Stay woke people no chance this fight takes place in 2018. This is boxing same ol song and dance. Marinate>>>>>>Unifying My prediction: Joshua-Miller & Wilder-Whyte Fall 2018, Similar date to build interest. They could even try to sell us Joshua-Povetkin/Pulev & Wilder-Parker/Breazele in Early 2019 before AJ/Wilder
Depends, if Parker wins next weekend then it could be a reasonable distance away - AJ would totally exercise the rematch clause and that could take months to make happen. If AJ wins I still don't think they'll go straight to Wilder. Realistically I get a bit of a vibe of Team Joshua doing a mix between letting the interest in the fight and Wilders age build a bit more. I'd go with mid 2019 at the earliest.
Wilder wouldn't fight Wlad, Haye or Vitali after 33 fights as his own promotional team said he wasn't good enough. So Joshua is entitled to at least 13 more fights before he takes on the self-proclaimed 'best heavyweight of all time'.
Not a single Heavyweight deserves a shot at either AJ or Wilder. So I believe the fight will get made after AJ smokes Parker. IF AJ/Wilder decide to take an interim fight we can still see the fight come to fruition near end of the year. I'm hopeful.
Definitely in 2018/2019! There's still a chance to make it in the winter of 2018, but 2019 looks more realistic.
Depends on Wilder to be honest. Hearn/Joshua have made it very clear for a long time now they want the fight this year most likely later this year as that has been their long term plan since last year and so far they've been able to always do what they say. Hearn said they'd fight Wlad and despite many not believing Hearn would risk it, that's exactly what they did. The said they'd unify with Parker early this year and that's what is happening. Hearn in general delivers on what he says. But the random factor will be Wilder and Haymon. Will Wilder price himself out, do Wilder and Haymon really even want the fight or is it all bluster and a ploy to self promote, lets be honest Wilder's opposition has been poor and a big reason for the Ortiz fight happening was pressure from the network as they were not happy about Wilder's previous opposition. Hearn seems confident a deal can be made, usually he will be straight forward and tell you if a certain camp is messing him around so I think the fight will happen this year.
I think the whyte/browne result will be the biggest factor. If whyte wins and becomes wbc mandatory I believe hearn will wait until wilder is forced to fight whyte That way he will get two big fights out of wilder if be beats whyte. Hearn is in a no lose position if whyte wins, he can make two of his fighter lots of money.. So aj/wilder I would guess at 2019
It needs to happen sooner rather than later or the belts may end up getting separated. As Eddie said, there is only a small window to make the fight for the undisputed title. I wouldn't be surprised if it's made for July/August at Wembley. All this talk of stalling and shutting Wilder out is just a negotiation tactic. Everyone wants the fight. Nobody is "scared". There's little point in having interim fights, in case one of them loses. It's hard to see the fight being any bigger than it is now. All assuming Joshua beats Parker of course...
I think in 2019 if AJ wins and Whyte also wins, it's very likely Hearn will force Wilder to fight with Whyte because in this case Whyte will wbc mandatory. For Hearn, this is a lossless game, if Wilder wins Whyte, it will be a little uncomfortable for Hearn, but not fatal, otherwise Hearn will get two HW champions. If only AJ wins, I think that there is a chance that the fight will happen this year
After whyte's win and the comments from him and Hearn after there's no way this fight is happening this year. Hearn is going to force wilder into fighting whyte first
I'm hoping fall 2018 in Vegas. I'd be satisfied with winter 2019 in Vegas. (And I guessg GB, although that would mean i cant watch it in person which Im rallly hoping for). Any later than that someone is playing games. And frankly, if Wlad can give Haye 50%, AJ can give Wilder 45%. If the fight isn't made by the end of the year I'll probably blame AJ.