The 1st is trying to duck Usyk in every way. The second has a brain trauma from Ruiz fight and he doesnt know who has to face...and I doubt he knows even its name. HW boxing is a **** and a shame for the fans. All the contracts had to be signed since a lot of time, instead..
HW boxing is mainly the way it is because of the domination of Hearn and AJ. The reason they don't get blamed is because they also have the most propaganda running. Let's go back and look at it. Fury and Joshua could have fought near the start of Fury's comeback but they wouldn't give him 50/50 and Hearn didn't want Fury to have warm-up fights because he wanted him underprepared so they could smash him. The reason Fury fought Wilder three times was because AJ and Wilder couldn't be made, almost certainly because of Hearn and Joshua. Fury got himself caught in the trilogy with Wilder because Wilder had more promotional/belt power at the time. Hearn and Joshua lose to Ruiz during their Murican conquest and then go into safe mode. Ruiz is trapped in the rematch clause. Belt gets back to Hearn and Joshua who rig everything to their advantage. Ruiz did get fatter but with the big ring and safe strategy he wasn't going to win. Because Fury is still trapped in the Wilder trilogy he can't fight Joshua now. Then Hearn and Joshua fight Usyk thinking they'll run over him. Usyk was a big underdog, few thought he'd win. He seemingly struggled with Chisora. That wasn't a risky fight for AJ according them, it only became one after the fact. They lose and then Usyk is caught in a rematch clause. Hearn and Joshua lose again and now go into safe mode again. Fury is now available again. They won't take the Fury fight with plenty of notice because they are afraid of brand destruction and figure they can make more money with a rebuild. Fury fights Chisora largely because of that. Hearn and Joshua talk Wilder but clearly don't want him either as they are lining up knockovers.
Minor point, but Fury was mandated by the WBC for the second fight. He also had ESPN and TopRank behind him. So signing on for a rematch was a choice.
