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Fan of Wilder, and from the states. Not sure what say at this point. Wilder postured like he was willing to do ANYTHING, meet any demand for the showdown to happen... not a business guru, but current contract is signed by one side, let's see it in April, already! Sept is off, so take out Miller or Hughie or some other contender (just stay as far as possible from Pulev) while AJ takes out Pov, and meet in April. When did Wilder and his people stop being willing to make this fight like when the 50 mil was first offered? Like when UK was agreed to? This could be a beautiful thing, and now IDK anymore.
A sensible reply from a Wilder fan, you are a rare breed indeed.
That's the thing if you put the fan boy BS aside it is how it it is.
It wasn't that long ago I said on here that if AJ after he called Deontay out doesn't accept then I'll have to admit he's ducking, the only thing that's happened now is its been turned completely around, doesn't make me or you or anyone right its just the way each individual has positioned himself.
Tbh I never thought I'd be standing here saying "Wilder is refusing to sign the contract he announced he'll agree to" Wilder currently ducking is as much of a shock to me as it is to you.
We'll just have to see Wilders next move because AJ has left it all out there now.
Except that the money to be made in this fight is all on PPV in and probably 85-90% of that money will all come from the US, mainly because of Wilder in this fight.
Let me say this - NO ONE in the US is paying to watch a PPV for either of them unless they go against each other. And while Joshua can make pretty good money elsewhere, it will still be nothing in comparison to what he could for this fight, so that's Wilder's leverage.
And if Joshua is insisting on a rematch clause, only for if he loses, not Wilder, then it tells a story about how much he wants the fight right now.
Sorry but that doesn't fly.
As Eddie Hearn said ........ "No one needs to worry about AJ's money, he's doing just fine".
The money side of it is Wilder's problem, Wilder is the one being vastly under paid, AJ has a mega fight and 3 belts to offer, Wilder brings almost nothing to the party but a belt and a dangerous challenge, Wilder should be crawling on his knees to get this fight done, his management couldn't even get him a title shot let alone 3 title shots, its a joke.
No one gives a sh*t about US money on this side of the camp, AJ is sorted so keep it, why not give some to Wilder because he needs it more.
Also regarding the rematch clause, I've already outlined what AJ brings, why do you think he AJ owes Wilder a 2nd shot at all his belts if AJ wins, its idiotic, AJ's rematch clause is because he has everything to lose so he deserves it, Wilder has been saying he wins this easy ........ but now he's refusing to sign, that's what this tells you.
As of this point, contract signed and sent with not even so much as a query on the offer from Deontay just a straight ..... "Nope, I ain't signing" AJ cannot be faulted at all at present.
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