Fast Eddie successfully blocks AJ- Wilder

The live rating was 346k

I don't know how many subscribers DAZN had at the time of AJ v Povetkin.

I'm not speculating on what a rumoured number was. All I did was respond with what someone who knew what the viewing figure was said. If you choose to believe it or not that's up to you but without any kind of rating system in play these numbers are hard to come by.

 

I thought it was telling showtime never got Canelo. That would have been my favourite to sign him. I think having to take on the golden boy dates was the issue there.

 

Anthony Joshua (Duckua) is a joke and laughing stock on ALL boxing forums because he can't break America LOL.

 

I just think in America this will impact sooner rather than later. DAZN and ESPN Plus are effectively ending the PPV fees. As I've stated in previous post what people are going to pay these PPV fees when you get such a better value for money with DAZN and ESPN? Especially now that they have the two biggest boxing stars in Canelo and AJ and the P4P talents in Usyk, Lomachenko and Crawford.

 

And then you have an unhappy UK market asked to fork out wastes of money for unworthy PPV events, often ones that (to be fair) not on the Sky or DAZN... still can't believe it's pronounced the zone... platform

 

He even says that to face Canelo or Joshua, you need to be a DAZN fighter.

 

It's smart play by DAZN who may shortly have all the title holders in the MW divison in Canelo, Andrade and Jacobs. Will this encourage Charlo and GGG to sign with them to get a title shot?

Hearn said that they are looking to do the same at LHW , they already have Beterbiev and apparently in talks with Bivol and E.Alvarez. For HW they already AJ, Whyte, Miller, Usyk stepping up soon and rumoured that Ortiz will sign with them too. Would Wilder be happy continuing to fight out of shape or in active fighters like Fury, Breazeale or Kownacki whilst AJ will continue to fight the best in the divison for much more money?

 

Wilder was more than happy to make the biggest fight in boxing happen this year (Barry Hearn's words not mine) and team Joshua blocked it. Just remember that.

 

Great post.keep it up bruv

 

Wilders team made 1 offer that was proven to be void and a PR scam whilst turning down 3 legit offers from Matchroom and refusing to reply to their emails and requests for meetings to negotiate.

 

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Barry Hearn admitted himself that Team Wilder wanted the fight next, and he thought that was business crazy. The cat was out the bag long ago.

Bazza said the fight was worth 70million (it's more than that but let's play along) which means these "legit" offers made up about 18-22% of the pot. (Really about 10%) Ridiculous low ball offers made to block the fight.

AJ is on video in October 2017 saying that he won't be rushed into the Wilder fight and he will be fine if it doesn't happen next year, the year after, or the year after that.

Eddie, who always says Joshua is the boss and he decides who he fights, said at the fishing tournament that Joshua would prefer Whyte over Wilder.

I can only imagine what the Hearn protectors would be saying if Finkel said Wilder wanted Breazeale next not AJ, and that team AJ wanted the fight next which he thought was crazy.

There's so much more. I get you probably like Hearn's banter on IFL but be objective eh?

 

What a load of pure nonsense. There was no benchmark for Floyd-McConor as a crossover PPV event but it didn’t stop them generating huge money from the event.

Anyone with half a brain understands that two undefeated hard hitting HW champions in an undisputed HW World Unification bout generates mega bucks. They could do it in Vegas at 4am and it would still pull monstrous UK PPV buys.

 

I still cannot believe there are people on here still thinking AJ/Hearn are blocking this fight. The proof is Wilder is the one running scared:
1) They refuse to talk to Eddie even when he is in the USA. Surely if your serious about making this fight then you would agree to a face to face meeting.
2) Wilder refused to come to UK when invited for AJ/Parker fight. Surely you would make the effort if you wanted a fight.
3. Wilder team agree to AJ having $50m However they put all these clauses in knowing AJ cannot contractorly agree to them.
4. Wilder team have now had at least 3 offers in writing however they refuse to even talk about what they want to make this fight.
5. Everytime Wilder is interviewed and asked why he cannot sit down with AJ team to negotiate he just fluffs around the subject saying they don't want the fight without giving proper responses.

Wilder team need to remember that AJ is the A side in this fight so they need to accept the terms will be in AJs favour. Wilder keeps banging on about being the baddest man on the planet but can't even sit down and discuss contracts. If he wanted it that badly then he would have accepted an offer already that has been put in front of him.

 

Response:

1. They did talk. And I repeat, Barry Hearn admitted Team Wilder wanted the fight which he thought was crazy. According to fast car Eddie, they are still talking now but not through Finkel.

2. Joshua openly admitted that he didn't want Wilder coming in the ring which would have been the best way to promote the fight. I wonder why, hmm. Wilder, feeling aggrieved told them to stick it up their arse.

3. AJ asked for 50 million dollar and got offered 50 million dollar. He got what he asked for and possibly more. Adam Smith, Barney Francis and even Eddie (before he backtracked to save face) admitted the funds were real. What clauses? That it might not have been on Sky? What happens if AJ ever lost a purse bid? It shouldn't be our concern if he fights on Sky. He got offered the money he asked for.

4. From 2 of the 3 offers that we know of, Hearn offered Wilder 12 & 15million flat fee which makes up about 10% of the pot realistically. Or if you go by Barry Hearn's numbers, 18-22%. Deliberate low ball offers made to block the fight.

5. Wilder is awful at talking, I agree. As for talking, AJ has said he won't be rushed into the Wilder fight & will be happy if it doesn't happen next year, the year after or the year after that.

Now I've responded to you points. Can you make a rebuttal and explanation for the ones I made in my previous post? Or will you avoid defending the indefensible?