How much will wilder make in purse and prize money vs stiverne?


How much will wilder make in purse and prize money vs stiverne?

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The American had been due to take on Luis Ortiz on November 4 in an unbeaten showdown between the two. However, the Cuban failed a drugs test and Stiverne, who lost the title to Wilder back


in 2015, was more than happy to step up at a month’s notice. It is not the first time Wilder has found himself with a late change of opponent due to a drugs test. The American was supposed


to fight highly-rated heavyweight Alexander Povetkin in Moscow last summer, a bout that would have netted him his largest ever payday of around £3.5million. However, he too tested positive


for a banned substance and Wilder pulled out of the bout. Instead, he fought Gerald Washington back in the US and earned a relatively paltry £685,000 for knocking out the 35-year-old in


Birmingham, Alabama. But he is set to make almost double that on Saturday night with his side of the purse understood to be in the region of £1.1m. However, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie


Hearn claims he was trying to get British heavyweight Dillian Whyte into the ring on November 4 and that Wilder turned down a deal that would have been worth around £3m. “We’ve offered


Wilder [£2.2m] and US TV,” Hearn told _Boxing News_ last month. “People don’t want to fight Dillian Whyte. “He’s a real handful, he’s got a great chin, he don’t stop throwing punches, he’s


strong, it’s frustrating. “He just keeps coming back at you. "They don’t seem to want the fight. “It’s frustrating getting Dillian Whyte an opponent. “Every fighter that we’re asking


for money we’re giving it to them and they’re still coming back and not accepting the fight.” But Hearn has not given up on Wilder vs Whyte and admitted after the Brit’s win over Robert


Helenius on the Anthony Joshua vs Carlos Takam that there could be even more money in the deal for Wilder. On Friday, Wilder weighed in at his lightest mark since the last meeting with


Stiverne, tipping the scales at 220.75lb. His opponent meanwhile is nearly a stone heavier than he was for their contest two years ago, weighing in at 254.75lb.