So, after last night Wilder has decided that facing Whyte might not be such a bad idea. He says the fight is basically a tune-up but he's ok with that if he can get Joshua immediately after if he wins. However, Eddie Hearn won't give him that guarantee. He said that's not how boxing business works, so this will fall through again.
It's so funny how they keep forcing Whyte to Wilder. Wilder was probably one of those kids who start to throw hissy fits when told to eat his vegetables.
Eddie is using his business brain, actually he is a little concerned about the Wilder fight. Sure, his guy is the favourite but would you as promoter want to risk even a 20%, 30% chance? And 20% is probably underrating Wilder a tinge. If Joshua did get sparked out it's a massive, massive blow, the hype would never be the same again and Hearn would lose tons of money. If Hearn waits the fight only gets bigger, he pockets more money in the meantime, and his guy is younger than Wilder anyway so there's no age pressure on Joshua.
If Wilder beat Povetkin or Ortiz then Hearn would feel a lot of pressure to make this fight. Right now there is none because Wilder's resume is dog****.
I feel like if wilder wins next week they shoukd make the fight now. if he fights whyte it delays unification and the orgs may enforce mandatories meaning they won't fight until after each has another fight