No way 50:50 AJ is the money side Wilder can fight Miller for 2 million max AJ makes 10 million a fight minimum 80/20 split
Wilder will accept 35% after Saturday, he knows Judgement Day is closing in on him and he needs to cash in ASAP. Chances of losing his big payday are increasing now hes fighting half decent guys. He was 30 seconds away from losing 15 million+. He will cash in this year and he will take whatever % the A side wanna give him.
I don't begrudge Wilder 50%. I expect he will end up with something like 40%, but no less. He has something Joshua needs to become undisputed. If AJ doesn't fight Wilder soon, then it will be virtually impossible to hold onto all the belts. While Joshua is the draw, the fight as a whole is huge. They need each other, so therefore I don't see an issue with paying Wilder a decent %age. There's plenty of money in the deal to keep everyone happy. Greed/egos shouldn't stop this fight from happening.
Leaning towards Joshua. I think he will swarm Wilder as he did Wlad. Wilder won’t be able to deal with that
I will say that Parker beats Joshua and then after Duco Events/Top Rank sits down with Al Haymon/Shelly Finkle and hammers out their deal for a Parker-Wilder fight we can do a new poll.
Wilder did prove he has an ok chin to withstand some punishment (albeit against a grandad and also some help from the ref) but Joshua's power and finishing ability is on a different level. Plus I think we'll see great improvements to Joshua's stamina. I give Wilder an outside windmiller's chance but Joshua has to be a strong favourite,
Those predicting Wilder to win before round 10...... Wilder just took 10 to KO an older, smaller and slower heavyweight who is completely unproven.
There's levels too boxing...set ups , positioning and overall ability to go from plan A to C ... Wilder is out matched in all areas. Somehow its now about who hits harder in the boxing world when I give other match ups pairing fighters its then about skills ? Lol Which is debatable anyway BC Joshua has heavier hands and is the better more balanced puncher when you add speed and technique into the factors......... If we JUST stick to the actual boxing aspect , anyone picking Wilder is doing so just BC he hits hard. Well good for them but hes going to get picked apart in this match and fast. Joshua won't let him see mid rounds... Anyone thinking this is more dangerous than the Klitchko fight is fooling themselves. He will stop Wilder before that BC he's not going to stay in cruise control in against another puncher, no matter who it is and take that risk , certainly not against Wilder who has late K.O' s. Wilder doesn't throw a lot of punches at once and has relied on cautious fighters which help him gage them...this will not be the case and he's going to get overwhelmed. Claiming AJ doesn't go inside until his opponents are hurt isn't true either, he's close range and most damage he does is on the inside. If this was the case of him seating for hurt opponents he would be a jabber first , followed by a straight right from long distance...Joshua breaks you down in close quarts ,combo punching. Being light won't help Wilder and again is not an advantage against a fast fighter like Joshua. Its not an advantage now , if anything its why opponents are lasting long with him, opponents not remotely lasting with Joshua like Molina and he was 229 in that fight. The issue isn't Wilders weight...it's Joshua IS a elite 245 pounder, who has the style,speed and skills over him in a total package with size that makes Wilders own reliance on reach not a threat anymore where it was against others . That's what will be coming at him not a knock out power contest.... Wilder needs more than power to win this fight as Joshua stated its straight forward fight with just one punch to look for.
I’m still picking Joshua due to being more polished but I give Wilder a better chance than I used to. He’s a very live underdog and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him get shut out for a few rounds, then turn everything around with one right hand
I still get the feeling that AJ starts pounding away at Wilder hurts him backs him against the ropes as he tends to do looking to finish him and then BANG ! Wilder lands that right hand ! fight over! I hope I am wrong but one mistake with wilder and AJ is toast.