Joshua-Big Baby all but confirmed for April

Spot on!

I do think the original point is bull**** mind. The fact he is from Watford does not make AJ any less talented, hungry or 'hard' than Miller from Brooklyn

 

Joshua would be fighting Miller next if it wasn't for Povetkin....and watch this space AJ will go to the US for Miller....but yet he won't for Wilder.

 

Somebody should let Eddie and Wembley know because the venue is already booked for April.

 

Well even if it happens in the UK it will be Miller next.

Hopefully Povetkin goes in there and details AJ and Hearn plans.

 

Boys I got bad news and good news. I already see this thing mapped out. Bad news first. We are not seeing Wilder vs AJ until late 2019 early 2020. Hearn never ever wanted AJ near Wilder until his dumb DAZN thing got off the ground. He needs AJ's pull to get this thing up and running. Who the hell else is going get anyone interested in it? So Hearn will flat fee/low ball DW to death until his thing gets off the ground. As soon as they offer a percentage of the fight you will know Hearn/AJ is ready.

Now I see AJ beating Povetkin. I see Hearn still lowballing DW for Apirl. Why? Because he is going set up Whyte vs AJ II for Wembly. Once that's done, AJ is going have to make his American debt. Won't be DW. Enter Miller. (Which I think he should do in Apirl instead of Wembly) Miller is the perfect American debt. Guy will sell the fight, undefeated and not a huge risk. Then Wilder probably in Vegas. $$$

Now what about DW? He will probably get Brezeale out of the way. He will KO him, but he is tough I hope he doesn't break his hand again. Next is tricky. Ortiz rematch is risky (I think DW is done though). Maybe Parker, but he would have to beat Whyte. Povetkin possibly. I don't know. But after that I'm certain him and Fury will get it on. They tried promoting a fight before TF lost it. They actually like each other I think and are both sick of AJ/Hearn calling the shots. Think next summer they fight. Hopefully DW gets through that.

Here's the good news. If DW gets through Fury and AJ is just coming off his American debt and all the belts are still on the line. DW and AJ might have all the momentum of Pac and May. It might hit mainstream in the US which is what it needs and deserves.

Anyways that's my prediction.

 

This is how it's going to go. for Joshua.......Povetkin (September 2018), Miller (April 2019), Whyte (October 2019) and then Fury (June 2020). Wilder is gonna have to marinate some more, problem for Joshua is that Wilder may get KTFO by one of his bums before then.

 

I could see the path you've laid out for Joshua happening. Would be a shock if they delayed this fight until it became huge, though if it takes that long I'll probably lose interest with all the BS, like I did with May/Pac.

Can't see what you laid out for Wilder happening. Yes he'll fight and most likely beat Breazeale. Ortiz rematch is possible, it's risky but he knows he can beat him and Ortiz isn't getting any younger, so not out of the question.

But Parker or Fury I can't see happening. Firstly neither are signed to Haymon like Breazeale, Ortiz, Duhaupas, Molina, Arreola and Szplika. Haymon doesn't like to risk Wilder vs fighters who are not signed to him, had Ortiz not signed with him, that fight would of never happened.

Parker after a win on PPV over Whyte would struggle to come to terms with Wilder. First off Parker would be the A-side being a proven PPV draw twice with AJ and Whyte. Parker will be used to being paid millions and Wilder only pays his opponents 500K at best. Just like before when they compared numbers there simply isn't enough in the pot for either of them to risk making the fight, especially with Wilder wanting a sizable percentage as champion.

Fury fight too seems very unlikely. Fury isn't one to take risks and Wilder would be too big a risk to face to jeopardise the Joshua pay day. Remember Fury didn't exactly have the best record going into the Wlad fight, 2 wins over Chisora and Cunningham being the highlights, he dumped the British title to avoid Price, he isn't a risk taker. He won't go anywhere near Wilder unless he's being offering huge money that simply wouldn't be there.

Wilder will more likely face the winner of Martin/Kownacki after Breazeale and then maybe the Ortiz rematch, keeping it all in house with Haymon.

 

i highly doubt they've raised the capacity of Wembley by 10,000 for Miller. it will probably be Whyte

 

The promotion and build up is scripted (loosely scripted), of course it is, it should be. Only a fool who doesn’t understand marketing and creating hype would argue with that.

 

Agreed, if Wilder doesn't sign then it will be Whyte, if Whyte beats Parker than is, which is far from certain. Joshua/Whyte 2 would be a big fight in the UK, only Fury is a bigger domestic fight. Would likely result in Joshua's biggest payday.

Though I think Joshua is more than capable of selling 100K even for someone as relatively unknown as Miller.

 

It wouldn't be a bad fight if it happens. Miller is ranked top 10 by Ring. If Joshua fights him after beating Povetkin he'll be on his way to clearing out the entire top 10 while having only 21 fights under his belt

Nobody currently is consistently taking on top 10 ranked opposition like Joshua is. Not even Golovkin who is ranked P4P#1.

 

lol. . Miller is 30 , prime and undefeated. . Briggs was 40 washed up , shot to bits and completely unranked.

Joshua fighting Miller is more comparable to Vitali fighting Sam Peters or Chris Arroela.

 

I was more talking about how I thought the fight would go, although Miller is doing his best to try and talk himself into a title fight like Briggs tried to v Wlad..

 

I'd actually rather see Wilder vs Miller. The build up would be cartoonishly funny and then Miller would get lit up and removed from the title picture.

 

Miller Light? Highly doubt it.