Ever since WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0-1, 39 KOs) declared he was a free agent who could sign with any network, a high-profile bidding war has commenced.
After turning down Top Rank/ESPN last month, DAZN’s John Skipper swooped in with a reported three-fight offer worth roughly $100 million, with two of those bouts consisting of showdowns with WBA/IBF/WBO champion Anthony Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs) for an average of $40 million. The first fight of that agreement would’ve been an already scheduled May 18th bout vs. mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale, which had previously been penciled in for a thoroughly unwanted Showtime PPV.