Seems the Hearn brigade are trying hard to sell this fight for April. Like "Oh nothing is set in stone and we really want Wilder, but wouldn't a Whyte rematch be great?! We're trying really hard to get Wilder, but how great would AJ-Whyte II be?!" The answer is no, it wouldn't. Even if Whyte beats Chisora I don't want to see it. I am alone in that? Would rather see Fury-AJ, AJ-Wilder, AJ-Ortiz, AJ-Pulev or AJ-Miller. No need to go over old ground against limited Dillian Whyte.
I don't claim to know a thing about the casual boxing audience in the UK, but I'd have to say this seems like a skip for most people. Although at $15 who knows I guess. But about as pointless a rematch there ever was..
It would be pretty big in the UK.
Beyond the UK, you'd watch the fight wouldn't you?
I spend my nights watching old fights... I'm definitely going to watch the number one Heavyweight fight a credible opponent.
How many top, top fights do people think we should be getting? It can't always be the top 3 fighting each other.
It's irrelevant because Chisora is winning on Saturday. I'm convinced he'll stop Whyte and if Wilder turns AJ down I would like it to be Miller or Chisora getting the Wembley date. Chisora beats Whyte by KO round 10.
It's an OK fight but I would rather see him fight Wilder, Fury, Miller or Ortiz. He already KOed Whyte and I can't think of a reason why he wouldn't KO him again.
I don't claim to know a thing about the casual boxing audience in the UK, but I'd have to say this seems like a skip for most people. Although at $15 who knows I guess. But about as pointless a rematch there ever was..
He has every right to complain. The WBC robbed him of a mandatory spot and want to put him in a queue behind Breazeale if he won an eliminator.
youve shown a pattern of crying robbery when none exists.
breazeale won a final eliminator. whyte didnt. whyte pulled out of every final eliminator ever offered to him.
if he didnt want to wait behind breazeale, fine, but he also pulled out of the pulev fight after purse bids were already held. so it shows a pattern of pulling out of final eliminators.
After the purse bids had been held, Whyte pulled out of the IBF final eliminator vs. Pulev.
Before the purse bids had been held, Whyte pulled out of the WBC final eliminator vs. Ortiz.
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name the "multiple" eliminators whyte pulled out from
After the purse bids had been held, Whyte pulled out of the IBF final eliminator vs. Pulev.
Before the purse bids had been held, Whyte pulled out of the WBC final eliminator vs. Ortiz.
Whyte has beat the best competition to earn a shot by far.
Thank you for your opinion. What he hasn't done though is beat the guys that actually earn you a shot. He pulled out of the IBF final eliminator. He pulled out of the WBC final eliminator. He has no room to complain.
Whyte has refused to do the very thing that earns you a mandatory shot: fight a final eliminator.
Whyte has pulled out of multiple IBF and WBC final eliminators.
If he's counted as WBO mandatory, it'll be him being gifted the position without fighting for it.
name the "multiple" eliminators whyte pulled out from
You do know Hearn is Whyte's promoter too? If that is true that's doing his job for Whyte.
Povetkin was #1 in the WBO and announced by the WBO as their mandatory. It just goes to show that the WBO and WBA will do what Hearn tells them to do. This is important because the WBA "letter" used to justify ducking Wilder was clearly released at Hearn's behest.
Whyte has by far done the most to deserve a shot.
Whyte has refused to do the very thing that earns you a mandatory shot: fight a final eliminator.
Whyte has pulled out of multiple IBF and WBC final eliminators.
If he's counted as WBO mandatory, it'll be him being gifted the position without fighting for it.
I might not agree with our alphabet friend on most things, but I'd love to know what happened with Povetkin.
WBO announced that he would count as their mandatory (in addition to WBA mandatory).
Then it suddenly wasn't the case and they were talking about him fighting a mandatory after Povetkin. Something happened.
Likely the WBO realized that they could get 100% of an AJ sanctioning fee by being corrupt and calling a new mandatory.
I might not agree with our alphabet friend on most things, but I'd love to know what happened with Povetkin.
WBO announced that he would count as their mandatory (in addition to WBA mandatory).
Then it suddenly wasn't the case and they were talking about him fighting a mandatory after Povetkin. Something happened.
Since he knows what is going on between all the organizations and promoters, let him tell us what happened why WBC has only ordered one mandatory in 4yrs.
Really? Not the actual mandatory? (Pulev)
Pulev for IBF is great, whyte for WBO is better.
Pulev is a feather feasted fighter like fury, he got blasted away inside 6. AJ won't be afraid of his power.