Anthony Joshua and Eddie Hearn have until Thursday midnight to accept $50m Deontay Wilder offer
Joshua, trainer Rob McCracken and promoter Eddie Hearn received emails
sent directly from the Bronze Bomber's personal address, with his
promoter Shelly Finkel subsequently confirming an offer had been made.Friday 12am UK time)."We want [Joshua] to fight Deontay in his next fight and we offered him
Wilder also made an offer on Instagram and Joshua immediately responded saying he would accept if it was £50m.In an exclusive interview, Finkel confirmed a take-it-or-leave it $50m (£35.9m) offer had been made, with a deadline of "close of play on Thursday" (
$50m,"
"If he accepts it, it will be there. Al Haymon and I have never not delivered what we've offered.
"We were offered $12.5m (£8.8m) to fight him but we have offered four times that. If [Joshua] says he is not going to take $50m, it means he doesn't really want to fight him next."It was $50m against 50 per cent. He said, 'get me $50m against 50 per cent and I'll take it the next day, I swear'."
Wilder's offer will also give him and his team control over the show and the venue, but Finkel admitted that if Joshua does agree, the showdown does not have to take place in America.
Wilder also made an offer on Instagram and Joshua immediately responded saying he would accept if it was £50m.In an exclusive interview, Finkel confirmed a take-it-or-leave it $50m (£35.9m) offer had been made, with a deadline of "close of play on Thursday" (
$50m,"
"If he accepts it, it will be there. Al Haymon and I have never not delivered what we've offered.
"We were offered $12.5m (£8.8m) to fight him but we have offered four times that. If [Joshua] says he is not going to take $50m, it means he doesn't really want to fight him next."It was $50m against 50 per cent. He said, 'get me $50m against 50 per cent and I'll take it the next day, I swear'."
Wilder's offer will also give him and his team control over the show and the venue, but Finkel admitted that if Joshua does agree, the showdown does not have to take place in America.
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