Deontay Wilder says he will accept 40 per cent cut to Anthony Joshua’s 60 for heavyweight blockbuster
Bronze Bomber would expect AJ to mirror those terms in the rematch as talks over the unification scrap continue
DEONTAY WILDER has said he will accept a 40 per cent split to fight Anthony Joshua.
The revelation could well see that unification blockbuster edge one step closer - provided AJ can see off Joseph Parker.
Those two will clash with the IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles on the line - but the fight boxing fans really want to see is Wilder versus Joshua.
But in an interview with talkSPORT, Wilder also revealed that discussions for a fight against AJ have yet to even begin.
He said: "Nothing has been offered, nothing.
“Even when [Eddie] Hearn and his father [Barry] came to America last year, they weren’t talking about Joshua.
“Joshua wasn’t in their mind. They were saying ‘you guys and Dillian Whyte’. Like I said before, I would fight Dillian Whyte no problem. That’s easy.
“As long as you have Joshua on the end of that, we’re good. And they didn’t even want to make that happen.
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“That was the only thing that was going. There wasn’t anything about me and Joshua discussed. Nothing. Not one thing.
“They come back and said we didn’t make an offer, we didn’t reach an agreement.
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"How can an offer be made when the main subject wasn’t even discussed – we’re talking about Wilder vs Joshua.”
Wilder has previously said that "kings don't chase peasants" - in reference to not seeing a point in fighting the likes of Whyte.
He added: "The people want to see the biggest and the baddest and the best fight. Most of these people are going to say this is the best of their era.
“Some people are not going witness greatness like this ever in their lifetime again.
"You’ve got two great guys, two undefeated guys that have knocked out everybody placed in front of them, in their prime. One from the UK, one from the USA, coming together. What a special night, what a special fight.
“It doesn’t get any better than that special moment.”
The Bronze Bomber was then asked if he would take a 40 per cent split to AJ's 60 for the fight, with the winner getting it the other way around in the rematch.
Wilder replied: “I’m there,” Wilder replied.
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn has revealed he could negotiate to get Wilder and Joshua on the same card in the summer - but not against each other.
reports that Hearn likes the idea of the two boxing on a 'semi-final' card this summer before a huge unification fight in December next year.
Hearn said: "Yeah the idea of having them box on the same card as a build-up to them fighting each other is an option.
"But I'm just not sure whether we should wait because Wilder might get beat.
"In that seventh round I needed a change of underpants because I'm thinking 'it's all over'. If it wasn't for the doctors giving him the extra 20 seconds then it might have been over."
