Why wilder vs joshua needs to happen asap

if they stall around one or both will get ko'd in the meantime. neither is all that good.

 

I'd like to see them fight soon. Plus there's really not any other big fights to be made in the division that are creating much buzz.

It would be good for the heavyweight division because the loser would create some interest with comeback fights and a new star might emerge. And the most obvious is it would make a rematch more plausible. Maybe even a trilogy of fights.

Let's face it, the heavyweight division is pretty dreadful right now and these ivory tower champions don't help matters.

 

As a boxing fan though, it is healthy for the sport if the fight is as big as it can be. The HW division is kind of the the shop window for boxing, the showpiece event.

I like it when my friends who aren't interested in boxing suddenly become interested in a fight, you can make a night of it, get the beers in, some food, it's an event.

So if the fight happens soon, great, but I do think this fight could be huge if Wilder just fought one or two guys who aren't half dead, someone decent, who hasn't got a massive beer gut. No one is impressed by him knocking out a fat guy pushing 40 who likes he just crawled out of bed, Wilder needs to do his bit by creating a bit of hype, a bit of electricity, which so far he hasn't.

 

These days highly anticipated fights have to "marinate" apparently. The word used to be using in cooking but has been brought into common use by ****head promoters like fishnet DLH.

Like most on here I just want to see the fight and can't be ****ed with all the posturing.

Just get it on ffs.

 

hopefully it happens late 2018 at the absolute latest.

 

It's only big in the mind of boxing fan. AJ is a superstar in Europe but Wilder is a nobody on both side of the pond.
Ideally, for it to be a super fight in US, Joshua needs to defend his title one time in the States, preferably a known American opponent.
And Wilder had his chance for years to get his name out but gotten no where because he is fighting bum.
It will only sells if it happens in UK and it's all because of AJ.
AJ will sell just the same with Parker.
Wilder is way below Bowe and Pac in terms popularity. There's no comparison at all.

 

Hold up...Parker is on par with Wilder in terms of draw, GTFOH...that's simply not accurate. I get it, you don't want the fight to happen, but to suggest Parker is as big a draw is BS.

 

No lol.. I like to see the fight. I'm just pointing out its not a super fight because of the different stature of the 2.
All AJ fights in the UK is a super fight regardless his opponent. And I think AJ Wilder and AJ Parker will sell about the same in UK.
So in my opinion Wilder and his management can shout all they want on social media about how AJ avoiding this fight, but in reality is Wilder holds no cards.

 

That's fine, as long as it's understood Hearn/AJ are making the choice not to fight Wilder.

 

You're a non-boxing fan if you think boxers shoulnd't take risks. As for Pacman, LL etc losing, it did nothing AT ALL to their box office attraction. Like if AJ gets Knocked out vs Parker in March, those fans who paid for the PPV won't just suddenly vanish into oblivion. They would still pay to see AJ vs Wilder, just as they still wanted Pacman to face FMJ, and LL to face Holyfield and Tyson.

 

They are in talks at the moment, maybe they can built it up to be a bigger fight at the end of next year.
If not they will have to stage in UK or else it's just not financial feasible to guarantee $20m plus to bring AJ to the states.
Wilder demands of home court and purse parity just don't add up.

 

Yeah good point. It doesn't actually matter too much if one of these guys did lose, as long as they are still perceived as the best two heavyweights in the world by the public.

The big problem though with the public (I'm talking about sport fans who just have a passing interest in boxing), is that Wilder isn't perceived as one of the top two fighters, he isn't perceived as anything, because they don't know who he is. Why? Partly marketing maybe, but partly because he has been fighting complete and utter bums, so his fights generate zero interest. No one other than boxing fans even know he fought last week.