Whyteleafe/ shot old delboy with a war cap on / big pricey coming off a Ko win / Dave Allen coming off a KO win / HUGH FURY any of these can be sold to the sky season ticket holders as AJs big Uk homecoming
Likely those two but one will be in the states. Sky wont get both fights prime-time, Dazn will want one in America.
Surely it's definitely going to be Pulev and Usyk?? Both mandatory. I like both fights tbh. Pulev is old but he can bang a little. Usyk is an intriguing one. I've no issue with AJ taking either fight and getting the mandatory obligations out of the way. Let Wilder and Fury see who comes out the better between them. Then, early 2021, he has no option but to fight Wilder/Fury winner.
He has. It’s expected that he’ll drop that belt and fulfil his IBF mandatory in Pulev instead. That way, the belts stay with Matchroom.
Pulev in April is a given. If Wilder / Fury happens in February then this really opens things up for later in the year for the winner there to be open to facing Joshua. Chisora vs Usyk appears nailed on for March. Meanwhile Whyte will be given a PPV by Eddie... So... If all of the above are tied up then Whyte will be told by Hearn he is going for the winner of Wilder/Fury they will ignore him and he will fight Joshua PPV back end of the year. Hearn will be bleating about Joshua vs Usyk (providing they both win) but reality is he won't make that fight and he will see more value (£££) in a PPV with Joshua and 'the hard done to and deserving' Whyte .
Pulev and probably Hunter. Both fine. The only fights I'm listing as good involving AJ include Wilder or Fury. If Usyk looks good against Del Boy he goes into that mix too
The thing with Usyk is it make a nice few quid, it gets a mandatory out of the way and worst case scenario, Eddie keeps hold of the belts. Is Whyte mandatory? A Whyte fight any time soon will only be seen as ducking Usyk, Fury and Wilder. Especially if it's a voluntary defence.
AJ v Pulev (IBF) Usyk v Parker (WBO) Fury v Wilder (WBC) Whyte v Kownacki (WBC Mandatory (I know, another for Whyte!) AJ v Usyk (Unification) Fury/Wilder Winner vs Whyte (WBC) The above is based on winner of Fury/Wilder not taking a voluntary in between. Otherwise, could be loser vs Whyte.
To be fair, that’s a brilliant year in comparison to what we’ve just had. If someone had said 2019 would bring Wilder v Breazeale, Wilder v Ortiz II, Fury v Schwarz, Fury v Wallin, and Joshua fighting Ruiz twice you’d have said the year couldn’t get much worse. Wilder Ortiz II and Joshua Pulev to start is fine by me.
I know it's a mando but I really hope he doesn't have to fight Pulev. Who on earth does really? Wilder, Fury or Usyk next otherwise who cares?
