Doesn’t make sense. So AJ’s belt are worthless really, aren’t they? Undisputed champion and you don’t earn a penny more than when you held 1 belt. Three extra belts should mean more money, cos you know it will if AJ holds them.
But then look at the more likely prospect of Joshua sparking Wilder out and Wilder’s value not dropping in the rematch
I think it's a method to overpay on first fight to tempt Wilders management to take it as they know it will most likely end very quickly and very one sided win for AJ in manor that no one would likelyy want to see a rematch (wouldnt be surpised if theres a exit cause for the rematch). So Wilder in a very Charles Martin way gets overpaid for finally agreeing the fight and being a sacrificial lamb to AJ.
If it's a two fight deal then you consider what you'd expect Wilder to make over both fights without said deal. It's not beyond the realms of possibility to say $25m might be expected for the first fight, and if he lost that, he'd be looking at less for a rematch. If he won and somehow managed to earn a fortune it's still probably not going to be more than $50m.
Wouldn't surprise me if its a rematch clause for DAZN where they have a clause that ties Wilder in to the rematch but they can refuse their option on it. So if AJ demolishes Wilder and its not worthy of a rematch DAZN can pass on their option for the fight.
Couldn’t care less about figures, will just be over the moon if this happens. I agree with @Hattonmad i think it’s a shootout. I was of the opinion that Wilder was an easy target for a world title belt before the Fury fight. I now think he’s a legit threat to anyone and top 3 heavyweight. Fury is the most evasive and defensively sound heavyweight on the planet and Wilder still found the target a couple of times. Ortiz is also a classy albeit old operator and Wilder only needed one shot on him too. He’s unorthodox, awkward, throws from weird angles and carries cruiserweight type speed with huge power for the full 12. He showed a serious chin against Ortiz, too. I give Wilder the edge but to coin a phrase, this would be a fight for the ages.
I'll believe it when both are in the ring and the words "seconds out" booms from my tv speakers. And that isn't a reflection on Wilder btw.
Wilder would have to beat AJ then Fury again, AJ would have to beat Wilder THEN Fury, Fury would need to beat the winner of Wilder v AJ. Undisputed. Having all the titles in this case does not make you undisputed. It's also worth noting that Fury already achieved this by beating Klitschko in 2015. It's the fighters that mention this not me. AJ has said on numerous occasions that he needs to fight both Wilder and Fury. He is not undisputed champion he is a unified world champion.
AJ is already a unified world champion as he holds belts from multiple boxing organisations. He would become undisputed by being recognised as the world champion by all boxing organisations. Fury hasn't achieved undisputed status yet because when he beat Klitschko, the WBC belt was in Wilder's possession.
Undisputed champion: a boxer who is recognized as the world champion at that class by each boxing organization Unified champion: boxers holding at least two world titles in their respective division Like I said for Wilder or AJ to become undisputed they only need to fight each other. No point bringing up what other boxers have said were talking about what you said ... and that was neither AJ or Wilder can become undisputed until they fight Fury. All i did was point out you were incorrect.
Wrong. Klitschko was recognised as undisputed champion when his brother Vitali retired. Wilder won a vacant title of Stiverne and was not considered a true champion. That's what I said. Did you misread my post? Wrong (again). Fury beat Wilder in the first fight and this is universally recognised. AJ would need to beat both. Being undisputed is not about how many belts you hold it's to do with beating the the top contenders in your division. There have been many examples of fighters considered undisputed who did not hold all 4 organisation belts.