessman.

Finkle can laugh at Hearn's current offer. Why? Because he KNOWS that Hearn will have to sit down with him and make another one.

It's business.

Don't be naive.

Anthony will be tormenting Hearn to make this fight for him.

It will happen.

 

I always enjoy reading your posts and I can see where you're coming from. But this fight will generate millions. And $12 million will only be a small percentage of the overall figures. Nobody in Finkle's position is going to accept a flat fee offer. There's too much at stake. They're going to want a percentage of the overall revenue of the fight. And that will include everything, not just the PPV revenue.

 

He brings nothing to the table?

Apart from being the guy that would play a part in giving the HW division a super fight for all of the belts.

He's not going to accept $10m, because he knows he can hold out for more.

It's very simple.

It's just business.

 

I don't understand this line of thinking.

This will probably run for weeks/months with back and forth negotiations.

At the minute, they can just sit back.

Eddie can walk away.

It doesn't matter. Because unless Fury comes back, this is the biggest fight in the division, if not in the whole of boxing. Eddie will simply be forced back to the negotiating table. Anthony will put enormous pressure on him to get the fight. He can go and fight Povetkin next if he wants. Afterwards, he'll just crave the Wilder fight even more.

People don't seem to realise that Wilder is in a position of power.

 

He doesn't need to take the fight now.

The only way this can blow up in his face is if he loses his next fight.

Unless that happens, he can just wait for Hearn to come back with another offer.

It's just tactics in the world of business.

Finkle will hold out for the best possible deal.

Joshua needs Wilder. And so does Hearn so he can cash out on the biggest fight in boxing.

 

It's business.

Relax, it will eventually happen.

 

Hearn obviously will increase the offer.

 

Apparently Hearn has denied he made this offer anyway. I imagine they are under NDA while negotiating, so would take anything you hear in the media with a huge pinch of salt until talks have concluded.

 

No.

This is business.

It doesn't work like that.

It is simply a much bigger fight than the one against Parker.

 

This is a great post.

There's a lot of people who have no concept of the business side of the sport.