Shelley Finkel - I called Hearn. Hearn doesn't want the Wilder-Joshua fight.

If you think AJ is ducking Wilder you have to be an idiot. Just look at their respective resumes it's clear one fighter is looking for tough fights while the other has been very happy until now to face one easy opponent after another.

Hearn has made it quite clear what his plan has been. He wants to unify with Parker first, plus he has a possible mandatory to take care of.

Yes we should all demand the best fight the best and Wilder is potentially the biggest fight for Joshua. But you can't ignore the reality of how the boxing business works. Hearn would like Joshua to break the US and he has a better chance of that if all the belts are on the line for the undisputed title against an American then we could finally see big time heavyweight boxing return to US soil if a Vegas casino can be lured to host it. Unification fights are not so rare with so many belts but undisputed title fights are still a rare thing and I personally want this fight to happen on the biggest platform possible, which still is the US.

 

Wilder, the guy who has a proven track record of avoiding big fights.

Joshua, the guy who beat the best HW of the last 10 years in his 19th fight.


Who do you believe?

 

AJ sells out stadiums when in there with bums like Takam and Charles Martin. Why would Wilder need to "raise" his profile in the UK to help sell the fight?

 

if you have a brain, you know Joshua isn't and wouldn't duck Wilder. end thread

 

He doesn't need to raise his profile to match AJ-Takam numbers.
But he has the potential to be a FAR bigger opponent for AJ than that, far more marketable.

Wilder's promoters ARE currently working on raising his profile.

 

Why is Wilder among "the two best" ??
39 fights ..... and how many of those were against men in the true top 10 ?

 

Not the same as Deontays version...

 

What I'm saying is, Wilder suddenly piped up as soon as he knew AJ had mandatory obligations.

I think it's all talk from Wilder and team. The track record speaks for itself.

 

A side calls the shots!

Flat fee!

 

The mandatory fight which he just had? I didn't think I had to state that as I thought it was obvious.

Wilder only started talking about AJ once that IBF ruling that he had to fight Pulev was made.

 

Deontay is the lian smith of the heavyweight division.

Not very good ,picked up a mickey mouse belt and fights bums.

Only difference is liam isn't handicapped and never demanded canelo has to fight him in Liverpool for 50-50, in order to become global.
But a certain heavyweight is mentally handicapped