Were you born a moron? Wilder said he was willing to sign for 14 million, which is offensively, absurdly low, just to make the fight happen. Finkel was in the process of working out a few small details. Then Hearn pulled out, using the WBO mandatory as an excuse. (which is clearly bull****.) AJ was probably quaking in a corner, begging Eddie to save him. I realize AJ supporters have a genetic excuse for being stupid, as you are all British, so I'll give you a pass. - but do you have to prove this CONSTANTLY?
14 million is 7x his highest payday He had the contract in front of him Sign the damn thing or stfu He failed to sign His resume is a joke Hes a bum He will fight brezedale next Joshua will fight the guy wilder ducked next #ldbc takin heavy losses
Straight up, if the shoe was on the other foot I am 100% sure Wilder would have pulled out as well. I am not an AJ supporter, I still am not sure which of the two I'd actually LIKE to win, and I feel like both have messed around a lot in making this fight... to me it seems like neither really want it right now, though Team Wilder seems like they have done a significant amount more playing silly buggers and stalling. They KNEW that the mandatory time line was a thing, they KNEW that there was no way AJ was going to give up the belt if the mandatory was called, and they sat on the contract for a week. It seems pretty black and white that the blame doesn't sit all in any one court in this one.
I still don't understand why Wilder still hasn't signed the contract and sent it to Matchroom to make sure he's next. Pulev vs Miller is a #1/mandatory eliminator. Joshua still might fight Miller next if he gets by Povetkin and Wilder is still sitting around with his thumb up his a** wasting time.
A champion has to fight their mandatory or lose their belt and no one gets to **** on a champion for fulfilling their obligations to the organizations. The WBA were not prepared to put their whole heavyweight scene on hold while Joshua's Camp and Wilder's Camp squabbled over the details for months on end. Wilder's Camp would have done the same thing if the WBC Mandatory was called and the potential unification fight was no closer to being made.
He was sent a contract with no venue or fight date. As risk of repeating myself and being a little dramatic... "I'll fight Wilder for 50 Mil!" "OK" "Well, I need proof you have the money despite the fact this is never usually publically demanded) "OK" "I know I said I wanted AJ to fight in America, but not for this fight. Has to be Uk" "OK" "Right but you're getting less than you should and no PPV upside" "OK, contract doesn't say when or where though" "Ah, soz have to defend against Povetkin as the Mendoza (the dude who removed Ortiz as our mandatory and had previously arranged to fight Dave Allen instead of anyone worth a damn) said we've got to do that within 24 hours, soz about that m8, another time though yeah. But pinky promise I swear the whole plan was never to fight Povetkin first anyway and give everyone the run around" I hope Pov's boys decide to win the bid for this fight and stage it in a Russian blizzard. I hope he then comes to the ring roided out of his ****ing skin and sends AJ to Hell, before back flipping over the tops and tombstones Hearn through the Spanish announce table. You know what annoys me most? Despite his relative decline, AJ-Pov is still a good fight. They didn't need to pretend the Wilder fight was next. Yes, I am raging. Yes, I am hungover. But by the grace of God I have made the gradual move from being anti-Wilder to being Team Wilder and it feels good, lads.
