Aww your little PED abusing idol was scared to death to go and face some real challenges. He even ducked Joshua as well.
If it was the other way around btw, why is Pulev now the mandatory IBF challenger? It doesn't make any sense what you're saying
He's just trying to get a reaction. When he's not doing that, @Aydamn can actually be a pretty good poster. I think he enjoys debating with people on here though so will always try and be a wind up.
Pulev - Whyte fight was not about Pulev flying to the UK but about Whyte flying to Bulgaria as Pulev's team won the purse bids and Whyte refused to go to Bulgaria to fight a final IBF eliminator.
how are people forgetting that pulev was going to fight joshua but got injured? they are just giving him the opportunity again because he didnt get a chance.
The portion i cut out of your post. (excluding Spong as i know nothing about him) AJ was gifted a gold medal and his first world title, didn't earn what he was the hard way in comparison to Whyte who i would say did until he ruined it by taking drugs to get a step ahead. Whyte has ducked at least 2, arguably 3 people. Both have been bigger or the same size as their opponents. You said on an earlier post regarding Fury & Whyte that you should judge a man by their actions and not their words....well Whyte calls people out but ducks them.
Your poll options are idiotic. The answer is clear. The man had personal and psychological problems which lead to 3 years to inactivity following their fight.
Call people out by actions and so he counter offered ortiz to fly to O2 arena to fit s mainline bill And for pulev to do the same What part of that do you not understand? Or pulev and ortiz get high priority in all decision making? Whyte is as bankable as a boxer can be without being s champion it is common sense to let whyte dictate venue You are being deliberately obtuse and thick headed good luck with that.. ill take my intelligence elsewhere
Wealth, lack of motivation, celebrity status, general dislike for Wladimir, feeling like his job was complete, he had a new born but was mentally unstable and marriage on the verge of collapse, daily alcohol and cocaine use. Just look at him. He looked like John candy. Anyone who thinks he was scared is stupid. He went to Germany. He won. He went to fight wilder after two warm ups. I don’t buy into any top prize fighter is scared of another. Some might freeze on the night under the lights or when face to face aka the mike Tyson aura.
In fairness Joshua hates whyte and vice versa, despite whyte probably being the most viable contender it was a deliberate low ball by Joshua and Hearn, they knew it would enrage whyte and he would refuse on complete principle. Ok it was like 4 mil, but the fight was worth so much more. And should whyte have won, Joshua STILL would have taken the lions share in the rematch. Had it been anyone but AJ I reckon whyte would have just done it, but it came down to personal beef and pride. That’s my unbiased opinion
I think it was a combination of the imminent PED results coming in, and the fact that Fury is clearly mentally unstable. I agree that he's one of those guys that can pull a rabbit out of a hat when he's facing annihilation (Wlad, Wilder) but that once he's achieved his goal he sinks into an existential slump. Wlad would 100% have beaten him in the rematch and its got nothing to do with age, physique or skills. Its got to do with the fact that in the first fight Wlad was in a mental fog and Fury was as focused on winning as could be. The rematch would have seen Wlad as single minded as a locomotive and Fury trying to desperately motivate himself to win, most likely with minimal success. I truly think that a focused and consistent Fury would have the ability to rule the HW division, but we've only seen that animal a few times.
It’s been a 10 year problem, as far back as McDermott 1, in ibiza drinking himself stupid 2 weeks out from the fight. His mentality is a positive in that he fears no man and isn’t fazed but also, he will never stick around a gym long enough to stay on the tracks. The wallin fight will have put serious doubts in his head
Dillian Whyte has indeed done it the hard way. Anthony Joshua, however, is at the completely opposite end of the spectrum. He has fought every winning fight in his own back yard. Since his rigged Olympics 2012 gold, he has had the backing of the most powerful promoter in Britain, with a plethora of endorsement deals and a tight public relations and management outfit holding things together. This all came to a head when they bought the IBF title off of Charles Martin, who took a dive for several million pounds. Nobody is saying Anthony Joshua is not a good boxer, but to say he has not had a fortuitous rub is incorrect.
