It wasn’t more lucrative though. He made 7 million for the Wilder fight, wasn’t that the offer for the Joshua fight or was it less.
Not sure, I think he'd have gotten 7 millions and for the Wilder rematch I read 2 different things, one of them said he got 7 the other said he got 1,5
Anyhow we sway it, turning down 7M for Joshua was a bad look at him, he was complaining for years about being avoided, then loses to Wilder then turns down 7 millions because of who knows what... He'd have plenty of time to be ready for the Wilder rematch by November had he taken the Joshua fight early June, even better.