Dillian Whyte was offered a smaller payday to face AJ for the second time than the purse he was paid for the Dereck Chisora rematch. This was not disputed by Eddie Hearn.
Coincidentally, shortly after ‘The Body Snatcher’ declined Matchroom’s offer to engage in the rematch with Anthony Joshua, Eddie Hearn subsequently offered the bout to Jarrell Miller instead and even provided the American with a bigger purse than the sum that Whyte was offered. The package was supposedly $6.96m.
The Matchroom boss argued that Whyte should have taken the bout, regardless the small purse being offered, because beating AJ in front of 100,000 people at Wembley would have given Dillian the ownership of the “keys to the kingdom”, which essentially means accept the lowball bid for the sake of seeking sporting glory rather than being paid your financial self-worth.
Dillian Whyte’s next outing against Oscar Rivas next month will be the fourth PPV event that he’s headlined. And I cannot name any heavyweight fighter, not named Anthony Joshua, that can boast about headlining so many PPV events.
Also, Eddie Hearn initially presented a $4m offer to Deontay Wilder to defend his WBC world championship against Dillian Whyte, the American’s average payday at that point in time for his previous seven title bouts was merely $1.28m.
‘The Bronze Bomber’ refused Eddie Hearn’s $4m offer to face Dillian Whyte, by demanding $7m instead. However, Wilder then ended up taking the Luis Ortiz bout for a paltry $2.1m.
Shortly after Deontay's bout against Luis Ortiz, Eddie Hearn submitted a second offer to Wilder, which was $8m. This was rejected also.
These are facts that can easily be verified and were corroborated by all parties concerned.
