Explain the negotiations between Joshua and Wilder

neither one wants that aj smoke, thats why things are the way they are.

 

The WBC mandated the rematch. Though that doesn't strictly make what you are saying incorrect, as I have often felt there has been a level of agreement on Team Wilder's part when it came to choosing WBC mandatory challengers.

 

One fighter has continually taken risks, where as the other has had huge criticism for his poor choice in opponents. I know whose side I will pick if we are arguing who likely ducked who.

 

Just because he was offered more money doesn't mean it was a fair split. Soundly defeating Fury would have raised his profile significantly and put him in the position to negotiate a better split.

 

Wilder best purse prior to Fury $2.5 mill vs Ortiz, Joshua's £20 mill/$28mill vs Parker. What kind of split did Wilder deserve when earning less than a 10th of what Joshua was making at the time?

Wilder asking for 50/50 at the time would be like Maidana asking for 50/50 vs Mayweather and calling it a duck when he didn't get it. Mayweather didn't offer his opponents splits unless they were huge draws and I don't see why Joshua should have back then when he dwarfed everyone's earning potential back then.

 

The three fight deal was for Breazeale as he was mando and needed to be taken care of
Then two AJ fights, AJ clearly was working alongside DAZN so why you think he wasn't "signed" to them is bizzare

Reportedly 120 mill for 3 fights

Him and his team said no

 

Wilder then used AJ's name as often as possible to raise his purses

It worked for him to be fair

He still bottled it however

 

AJ and his promoter actively sought the fight on the platform

No body tried forcing anything on that part

When his Showtime deal expired, DAZN won the bidding initally to broadcast AJ fights in America and they all worked together to put the package together for the Wilder deal

Wilder said no and fought Breazale and Ortiz

He and his team ducked AJ for whatever reasons

 

Golovkin had already earned as much as $6.5 mill vs Brook and $2.5 mill vs Jacobs prior to facing Canelo.

Canelo had made $5 mill guarantee not including PPV share vs Chavez and Smith and made $13mill vs Khan in the 3 fights prior to facing GGG.

So clearly the disparity in purses between GGG and Canelo were nothing like Joshua and Wilder. When one guys has earned about 50% of the highest purse of the opponents best purse the year prior asking for a split isn't outrageous. Unlike for asking for a split when you are not even making 10% of your opponents best purse in the previous year.

 

I personally think they should of offered him a split but it would of been like 20-30% he didn't deserve any more prior to the Fury fight. Then after the Fury fight it wasn't a PPV fight as DAZN were putting up the money so splits don't matter as everyone gets a flat fee. Though Wilder still wanted to know if he'd be getting as much as AJ which clearly he wouldn't have been as AJ was still the bigger draw by some margin.

But as to why they didn't offer him a percentage prior to DAZN and Fury fighti, obviously because you don't offer a split to a guy making peanuts in comparison to you. But regardless of what was being offered it's pretty clear Wilder would have never accepted, biggest duck at heavyweight since Lewis/Bowe.

If Joshua was a nobody what did that make Wilder because nobody gave a damn about Wilder prior to Joshua and Fury even in his own damn country.