On a scale of 1 - 10, how badly is wilder regretting not taking the 120m deal

[malbaker86]

They were thinking if he gets offered 100 million who knows how much they would get offered had he beat Fury .

That's NOT dumb to bet on yourself....

 

[reservoirdogs]

That's NOT dumb to bet on yourself....

Depends on the context, it was dumb in this case

 

[Black_Jesus]

Get offerer guaranteed 100 M for 2 fights... "Bu... but it's a flat fee "
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It was for 3 fights.. not 2

 

[Black_Jesus]

They rather turned it down cause it woulda been on DAZN and his team won't let that happen.
Wilder and his team got what they deserved cause they got too greedy They were thinking if he gets offered 100 million who knows how much they would get offered had he beat Fury

Yea that sounds nice.. But you're literally making shyt up.. Wilder mever asked for any set amount.. they never asked for 100m or more than that.. They asked for a fair split.. DAZN refused to reveal what his opponent would make which violates the Ali act.. DAZN even admit they fukked up the deal.. DAZN wanted to pay Wilder the same money in a rematch with AJ even if he wins and becomes Lineal and undisputed.. I can guarantee you DAZN wont offer Fury any deal like that..

 

[reservoirdogs]

It was for 3 fights.. not 2

That's why I wrote 100m cause that was for the 2 Joshua fights, another 20 for Breazeale

 

[merklman]

Wilder going forward can still make big money, if he wins the next Fury fight, if he doesn't he can still make some good money. But my argument would have been he should have taking his opportunities at the time, let's say he took 25 mil previously to fight Whyte, then 120 mil deal for the Breazeale mandatory and the 2 AJ fights then he's have 145 mil just off those alone. All of his other purse would have gone up too, so if he'd beaten Whyte when he had the chance it could have been even more than that cause he'd have kept raising his status, so he would have got more than he did for the initial Fury fight and way more in a rematch if it was undisputed.

If he was more bold he would have made a lot of money. He still could get mega money if he wins the 3rd fight or even get good money off other fights but he would be caking major if he was more bold and daring, his sponsorship and all that would have gone off the charts and he'd be legit 1 of the world's biggest sports stars. Now he's a guy who had 1 top level elite opponent and got destroyed and ducked all other elite opponents. If he'd of backed himself earlier and beaten the likes of Wlad and Vitali he'd be the man and 1 of the biggest stars in the world.

If he wins the 3rd Fury fight he will put himself back in the conversation for mega money but he could have done it earlier and made more. If he loses there's some good money but his value will decrease. I personally still find him entertaining in the ring so I'd enjoy watching him in a number of fights, but if he loses he won't be fighting Fury, AJ or Whyte for a while, and fighting Ruiz will be a great watch but he won't get paid as much.

1 top level opponent?

I beg to differ: