This is where it all started:
https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=801794
Robbie Barrett
12-20-2018, 12:19 PM
Will Wilder fight Fury/Joshua next or duck?
I think he'll duck. He knows he'll likely lose to both. So logically he'd go with whoever paid the most which is Joshua, but he's ruled that out. There's no reason to choose Fury and lose for less. He's going to duck both and run around with his paper title claiming to be champ.
The WBC has confirmed that Wilder wanted to move forward with the fight, but that Fury refused. Which is the exact opposite of Robbie's prediction that Wilder would refuse to fight Fury next.
Robbie predicted that Wilder would duck Fury, but Fury ended up ducking Wilder. Just because the fight isn't happening doesn't mean Robbie was right. His entire premise was that the fight wouldn't happen because Wilder would be unwilling to give Fury a rematch. The truth ended up being the opposite.