Anyone who isn't saying Wilder first after Parker, is not confident AJ can beat him.
Wilder
and then it doesn't matter who the next two are, they're all the same.
Why do idiots say Tyson Fury?!?
If we are doing old, retired fighters, I'd say the real Tyson, Iron Mike Tyson! Just as much chance as him coming back as 400 pound Fury. Fury was never retired, he's been saying he is going to fight in a few months for literally the past 3 years. He is like a Kardashian. Got famous and now just famous for being famous.
Also, there is literally no way AJ could fight Wilder and then Fury. Assuming AJ is willing to go clean and undergo year round VADA testing, like the WBC requires, and assuming he beat Wilder, than Fury would have to get ranked by the WBC and also undergo year-round VADA testing.
Fury failed a test before the Wlad fight. However, in the UK, the UKAD, doesn't release any information until the investigation, and all appeals are complete. Which kept his dirty test secret until well after the Wlad fight. There were numerous hearings, which Tyson said he was going to go to, to prove his innocence, and get back in the ring. When the hearings came up, Fury never went to any of them, and quietly accepted his two year suspension.
Also, of note, while signed and training for the rematch with Wlad, testing people came to test Fury, and Tyson refused to be tested, told them to f*** off, and made them leave. He was being investigated for that, which would have resulted in a four year suspension. So Fury simply retired, and the UKAD never pursued that incident.
It is cute, and a good story, but Tyson Fury is not a professional boxer, and he never was close to being good enough to even be a contender with year round random ped testing.
As long as we are going to ignore reality, let's just go all the way and call for AJ vs. Mike Tyson!
Brock Lesnar. A boxing match between AJ and Brock would be 3rd highest grossing fight ever behind only Mayweather-Pac and Mayweather-McGregor.
If AJ wanted to prove he is the top hw fighter, he would be fighting Wilder instead of begging him not to confront him live on t.v. shown in the U.S. and England. As long as all AJ cares about is money, then go all in. If Dana White could get Brock on board, AJ would sign with him in a heartbeat. These bums like Takam, Parker, and Whyte might get him $15 million a fight, but one fight with Brock would be over $100 million. Easy. And an easier fight too!
Povetkin, Wilder, Fury
Conquer Russia, US, and then back home. I'd let Fury know the sequence, to get it together by then.
I change this to Miller Wilder Fury. Povetkin waited for forever to fight a Klitschko and then he lost. Give Baby Boy a shot :boxing: and Joshua needs exposure in the States to build up the Wilder fight, not in Europe.
1. wilder
2. physical and mental recovery from getting ktfo
3. comeback fight to rebuild his psyche
Do you think he would blow up like fury? Or would he do the Andre Ward /Floyd "retirement"...go to Abu Dhabi and come back as a Dorian Yates style 350 pounder?
David Haye - Wembley - end July/Aug
assuming he beats bellew - a big payday and probably last opportunity for this to happen before Haye retires
Miller - New York - nov/Dec
Ability to build up fight in America before the unification with wilder, planned for winter when stadium fights not an option in uk anyway
Fury - end April - Wembley
Would be another huge fight and hopefully by hen fury has had a couple of fights himself and built this up.
This would leave for remainder of 2019 the Wilder fight (or double match) and then others such as Whyte2, Pulev, Potvetkin, Charr (if mandated) and probably others upcoming - maybe even Joyce would become an option by then?
After Parker (assuming win):
I would strictly build up a Wilder vs AJ fight. What would need to happen:
-AJ fights in the U.S. against an American opponent: only options I see are Miller and Adam Kownacki. Kownacki because he is undefeated and has a common opponent with Wilder. Miller because he seems to be drawing attention to himself with his vocal mouth.
This fight would give me a good idea if AJ vs Wilder could even be a reasonable fight in the U.S. More than likely, no, but we would still attempt to gain American viewers for the inevitable bout against Wilder.
-Wilder fights in the U.K. against a popular British name. Whyte is the most obvious choice. Combine AJ mania with the threat of Wilder (assuming he beats Whyte), would make the public demand harder for AJ vs Wilder and create a superfight in the U.K.
So at this point, here is where we are in the timeline:
-AJ has beaten Miller and/or Kownacki in the U.S.
*More than likely, it would not be super popular but at least there is some exposure. Too bad it's not on free television like PBC or ESPN. That would be the most ideal scenario if I was looking for exposure (although I'm sure there is more financial incentives offered by Showtime).
-Wilder has beaten Whyte in the U.K.
*Great way to build up Wilder, because Whyte is a relatively popular name in the U.K.
At this point, I could setup the fight, or repeat the above. Joshua fights another American name in the U.S. (Miller or Kownacki). Wilder fights in the U.K. or U.S. (although I would prefer if I did two fights before the mega fight, that Wilder fights Whyte in the second fight).
TLDR;
Anthony Joshua
1) Miller or Kownacki in the U.S.
2) Miller or Kownacki in the U.S.
3) Wilder in the U.K. (unless by some miracle viewer ratings turn out as really impressive for AJ's showings in the U.S.
Wilder
1) Someone
2) Whyte
3) AJ
Remove #1 for both if I match AJ against Wilder up in the second fight, instead of three. Most ideal scenario, is we get that UK and US PPV money.