AJ - Wilder was signed and was going to be announced

Of course it's a simple as that. Ruiz made sure it wouldn't have happened anyway, but it was clear that Wilder wanted nothing of the confident, aggressive destroyer pre Ruiz. He had a hard time with the pressure and counter punching of Ortiz for chrissakes.

Fury also wanted nothing to do with that Joshua, pricing himself out. To be fair to Fury, he was still getting back to full fitness around this time, but I still wonder how keen he was even in 2021. There was just so many threats of walking away coming from his side that I wonder if he didn't somewhere want to ruin it.

As for Wilder, it wasn't until after the Franklin fight, where Joshua looked gunshy against someone who posed minimal threat, that he seemed to really want Joshua.

 

Doesn't really make sense for Joshua now, I think. After Parker basically shut him out, anything other than a dominant KO would be seen as a failure from AJ, and Wilder still has that punch. A bit of impatience and loss of focus and that might be it. You don't want to go in against an opponent like that with the feeling that anything but a highlight reel KO is a let down.

And even if he gets one it will be a "meh, so he did a bit better than Parker and about as well as Fury did against a younger and fresher version, so what?" So except for money there's no real upside here.

Hrgovic is more risk, but a win over him and Joshua is the uncontested front runner for facing the winner of Usyk-Fury.

 

Oh yes. Wilder was seen as the much easier option. Memory is short, but those were the optics pre Ruiz. Joshua was alone at the top and Fury was very much a question mark concerning what he had left. The first Wilder fight was a step forward for Fury, but it wasn't until the second that he was truly back.

 

Well its to late now. No one wants to see Wilder fightinh ever again in a real boxing match after yesterday.

He was almost more boring than Okoile and did absolutely nothing on purpose

 

80 20 joshua
It as to be
Wilder brings
No viewing
No belts
No depth of cv
No new improved version
Nothing
So it comes back to the original offer offered
Lol
Wilder as been exposed for what we all knew

Anyone think it's a shut out if it was in america
Lol

 

Can someone explain to the saudies that we still wanna see Joshua-Wilder!

Who gives a F that Wilder lost to Parker really? This is not a real sport after all, boxing is show business.

And Joshua vs Wilder is still a great show we wanna see!

 

Absolutely, the interest may not be as strong but it's still there, and there is still probably a good bit of money to be had. Maybe not as much, but I'd be willing to bet it'd still generate a good bit for both men. There is a chance that it ends up being disappointing since the fight does seem to be a bit past its best point to happen of course. But I'd much rather we get a Mayweather-Pacquiao scenario than another Bowe-Lewis one.

 

Wilder is an empty gown. He did well to survive 12 rounds against a guy who couldn't put a dent in fringe cruiser Jack Massey 11 months ago.