If Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder fought who would be the A-side fighter ?

Brother I get your points. Please don’t for 1 second think I am denigrating the B side. Barton was a very popular as were others. Being the A side or the B side does not mean 1 fighter is better than the other. It’s just box office. The A side can be the popular guy or can be viewed as the bad guy you come to watch lose. In any event my point being if you are the B side then take the lesser purse and defeat the A side which puts you in the position to earn more.

Using Mayweather as an example his pay per view fights alone throughout his career generated over $1.6 Billion in the USA alone. He was also able to generate significant serious money from UK pay per view sales as well. Mayweather always had very respectable to outstanding PPV figures.

To buttress my point please see the following statistics:


No. Date Fight Billing Buys Network Revenue
1
June 25, 2005
Gatti vs. Mayweather Thunder & Lightning 365,000 HBO $16,500,000
2
April 8, 2006
Mayweathervs. Judah Sworn Enemies 374,000 HBO $16,800,000
3
November 4, 2006
Mayweathervs. Baldomir Pretty Risky 325,000 HBO $16,300,000
4
May 5, 2007
De La Hoyavs. Mayweather The World Awaits 2,400,000[254] HBO $136,000,000
5
December 8, 2007
Mayweathervs. Hatton Undefeated 920,000 HBO $50,000,000
6
September 19, 2009
Mayweathervs. Márquez Number One/Número Uno 1,100,000[255] HBO $55,600,000
7
May 1, 2010
Mayweathervs. Mosley Who R U Picking? 1,400,000[256] HBO $78,300,000
8
September 17, 2011
Mayweathervs. Ortiz Star Power 1,250,000[257] HBO $78,440,000
9
May 5, 2012
Mayweathervs. Cotto Ring Kings 1,500,000[258] HBO $94,000,000
10
May 4, 2013
Mayweathervs. Guerrero May Day 1,000,000[259] Showtime $60,000,000
11
September 14, 2013
Mayweathervs. Canelo The One 2,200,000[260] Showtime $150,000,000
12
May 3, 2014
Mayweathervs. Maidana The Moment 900,000[261] Showtime $58,000,000
13
September 13, 2014
Mayweathervs. MaidanaII Mayhem 925,000[262] Showtime $60,000,000
14
May 2, 2015
Mayweathervs. Pacquiao Fight of the Century 4,600,000[263] Showtime/HBO $400,000,000
15
September 12, 2015
Mayweathervs. Berto High Stakes 400,000[264] Showtime $28,000,000
16
August 26, 2017
Mayweathervs. McGregor The Money Fight 4,300,000[265] Showtime $370,000,000
Total sales 23,959,000 $1,667,940,000
Date Fight Network Buys Source(s)
United Kingdom
December 8, 2007 Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton Sky Box Office 1,150,000 [266]
May 2, 2015 Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao Sky Box Office 1,000,000 [267]
August 26, 2017 Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor Sky Box Office 1,007,000 [268][269]
Total sales Sky Box Office 3,157,000
WWE
Date Event Venue Location Fight Buys
March 30, 2008 WrestleMania XXIV Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Big Show 1,058,000[270]

 

If these stats were punches, your a high octane nonstop incessant punching machine!

 

The winner of Wilder vs Fury will be the number 1 HW on the planet.

No way should the number one HW have to settle for less than 50% against anyone.

 

Thanks Bro. However I think you get my point. It’s amazing that Mayweather became such an economic powerhouse that athlete’s not just boxers are seeing what can be done. Did we ever think a fighter could hundreds of millions revenues for themselves in one fight.

 

Depends which side of the pond. AJ is the A-side in the UK, and Wilder is the A-side here. Duh.