Record pay day. Someone who’s not going to fold over for you, take the money and run. Someone who’s got a bit of heart and won’t come in overweight. If your so good, so tough, so powerful why not fight someone who will fight back? (And is not very good by the way)
Easy win for Wilder. Deontay has speed, power, height, reach advantage and Whyte isn't skilled or slick fighter.
Yeah it's weird talking like Whyte is nobody and treating this win like it is some credible statement. It said a lot more about Stiverne than it did Wilder. Having said that - making Wilder fight Whyte is a farce, too. Why should he have to fight him, he only means something to people in England and his best claim is to being KOd by AJ. Fight a legit top ten guy and make an example of it.
I'm not suggesting Whyte beats Wilder but just on a business level alone Wilder has to take the Whyte fight, he has to. Whyte looked a pile of donkey dung last weekend and you're being offered 3-4 million and also it really does put it on Hearn and Joshua to make the fight, if Wilder goes to the UK, knocks the snot out of Whyte then he will get what he claims he wants because British fight fans will demand the fight also. Career high payday against a fighter that is looking bang average, it puts Hearn and Joshua under pressure to agree a deal afterwards, it makes zero sense to not take it.
Wilder could get caught cold by AJ. He can't go from fighting out of shape guys who are too slow to get out of his way or return fire.... To fighting a guy who is arguably just as powerful, especially considering the fact he has KO'd opponents with both hands, uppercuts and hooks. Both need another fight IMO. Wilder vs Whyte and AJ vs Parker early, probably Feb. Then we can have Wilder vs AJ in the summer, when both have a little bit more experience. Specifically Wilder.
I didn't like Whyte's chances after last week and I like them even less after this. If I'm DW I take the fight although I think it's an unnecessary hurdle as he's made a statement enough here.
WHY should Wilder fight Whyte? What has Whyte done to earn a shot? Why should he go to the land of the “Brit stoppage” and risk that? Hearn has already said that he won’t guarantee that AJ is next if Wilder fights Whyte. So exactly what is the reason that Wilder should do this? Because AJ’s promoter said so.
No fighter that Wilder has ever fought has "earned" that fight. Never happened And they never brought any money to the table. Wilder's management are smart people. They will wait 3 more years if they have to. They waited this long plus Sulaiman is on board so what the heck. When I mean wait, I mean they will continue to fight Stivernes
Wilder should fight Whyte in the UK and Joshua should fight Miller in the US. Summer 2018 massive showdown - give the fans the fight they want to see.
AJs promoter is requesting for Wilder to take the Whyte so that the AJ fight is worth more money. At the moment Wilder is an international joke, and the latest debacle against Stiverne who turned up completely out of shape has not helped out. At least someone durable and known to British fans like Whyte sells the fight to them. And the fight makes far more money in the UK than in the USA. Only Hearn is making offers here. Wilders team has made no offers because they could not even offer 30% of what Hearn is offering. Alternatively Hearn has also said that we can just do AJ Wilder now, but that Wilder needs to be realistic about his value. Having only fought guys top 20 and below his entire career Wilder is unproven and not worth a 50-50 split.
It’s a record pay day, it’s an easy win, he’s top 3 with the WBC and it earns you a bigger share of the AJ unification cash. Why would you not do it? Can anyone offer me a reason why not???
The only reason is pride. Wilders team does not want to admit that there is a British promoter who can put on a fight against a HW which is not even his best, and it earns Deontay at least 5 times more than he does for one of his "defences" in the USA. Meanwhile Deontays team is so poor, they cannot put an offer as financially rewarding even for him fighting AJ in the USA. He is therefore insisting on AJ but again pricing himself out, because he cannot accept anything less than a 50-50 split, despite the fact the pay for an AJ fight is at least 10-15 times what he would earn from beating up on an obese rasta.