When you are ignoring the other side and refuse to make a counter offer. That’s a clear duck. When someone asked him if he had already signed to fight Breazeale his body language and manner said yes. Clear signs of deception in his denials
Breazeale only beat Mansour because Mansour quit in a winning position when he had Breazeale badly hurt. It later came out that Mansour had a serious injury.
The image of Di Bella I cannot get out of my mind is thw look on Di Bella & Jermaine Taylors faces at the end on the first Hopkins fight. They looked like two schoolkids who had had their candy taken off them ready to burst into tears. They knew they'd lost THEN the decision was announced Taylor got the decision robbing Hopkins AGAIN!!- It was like Christmas for them What a gift
If Breazeale did win, I'm afraid we'd be in the same situation. Breazeale is a Haymon fighter and would again ensure his lone heavyweight title holder wouldn't go anywhere near Joshua. You would have a Breazeale/Wilder rematch most likely, unless the WBC enforce the mandatory with Whyte. But we wouldn't see Joshua/Breazeale 2 next especially as the money on the table for such a fight would be far less than Joshua/Wilder as we already know Joshua can beat Breazeale.
It wasn't just his tongue that was injured, Breazeale fractured his jaw too. It seemed like a freak injury at the time but in reality Breazeale hit him so hard he busted his mouth, breaking bones and splitting open his tongue. I'm not too pissed about the Wilder/Breazeale fight to be honest, sure Wilder is ducking the Joshua fight but at least he isn't fighting a total bum next. I think with Breazeale's chin, heart and power he will be dangerous. I don't think Wilder will just bomb him out and if he tries too he could get caught. We saw that Breazeale when against Ugonoh and Mansour is dangerous when hurt, he's like a heavyweight version of Froch but without a decent jab or right hand, he'll take a beating and get back up and hit you back harder and only Joshua so far has had the skill to over come that. Joshua caught him early too, but wasn't able to finish him off and had to change strategy, sit box box a bit a break him down for a few rounds, he wasn't able to just blow him away the first time he hurt him. Wilder with his more tentative style and ambush tactics might find himself forced into a far tougher fight than we expect against the crude Breazeale.
I remember seeing Mansour's head dented in at the side and wondered what was up. I never realised the extent of the injury was so great. Jesus. I don't mind Wilder vs Breazeale either, but that's more because I've stopped caring who Wilder fights, and Dom is a legit tough guy that tends to be in exciting fights. His only problem (well, not his only problem, but one that he can easily fix) is that he looks like he's lazy in the gym, which can't have a great effect on his already sloth like speed. Hopefully the beef he and Wilder had in the past was legit and inspires Breazeale to train hard for this one. It'd be interesting to see what a match fit Breazeale can do.
imagine if povetkin ko's joshua. both are infinitely beatable. letting this fight marinate almost ensures one or both lose in the meantime.
Damn Lou youve shot yourself in the foot so many times in this 1 interview im surprised you are able to stay upright. Reading between the lines i can only gather that they are distancing themselves away from the fight, but if I dont read between the lines and just listen to what he says then i STILL get the impression they are distancing themselves away from the fight. When asked about the Breazeale fight if the answer was no he would of said no, any other answer pretty much means yes. He says sending an offer by email from one promoter to the other is not how to start negotiations???? Ignoring said emails and not replying or making any contact with the rivals promoter and saying you are too busy to negotiate is how you dont start negotiations. The least he could of done is reply to Eddie saying NO, your guna have to do better than that, but they havent even done that.
DiBella promotes Wilder on a fight by fight basis. In practice this means he basically promotes all of Wilder's fights at the moment, but it also allows Wilder the flexibility of fighting under another promotion without having to pay DiBella a cut of his purse.