Carlos Takam has a big fight in September

Wilder wasn’t going to sign any contract that bound him to Eddie Hearn/DAZN. There were offers to AJ that would have avoided that obstacle had AJ accepted and he didn’t. He also balked at a career-high purse offer to fight Wilder with no strings attached to him promotionally.

 

Takam wouldn't win that belt either.

 

"Fury wasn't regarded that highly after his return from 2 years off"

Fury was close to even odds against Wilder the first time, which suggests that the public and the experts believed that Fury was Wilder's toughest challenge, tougher than anyone in the division barring AJ.

Fans on this forum gave a slight edge (19-15) to Fury in August 2018, having picked Wilder over all of his opponents since at least Stiverne, if not all of them: [url]https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/tyson-fury-vs-deontay-wilder-in-2018.612771/[/url]

Fury was ranked 7th by Ring going into the Wilder fight, having previously been dropped from the rankings at the start of 2018 due to inactivity.

"Furys dad said..."

John Fury talks utter sh*te and wanted to talk Wilder down, as well as big up his son, implying that in top condition no one can beat him.

AJ ducked Fury and Wilder by not offering 50-50 or fair terms in contracts, which led to him getting brutally exposed by Andy Ruiz and later losing the vacant-won belts again to Usyk, probably on a permanent basis.