PARKER Will Accept 35% to FIGHT JOSHUA

Why not? If you look at the amount each fighter earns and how much revenue each fighter generates, Hearn wouldn't have to offer much at all for it to be a fair offer.

 

60-40 won't get him the fight now though when Hearn has another unification fight on the table where he can get 65-35 or better.

Maybe later on when it's for the undisputed title which would be a more unique event and Wilder has perhaps grown his profile in the US more 60/40 would be reasonable. But right now no way Wilder gets 60-40, when Hearn has a better option in Parker.

 

I agree Wilder should get more than Parker, but not 15% more. 5% more sounds about right, plus the total pot will be bigger most likely.

 

Wilder deserves no less than 40%.. Its #1 vs #2 in the division. And he draws better numbers than Danny Jacobs and Jacobs commanded that cut against Golovkin.
Hell , even useless bum Geale commanded something like 35% because GGG wanted the super title.

There's no low balling anybody who holds a belt.

 

He doesn't generate 40% of the money so he doesn't deserve 40% of it.

 

lol. So does that mean Pulev should have only got 5%? Wilders belt and undefeated record is worth 40%.

 

Not a valid comparison to be fair. Golovkin isn't the huge draw that Joshua is. I mean Golovkin made $2 mill against Lemieux and Wade. He made $5 mill vs Brook but that because Brook had Sky PPV to up their purses. Jacobs made $1.5 mill against Quillin. Also the WBA mandated the Jacobs fight so Jacobs had more leverage than a normal voluntary defence.

Compare that to Joshua making about $20 mill vs Wlad, probably $13-15 mill against Takam and Wilder only earning 900K vs Washington and $1.4 mill vs Stiverne recently.

There is a clear and significant difference. If Wilder was earning several million a per fight or Joshua earned half what he currently does then yeah Wilder would deserve at least 40% but the disparity in their drawing power is unusually large.

 

Wilder was still undefeated and had a belt in his last fight when he earned how much? And in that fight he didn't have the potential reward of more titles and #1 status.

 

Thats irrelevant. Even a no- name bum that Joshua could fight as a voluntary defense will make life changing money he can retire on.
AJ being a cash cow doesn't mean he can keep every dime to himself and low ball other champions. A split is a split and Wilder has the credentials to command 40% .

 

It's completely relevant. The amount of money you can "command" is related to the what you bring to the table.

 

In that case Wilder deserves no more than 5%. Good luck expecting fights to happen with that thought process.

 

If you cut it into percentages , Martin's £6M was probably 30-35% against Joshua. Possibly , i don't know what AJ earned for that fight.
How much was Martin earning in his fights before that?? A few hundred grand.

 

Once again not comparable. Martin was the champion, Joshua did not have a belt, Martin had the leverage there. This was the easiest path to a belt and once Joshua had that belt he was able to demand more money for subsequent fights. Parker also approached Martin, I think Wilder did too, Martin had options for other decent paydays but was able to squeeze Joshua and Hearn for more because he had all the leverage plus alternatives.

With Joshua/Wilder, Joshua has the WBA and IBF belts, Wilder just has the one belt. Wilder only has one option for a really big payday and that's Joshua. In this situation it's Joshua this time that has all the leverage. He has more belts, he has options for other big paydays, while Wilder is stuck on NBC making little money and no other options to cash out as everyone is looking to fight Joshua instead of him.

 

Well realistically Wilder should be happy to get 25%. That's actually very generous considering what he brings to the table. It's more money than he would earn elsewhere plus he has the opportunity to win two belts, gain #1 status and raise his profile a lot.

 

25% is what no belt , mandatory contenders get. Dom Wade got 25% against GGG and nobody knew who he was.
A fork lift operator from NZ called Leapai got 25% against Klitschko.

Champions command more than mandatory challengers. This is basic common knowledge.