2/3 time world champion

Because Hearn is great at this. You have to give him credit

 

It's absolutely nonsense.

 

Agreed. In the era of rematch clauses it literally means "lost but won rematch where cards were stacked in his favour",

Not a Hearn innovation though, latest in a long line of clever descriptions.

Lennox Lewis was often introduced as "one of the few men who has beaten every man he faced" - a nice bit of sophistry for "got KTFOd by Hasim Rahman and Oliver McCall".

Fury's "lineal champion" stuff too.

 

Do they? Sports fans can be gullible beyond belief. Edd is repeating/pushing his narratives.

 

And he knows that by saying something once, 100 outlets will repeat it and suddenly casuals are convinced.

 

One of my best friends watches all the big cards, like last night, but outside of that his total exposure to boxing is the Bunce (formerly Costello and Bunce) podcast, and what he hears from other similar people. Like last night I asked if he'd seen Dubois, his answer was "oh aye, against that fat mess, watched the highlights on youtube". Couldn't even name Miller.

So his sum total opinion is that Usyk is levels above most, Fury can beat anyone when he can be bothered, Joshua is a chinny robot, etc. He barely knew who Wallin was (didn't remember the Fury fight) so read nothing into last night's run-out. He's probably more right than some people I know that watch every Hearn comment end to end

 

Anthony Joshua will have a decent chance of becoming a three time Vacant World Heavyweight Belt Champion when these are split next year.

Would not be surprised if Hearn pushes hard for him to face Washed Up Wilder or Shyte Whyte for a vacant belt.

 

It is subjective. Losing to Usyk and then becoming a champ again is probably better than not fighting Usyk and beating Chisora Whyte and Ngannou

 

I meant had AJ not fought Usyk and fought those 3 he still would be a champ. So there is some merit in regaining a title when you lose to the best

 

We're into the realms of "if your auntie had balls" in this thread, but if AJ had not been subject to Usyk's WBO mandatory then we'd have had an undisputed with Fury instead of his run-outs against Whyte and Chisora, and probably Fury retired by now, one way or the other.

 

This isn't a new thing at all