Charles Martin is getting £6 million for the Joshua fight!

No chance Martin is getting £6m here.

£4m-£6m tops

 

£6m?? Are you bonkers! More like £1m max and that's fair enough for a champ defending away from home

 

I can imagine it's true or near enough, they've had to pay him big to fight away in his first defence.
What's Joshua getting?

 

Makes sense, I thought the figures of 2mil were much too low. Considering its a belt against a more established opponent (even though nonBritish), it should be a much bigger deal than the Joshua Whyte fight, and that made 10mil I think. And Martin would get at least 50% I would assume in this fight.

 

3mil will set him up..It's AJ's within 5
1st defence.Why not Del Boy.A winnable fight..Cause AJ pays lots more.Wont win

 

No way hes getting that eddie is a money man, it will get about that back in total revenue and we no joshua getting more then the £1·5 he got against whyte plus eddies cut and undercard.

 

And what are you going to do about it?

Get off MY stage, you gambling cheating deceitful scrounger and don't come back!

 

Sorry Jeremy, can we do the DNA results now?

 

I'm hoping for this. It would make my weekend seeing him and Joshua's fans cry.

 

Well Hearn paid Linares a lot of money to here and fight Mitchell, obviously not that much but that didn't turn out too well for Matchroom.

 

That sounds a bit gay.

 

Indeed haha, maybe an omen. I'd prefer a less gallant performance in this defeat though. A nice clean ko to shut the bandwagon sheep up.

 

He's getting it because Eddie's a money man. If that's what he had to pay to sign up Martin, its well worth it. Even if it doesn't pull in a dime more than that, Hearn knows that a comparatively small investment now is the best way to maximize his profit long term. Joshua gets a belt now, that puts him on equal footing with Wilder or Fury. Actually, better footing than Wilder, because of his financial base. Anyway, 50% of a 25mil purse for Fury Joshua unification bout is a lot more than a couple million for a run of the mill match now and then 20-25% of a 15-20 mil non unification bout (over 6 million more).

But the fact is, this fight will still probably bring in twice that 6 mil payout because its a hugely publicized title fight. They'll pull in 6mil themselves, more than they would have made fighting most anyone else at this stage (and certainly more than anyone who poses the comparatively small risk).

Brilliant move by Hearn and Joshua.

 

£6m, absolutely no chance