Finkel ready to talk again

So he's either looking past the Fury fight , or there is no Fury fight. Hmm

 

Why not Chicago, where they'll actually be?

 

Could it be Fury and Warren have led them up the garden path, the real plan being to get leverage on the best possible deal for Fury to fight Joshua in April.

 

He's trying to play both sides. Trying to get more out of Fury/Warren by threatening to sign for the Joshua fight, and trying to get a better offer from Hearn at the same time.

 

Whatever the motivations Hearn should make a decent offer. That doesn't mean a big percentage, that's for negotiation, but it does mean 'A' percentage. Wilder should benefit from any upside in the fight, that's only fair.

Slow ticket sales for the Povetkin fight should be a signal to Eddie. Either sign Wilder next or make a public, unequivocally fair offer so that it's crystal clear where the blockage lies.

 

Well Warren cancels half as many shows as he puts on so....

 

Agreed, I think Eddie is realising he needs to make a big fight next. Joshua/Whyte 2 isn't likely to sell well at all. Time to put his hand in his pocket and make a decent offer. I would imagine something along the lines of 50/50 IF Wilder beats Fury, which he has alluded to in recent interviews.

 

I hope Hearn/AJ tell him to go away. In my opinion Finkel is a time waster and a leach, that's all he is.

Just an idea but.. Maybe Finkel should concentrate on announcing Wilder Vs Fury and promoting that instead of being a constantly talking about Joshua.

Same goes for FW too, if they spent half the amount of time promoting their own fighters as they do talking about AJ then Wilder and Fury may well be earning similar figures to Joshua.

 

I'd be amazed if he gave 50/50 the fundamental disparity between the two in drawing power and belts hasn't changed. 30-35 maybe settling a little above. The key point to me is that if its a percentage then Wilder will benefit if the fight exceeds projections.

I wouldn't be surprised if they're in cahoots on this behind closed doors. Working together to build the fight into something far bigger than it would have been if they'd signed a deal last November. Aside from each other there aren't that many big fights to chase and everyone in boxing has seen the way Mayweather Paquiao played out.

 

Well that depends if they want to make the fight or continue with drawn out negotiations. Hearn is aiming for April and Finkel/Wilder know this. IF Wilder beats Fury in the meantime, that will boost their negotiating power considerably and given they are already conceding home advantage (and possibly the rematch clause), I can't see they will accept much less than 50/50. The drawing power argument only goes so far. Especially when, as you point out, they are struggling to sell the Povetkin fight. For Joshua/Wilder the whole is much greater than the sum of its parts.

 

There is no chance that the Joshua/Wilder split will be 50/50. Like Holler says, Wilder will probably get 35% but if Wilder keeps on pushing for much more than that, the Whyte fight is on in April.