Eddie Hearn: " If Wilder doesn't win, Usyk or Whyte next"

If wilder loses, there is an obligatory rematch.

 

This makes complete sense to me to be honest ...

If Deontay Wilder loses to a man that 31 months ago was the size of a small boat ... had 2 warm up fights one against a Danny DeVito lookalike ... has questionable punching power and on home soil. I think the least of his concerns will be with Anthony Joshua. He'll want that rematch.

More than likely Whyte though we all know that Fast Eddie don't like to undercook his goose and that Usyk fight is still wayy off.

 

We all know it's Whyte next if he beats Chisora.

He's said in other interviews Usyk needs a few fights at heavy first before Joshua. Wilder win or lose likely as a rematch with Fury. Only way the rematch doesn't happen is if one utterly destroys the other and the loser doesn't want a rematch or if the fights a snoozefest and a financial disaster killing the rematch due to economics.

Eddie is teasing the Wilder fight along for as long as possible. Both sides know it isn't happening next but will continue to pretend it's the fights they want most next.

 

BOTH sides (Wilder and Joshua) aren't saying they'll fight next.

Just Joshua's side is.

Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury are going to be fighting two times. They have a rematch clause that either guy can demand. That's part of their contract. So they are going to be fighting twice.

Anthony Joshua has to fight Kubrat Pulev. That's who he's going to be fighting next.

I like Eddie Hearn, but they aren't fighting Deontay Wilder in 2019. Eddie used to say Wilder kept throwing Joshua's name out and then Wilder would fight lesser guys.

Now it's Eddie who is throwing Wilder's name out there before Joshua fights another mandatory.

 

I don't know what else he could say..

If Wilder loses then there will be a rematch with Fury so that rules out any AJ Vs Wilder fight next.

If Whyte beats Chisora then I'm pretty certain it's him and Usyk hasn't had a fight at Heavyweight yet so I doubt he'd jump straight in but it's a possibility.

Who else would AJ be fighting if it isn't Wilder?

 

Kubrat Pulev. It's already been decided.

 

Wilder as champion giving Fury a rematch clause makes no sense at all. I dont see why he would of agreed to that.

Challengers awarded rematch's by default is not a thing and I really have to question team wilder's motives if they agreed to that.

 

They agreed to it because TYSON FURY IS THE LINEAL WORLD CHAMP and Deontay Wilder is the WBC Champ and it's a big fight and both agreed to split everything equally ... purses, rematch clauses, everything.

Like two guys who want to actually fight and appreciate the accomplishments of the other.

Like Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier split everything down the middle for their first two fights. Like Ali and Foreman split everything down the middle for their fight.

It's a show of respect. And the fight was made, thanks to both guys treating each other fairly.

Not that ridiculous "I'm A-Side you're B-Side ... so take a flat fee or whatever I choose to tell you to take" bull crap.

 

I'd forgotten about Pulev to be honest. His mandatory will no doubt be mandated soon, but Joshua also has the WBO mandatory due around the same time. If there's a conflict between both mandatories then I suspect Hearn pays Pulev step aside money, which he'll happily accept and then fight Whyte in April, while giving Pulev a fight on the undercard of Joshua/Whyte if Pulev wants it.

Maybe Hearn tries to make Pulev/Usyk, that would be a good first fight for Usyk at heavyweight and if Usyk wins he controls a mandatory. Pulev gets step aside money, plus a good purse for Usyk and if he wins gets a 3rd pay out for the Joshua fight.

 

Usyk said the other day he's likely going to remain at cruiserweight and notified the sanctioning bodies that even if he were to take a heavyweight fight (which he may not) he wants to keep the belts because he intends on continuing to defend them.

It'll be Pulev (who Joshua fights next).

 

I hope you're wrong, Pulev has no chance. 90K stadium for Pulev is going to be a hard sell when everyone know's it's basically a glorified execution.

 

There is no rematch clause for Fury. That's just speculation. Only deonkey has that clause.

 

They aren't going to sell 90,000 tickets. That's the problem Hearn faces now. If Joshua doesn't fight for the WBC belt, the rest of Joshua's career is just making mandatory defenses and the luster will begin to wear off - if it hasn't started already.

So Hearn has to keep telling people another unification is coming. But it's not.

Or he has to get someone like Miller a belt (the WBA regular version) ... but that fell apart, too, apparently.

Yes, Joshua and Hearn are now stuck in "mandatory contender hell."

Just keep making mandatory defenses of three belts until you lose.

 

Not true. They can both call for a rematch. And they are splitting the total purse. But they aren't going to fight anyway, right? You've been saying that for most of 2018, too, right? Signing to fight Fury was just a ploy to get Joshua to negotiate, right?