Shelley Finkel - I called Hearn. Hearn doesn't want the Wilder-Joshua fight.

It doesn't matter what is being held there if anything.. The owner already has a contract with someone else. They can't just break it... Ffs.. Now in April already would be spurs games + two FA cup semi finals

 

I already explained, if you think the WBA are going to redo eliminators because of one failed drug test, you're sadly mistaken, as they will be installing a direct replacement.

 

You really are thick as ****.
But as it happens spurs play that day

 

Anyone making any excuses why this fight shouldn't happen next due to weather or stadiums or money reasons is a right proper moron. That ish ain't got nothing to do with you or your interest in the fight.

 

Now that I totally agree with. I'm just talking from a practical perspective. Hearn wouldn't try before the summer because it would effect the money the fight makes here. However if it could be done earlier than that in the USA and make the same there is no reason why not. But I don't think I'm alone in thinking that wouldn't be the case.

 

So do you know if there's a suitable stadium available for April 2018 in the UK? You're theorizing about Hearns being "scared", while Hearns made Wlad - AJ happen, a super risky fight. Hearns deserves the benefit of the doubt because he has shown he EMBRACES risk and big events. Wilder's handlers have a track record of AVOIDING risk and big events.

 

There is, at the moment, no mandatory challenger for AJ. The WBA isnt’ going to stop him from fighting at all until they decide who the mandatory will be ... they will probably need to order an eliminator now.

And they’ve allowed unifications to take precedence over mandatories before ... not like someone has been waiting for a year in the No. 1 slot and due to be next.

Hearn could easily work it out with the WBA if he wants to have AJ fight a unification next. If they name a mandatory, he could pay step-aside money. Lots of ways.

If the WBA want to stand in the way of unification, he can force the issue and make them take that stance publicly. If they won’t allow it, fine ... they can have Fres Freaking Oquendo fight Guillermo Jones for their worthless trinket.

Hearn can at least TRY to make the unification. You saying “well the WBA will force a mandatory next against a contender who hasn’t even been chosen” shouldn’t stop every effort from being made to unify the titles.

 

Check Hearns interview in Monaco. He said the fight in the US wouldn't make close to what it would do in London because Wilder is not a draw in the US and AJ maximizes income in the UK.

 

They've been waiting since Jan 2017, if they manage to push it back further cool, I expect they won't.

 

Who is “they”? If you mean the WBA, “they” don’t have a mandatory challenger.

 

Yes, fans should demand boxers take pay cuts so we get a fight when we - the boxing fans - want it. Where do you live, in fantasy land?

It's called professional boxing. First and foremost boxers, TV stations and promoters are lining their pockets. It may be news to you, but we (the boxing fans) come last in the equation. Cry all you want but the fight will be made where and when it makes both fighters most money.