I don't know where that notion comes from. Wilder for most of his career hasn't been that popular at all. Even now his last fight only sold 6000 tickets and did under a million viewers on non PPV. Even in his biggest fight thus far against another big name in Fury they only sold 325 thousand PPV's max (I heard it was lower though). AJ has already outsold Wilder's last gate significantly in his first fight on U.S soil, over 1900 tickets sold, more people worldwide should watch the fight also. The revenue will also be a HUGE amount more due to the prices of the tickets. So AJ in his first fight is already outperfoming Wilder who's been in the U.S his whole career, also AJ will fight in U.S again, there's other U.S heavyweights that can build themselves up that AJ can fight there if Wilder won't accept the offers. Some good ones too, it all depends on their progression. AJ is a superstar, people really love him, he has quite a diverse fanbase, he has the support system with his team behind him too, he could be a huge superstar in U.S, he isn't quite there yet because he hasn't touched that market yet, but that's what this event tomorrow is about, to start that process. If Wilder loses his star fades, he won't have that aura anymore or be able to talk shyt. It's true he would still be a big star, but who will Wilder be fighting if he loses to Fury? And who is gonna pay for it? He won't have a belt anymore, I don't think people are gonna support him fighting bums anymore, because he's on a higher level than those bums clearly, he'd be desperate for the AJ fight if he loses but then it will ALL be on AJ's teams terms, he won't have any bargaining power whatsoever, the belt is what gives him the power in the negotiations, they want that belt bad, if he doesn't have it they could easily let Wilder do his thing, and they could do theirs which is significantly bigger historically than what Wilder does. He may accept a low flat fee out of pure desperation and just the shot of knocking AJ out (which is possible) but should he do that he could risk losing like 80 million or some shyt. The offer would be a fraction of what it's worth now, for that reason I hope Wilder wins, because I want to see the AJ vs Wilder fight untainted, such a big fight potentially.