WILDER’S JOSH DOSH
But Deon wants more
DEONTAY WILDER has been offered a cool £8.8m to face Anthony Joshua.
But the WBC heavyweight champion’s team are expected to reject the flat fee.
Wilder’s team feel they are worth far more for a massive unification fight with the WBA, IBF and WBO champion that could generate up to £100m.
The American and his management team have repeatedly stated they are happy to agree on a 60/40 split in Joshua’s favour and are willing travel to the UK for the fight.
But a figure of £8.8m would fall well below that valuation should the fight make what many believe it will. The offer to Wilder does not include any shares in pay-per-view buys, gate receipts or international broadcast deals. Starsport also understands no date or venue was given in the offer.
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn feels the deal is acceptable. And he will point to Wilder’s past pay days which have come nowhere close to the figure he has been offered. The British fighter’s team will also point to Wilder’s failure to sell out venues and the fact he has never boxed on pay-per-view in the US. Joshua has ® had three stadium fights and generated around one million pay-per-view buys.
There is a rematch clause in the offer with a second fight offering a potentially bigger share to Wilder.
But his team feel their man is worth more than Joseph Parker, the New Zealander who lost the WBO title to Joshua last month and who negotiated a 33 per cent split of the pot. TYSON FURY is set to announce his return to the ring today. The former WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight champion is believed to have agreed a deal with promoter Frank Warren.
His comeback fight will be in June with the venue and opponent to be confirmed.
Fury, 29, has not fought since he dethroned former champion Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015.
A rematch with the Ukrainian was cancelled after Manchester-born Fury failed a drugs test for cocaine.
He has suffered from mental health problems and served a two-year ban for failing a UK Anti-Doping test after traces of nandrolone were found in a urine sample given in February 2015.
Fury will have at least two comeback fights before a showdown with Joshua. Liverpool never beat City in the champions lge, the referees did, shocking decisions both legs. Referee also shocking against utd. In fact they have been shocking in the Premier lge. Is there a conspiracy against City? what was Rooney looking so glum about getting substituted – £250,000 for 57 minutes work that would do me nicely...bob less than 6 weeks to go before the big event on SATURDAY THE 19TH OF MAY THE FA CUP FINAL what can be more important than that. Herrera spat on the man city badge on purpose without a doubt! How many times do you see a player look to see where they are spitting ? Never! He should be held accountable for his actions! Watch the film! Liam and Noel Gallagher, Ricky Hatton your boy’s took one he’ll of a beating. Was it Martin Atkinson or was it Ron Atkinson reffing Manchester derby. what an absolute disgrace he was. hang your head in shame Atkinson. the look on Rooney’s face after getting subbed.. never mind lad look at your bank balance and smile. YEA I AGREE WITH PAUL COOK MUFC 2 A POINT. DONT THINK TITLE COULD B OURS. WE PLAYED C**P IST HALF DID A LOT BETTER 2ND BUT DID THE SAME – GOT IN FRONT THEN SAT BACK. A 10 team prem where they play each other 4 times each = 36 games a season. Those 10 teams would consist of – and this isn’t set in stone – City Utd Spurs Liv Ars Chel Ever Burn Leic Newc. Then make a Prem 1 with 20 teams and a Div 2, 3 and 4 also with 20 teams and this would allow many decent non league teams to fulfill a dream. Let’s all laugh at Leeds utd. Total garbage club, team, owners, manager. Championship club for life, and we all love it. Whoop whoop. Well done Liverpool, totally deserved, Pep now showing how arrogant and bad loser he is. Take it on the chin Pep. Old Big Ears wont be bought by M/City this year, stop blaming the refs, fixtures between legs and everybody else. Hav a look at ur Manager, failed in Europe once again.