I'd back Whyte against the likes of Fury, Wilder, Miller amd Ortiz but AJ is on another level. AJ to win by mid round KO.
I love reading the comparisons between Wilder-Fury and AJ. Why do you think that fight got made so easily? Fury was washed up and desperate to get back in the mix, and Wilder cherry picked him thinking it would be easy. Fights like that are EASY to make. AJ-Wilder is totally different. Both fighters have belts, both want the advantages and both could easily KO the other. Fury may be back in the mix now, but why would AJ take a risky fight like that when there are no belts on offer? If Fury beats Wilder in a rematch, that will be an easy fight to make. Both in the UK so nobody has to give up home advantage. Wilder on the other hand, his negotiating power has gone down after the Fury fight. A poor performance, and he is now carrying a belt that shouldn’t really be his. So why on earth would Hearn and Joshua go grovelling over to the USA to fight him? If Wilder wants the belts, come and get them.
Wish you Wilder fans would make your minds up as to why Joshua turned down the 50 million offer. He turned it down for contractual? Finkel refused to release details and on the interview the other day denied BT had anything to do with anything.|So how did Joshua know about BT? Somebody walking into all this mess with no knowledge of anything would say they can see its Finkel who has been moving the goalposts and changing his story and demands from day 1. Joshua and Hearn turned that offer down because they were refused a contract or draught contract and the opposing manager refused to sit and discuss any details of the contract and gave them a 24 hour deadline to agree to the contract without showing them any terms of that contract. The offer also came from Deontays own email account, not Finkels, not Haymons, nothing official and when they went back to ask about Finkel put up a bigger wall than Trump wants to put up on the Mecxican border. Hearn has never refused to meet or discuss anything with anybody from team Wilder, including Wilder himself, Hearn is the one who has now sent 4 or 5 contracts, some with percentage splits, some with 2 way rematch clauses and all for more money than Wilder has ever earnt. Joshua has seen 1 offer and it came direct from the other Boxer who doesnt have the money or the power to decide that and then no other details could be got from either wilder or his managment after that. It was a joke offer, no fights have ever been made by doing the things Finkel has been doing with Hearn and Joshua. And even if you believe it and Joshua turned it down all those other contracts are real, the ones Hearn sent, there is no denying those contracts and offers. But all we get from Finkel and Wilder is NO NO NO.
In think you would have to favour Joshua but wonder if it could go longer this time around. Joshua hasnt looked as destructive in his last few fights. Maybe he is trying other things and Whyte hopefully isnt carrying an injury into the ring this time. Although we know Joshua has the power to stop Whyte, it wouldnt shock me if it went the distance but I would guess Joshua by stoppage
I saw it the same as well. When whyte called out aj there was a loud cheer. When aj came to the ring more cheers. When aj started talking about wanting to fight wilder and whyte can fight the winner ,boos.
Whyte gets brutally knocked out again. Nothing against Whyte in the slightest, I find myself beginning to like him more and more, but he could do better than being Eddies second best option.
Whyte gets blasted out even earlier next time, I’d rather see whyte vs Miller while AJ takes on Fury/wilder
To be fair to AJ, he knows his fanboys will do whatever he tells them to do. So why not treat them like morons and tell them how to react I'd probably do the same.