Not to steal Wilder's thunder, but Wladschko vs Jennings in on!

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  1. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    Jennings has signed the fight and it will go down at April 25, MSG, New York.
    For the Ring, WBA Super, WBO Super, IBF, IBO Heavyweight Championship.

    Wich is the opposite what I expected after Wilder beat Stiverne. Because I thought he really wanted to fight his countryman in an all Haymon (pardon the pun) showdown.

    So happy the Briggs farce is off the table.
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  2. Bollywooden

    Bollywooden Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'll be honest, I would have preferred Wilder-Jennings.
     
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  3. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Wlad brutalizes Bryant and gets a KO in 5, then KO's Fury and then KO's Wilder to become the Unified Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion Of The World.
     
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  4. speck

    speck Milky Way Resident Full Member

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    Smart business move by Jennings.
     
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  5. Bollywooden

    Bollywooden Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Why do you say that?
     
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  6. The Long Count

    The Long Count Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Haymon and RNS don't get along. That contract situation would of been a mess. Plus more money and prestige fighting Wlad.
     
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  7. Bollywooden

    Bollywooden Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wilder-Jennings would have gone to purse bid mandatory situation. Jennings could have made a lot of money in a bidding war between Roc and Haymon.
     
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  8. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    I'm really happy how this all turned out, except for me losing loads of vcash.

    1. Don King isn't in control of the WBC belt anymore.
    2. The US have a HW they can get behind, big fight coming.
    3. Wladschko fights Jennings instead of loudmouth Briggs.
     
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  9. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    Well that's something to be thankful for. A Briggs fight really would have been indefensible.
     
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  10. The Long Count

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    Good fight top ten opponent. The WBC #1 challenger. Solid voluntary.
     
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  11. speck

    speck Milky Way Resident Full Member

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    Because there's no shame in losing to Wlad and at the same time making his career high money.

    Moreover, he's bargaining power is likely to rise somewhat as a result.
     
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  12. twopiece

    twopiece Pugilistic Ambassador Full Member

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    Methinks he was considering taking a Stiverne fight, not the Wilder fight. As said previously, Roc Nation and Haymon do not get along by any means.

    Plus, he probably got a slight bump in his purse for the Wlad fight by simply exercising his right to weigh the WBC mandatory option.

    Let's hope Briggs truly is OFF the table. Somebody paid to get him ranked in the WBA's top 10 though. Which means K2 still might fight him after Jennings, if they get him into a mandatory position. :-(
     
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  13. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    Definitely not a fight I'll wait for nor watch, but better than nothing I guess.
     
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  14. Ken Ashcroft

    Ken Ashcroft Boxing Addict Full Member

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    So if Jenning can somehow pull off the win, from having no American heavyweight champion for nigh on 10 years,suddenly all the champions will be American!??
     
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  15. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    As I said Briggs was never in the mix. Jennings was waiting to see the outcome of the Wilder/Stiverne fight and would then make a choice. Too many people wanting to think the worst and that Briggs was actually being considered, Wlad's just trolling Briggs just enough to think he has a chance to get a fight and then slapping him away at the last minute.

    Good voluntary opponent for Wlad. Jennings while nothing special has a couple of decent wins last year and being American allows a nice platform for Wlad to fight from to build a unification fight with Wilder. I'm loving the heavyweight division at the moment it's really livened up in recent years.
     
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