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Thats why all REAL boxing fans should be rooting like he ll for BOTH these guys because this can be built up huge to casuals esp.And there is NO WAY they don't get what they came to see.Brutal KO as long as we don't get a quick stoppage.If they fight after next and win(I pray)your looking at 61-0 60KOs.Casuals love a KILLER type undisputed heavy Champs.And we need casuals to bring our sport back as much as possible. How can it possibly be 61-0 if one of them gets knocked out? In fact, it can't be 61-0 under ANY circumstances. 60-1 or 59-0-2 (if it ends in a draw.)

Would like to see him unify 160 first. I would also like to see him rematch Jacobs. In a perfect world, Jacobs vs Saunders happens in the summer then GGG vs Jacobs in the fall for the unification fight. So GGG isn't wasting his time on Saunders. In the "real" world, Saunders definitely beats every middleweight aside from GGG and Canelo - and I am not saying he doesn't have the best chance of any middleweight of beating them. The man is blessed with mad skills and now, finally has the fitness and discipline to fully exploit them. He made a complete mockery of David Lemieux, after loads of people on here and other forum posts said Billy Joe would be knocked out. Well, let's finally see how good and true to his word GGG is, by taking care of business against Alvarez in May and then putting his belts up against BJS in a winner-takes-all-the-titles contest, later in the year. Jacobs has already had his shot and needs to earn that right, once more. If people think he walks over Billy Joe, all I've got to say is "don't be silly."

Keep your eyes and ears open, this coming Thursday, for the big game-changing announcement from Eddie Hearn.

Unless Haye breaks his leg or arm Tony has no chance. He was lucky in the first fight. Good money fight for both as David Haye likes rewarding fellow black fighters. He will find another black guy to make money with after this. If you mean fighting - Tony Bellew is the only black fighter Haye has faced in 5 years and 9 months. If you mean as a promoter, I'm pretty sure he doesn't care what colour his fighters are...

since I'm not British, what's Fury's beef with Haye? David Haye was contracted to fight Fury and then pulled out. The fight was rescheduled, months later...only for Haye to pull out a second time. Fury had gone into camp twice, with all the expenses, for no result. It meant he was out, for more than a year, through no fault of his own. One of the first things he said, after becoming champion was that he would never give David Haye a payday. He was bitter about what Haye had done to him and how convenient Haye's "injuries" in training had occurred. When he subsequently discovered that his Uncle and cousin had shown up to Haye's gym, in London, he went on a rant and called the "sin" unforgivable. So, when he returned to boxing, after such a long lay-off, it wasn't surprising to see him turn his back on his previous team. Poor old Hughie, who's done nothing wrong, has been left no longer on speaking terms with his cousin Tyson - but now has the chance to be the number one fighter in his dad's stable. Also, following the win in Germany, it was pretty clear that Fury lacked motivation and ambition, having, in his words, achieved all he had ever set out to do in boxing. Come the rematch, his head wasn't in the game. He explained it to SKY Sports, thus: https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/10287256/tyson-fury-says-fall-out-with-trainer-peter-proves-he-lacks-motivation

Hearn and AJ running scared from wilder. This is the funniest (and dumbest) thing I've read, today. :burnout:

Fury doesn't see **** in Parker, that's just his boy and he can't stand Joshua. A completely obvious biased pick. Which is fine, as long as we don't look at it like Fury is really picking who he thinks will win and not who he wants. Hell, he's such a big Parker fan he was doing the damn haka with him in the locker room immediately after the guy beat his own cousin. Parker looks like being in for a whole world of trouble. This is the best shape I've seen AJ weigh in since I started watching his fights seriously. Lean and mean and not too ripped, with just the right amount of body fat to get him through to the later rounds, if needed. Parker has always had no option (with his short arms) but to get in close. AJ will be waiting for him - and will answer him with speed and precision. Expect to see a few uppercuts aimed at Parker's elbows, now that AJ is aware that this is a possible Achilles Heel of Parker's. Prior to the weigh-in, I was wracked with some degree of doubt about the outcome of this bout - but now, I am certain that the accumulation of power shots from AJ will be enough to overwhelm Parker. Should Parker survive for 12 rounds, I'd expect there to be an AJ v Parker 2 fight down the line. His team is relatively easy to deal with for Matchroom and a good fight always leaves room for a sequel. If the improbable happens and AJ loses, the rematch is guaranteed. Again, I say "improbable" based upon my observations of both fighters at the weigh in. Both have shown physical improvements since their most recent fights - but AJ stripped far the better.

I guess it boils down to people think Ortiz is better than Miller. I like the fight because we get some sort of comparison/contrast with the Wilder fight. Who did better, etc etc which hopefully stimulates more interest from casual fans. I didn't mind the Miller fight considering Brizzy is fighting Wilder. Just kind of accepted it as sort of record padding as we wait for the meaningful ones. Miller truly made this a difficult situation for everyone including potential replacements. AJ did "better" than Wilder against Gavern and Molina. The next question will be answered on May 18, in that Wilder has the chance to do "better" against Breazeale - who has only fought 3-4 times since taking a pummeling from AJ, in 2016.

Be kind, that's Frank Warren youre talking to. Probably got his knickers in a twist because an Hungarian carpenter has asked him to add 20 euros to his purse. Well, Frank, since you hold so much sway with the WBO, why don't you help the division out by persuading that body to sanction Parker v Wilder, while AJ meets his WBA mandatory? You could even feel good about putting one over Eddie Hearn, by taking away the prospect of Dillian Whyte getting the next shot at the WBC belt!

It's very CLEAR, Joshua and Hearn are DUCKING Wilder. Why is this fight not happening NEXT? Give me one good reason! WILDER wants it and is prepared to come to England for it. Both have just cleared their mandatories. NO EXCUSES AJ/HEARN....STOP DUCKING! This is TRULY an IDIOTIC comment! Who gives a flying **** what Wilder wants next? If you know ANYTHING, you would know that AJ has to clear his mandatory, NEXT fight, unless the WBA, in all its wisdom, gives him a pass (on account of the mandatory challenger, Luis Ortiz, nw serving a one-year suspension.) Wilder may have cleared his mandatory (and what kind of a sick joke was the WBC playing by making an inactive boxer its mandatory?) but AJ has only done HALF his job. I can't even get into it anymore - it's EXHAUSTING having to explain to people who simply can't be bothered to do any research...but, in summary, Anthony Joshua, the number one ranked heavyweight in World boxing, is the current holder of MULTIPLE belts. It should, therefore, be apparent to even the most fervent Deontay Wilder fan, that he has to fight more than one mandatory. Having taken care of his IBF business, he is obligated to do the same with the WBA. THIS IS PRECISELY WHY Eddie Hearn proposed that Wilder fights Dillian Whyte in the interim. In the end, whether he fights him or doesn't fight him, he CAN'T get to a fight with Joshua BEFORE AJ fights his mandatory. You can't be that thick that you don't understand this? I think I am starting to understand, now, how Donald Trump was actually elected President...

Agree Wilders resume is great, it's joshuas whos sucks. 42 year old klitschko lol, just lol AJ's resume, after 20 fights, is at least ten times better than Wilder's was, after the same number. Even now, Wilder's resume is PUTRID for a so-called champion, with 39 bouts to his name. I feel sorry for him because he has no promoter and so, is forced to resort to desperate measures, in order to raise his profile in his home country, where almost nobody has ever heard of him. You can all bleat as much as you like (no doubt, it's the "American Way" to cry until you get what you want) but BOTH AJ AND Eddie Hearn has said the fight has to happen in 2018. Given the lack of profile of Wilder (due to no promoter and never having faced a credible opponent), together with unrealistic financial demands, the fight HAS to be built up, to maximize revenues. Put it this way, Ward v Kovalev was supposed to be the fight of 2016, did a pathetic 160,000 PP Views. The rematch fared even worse, with no more than 125,000. Both of those fighters had greater recognition in the US than Deontay Wilder. The fight between Joshua and Wilder cannot be allowed to suffer a similar fate. Joshua has ALWAYS overpaid his opponents and will have to do so again, with Wilder, who, win or lose, stands to make his biggest-ever payday from the bout. Joshua events are also known for having stacked undercards. All those fighters are paid from AJ's cut. It's the Matchroom model. The fight WILL happen and it WILL happen in 2018 - but it must be allowed to percolate, in order to attract interest in America, or run the risk of flopping, like Kovalev v Ward (and vice versa.) People who say "Just make the fight now" really know NOTHING about the BUSINESS of professional boxing. Wilder is being a bit of a big-mouthed idiot, whereas AJ is doing exactly what a good professional would be expected to do by letting his TEAM take care of the business side of things. If Wilder IS as dangerous as some people claim, then, unlike each and every one of the stiffs he has fought, thus far, AJ is going to make sure he earns as much as he possibly can from the bout. After all, he risks jeopardizing an even bigger fight against the unbeaten lineal champion, Tyson Fury. To make this fight happen sooner, rather than later, then Wilder, or the people who advise him, are going to have to be a little more realistic about how much he expects to be paid. Either that, or actually STOP shouting so much and actually MAKE AN OFFER to the other side.

the parallel here is only the ducking part. Bowe ducked Lewis like Joshua is ducking Wilder. You've clearly taken one too many shots to the head. What bull**** is being spouted by Wilder and the people around him - to make believe that Joshua is afraid of him! Dillian Whyte is unafraid, so you can rest assured that neither is Joshua. Anyone who suggests there is any "ducking" going on here, is a deluded fool. I think the term that Americans are so fond of is "casual." You're a casual because you have no understanding of professional boxing. You're a casual because you can't grasp the simplest of facts - that holding a belt brings with it obligations that are, sometimes, beyond the control of the belt holder. Wilder only holds ONE belt - the somewhat discreditable WBC belt, tainted by making Stiverne the obligatory opponent for Wilder, when he had fought only once in the previous two years. AJ has two belts (three if one counts the IBO.) The IBF forced him to defend his title against Carlos Takam, which he successfully did, in front of a crowd of 80,000 people, in Wales. The WBA had previously stipulated that he MUST fight his mandatory challenge IN THE VERY NEXT FIGHT after his IBF mandatory. The waters are a little clouded by the fact that the mandatory, at the time the directive was given, was none other than Luis Ortiz. Since testing positive for two banned substances, the WBA has now removed Ortiz from its rankings and banned him for a year. There is an assumption that the WBA will replace Ortiz and force AJ to take the replacement as his next fight. In my eyes, AJ is a bigger name than Wilder (indeed, Wilder has a bigger name in the UK - thanks to AJ - than he does in the US)...but AJ is NOT bigger than the WBA (nor the IBF.) In other people's eyes, Wilder is bigger than AJ - but, once again, Wilder is NOT bigger than the WBC. Fans have to understand - it's not AJ, nor Eddie Hearn, putting obstacles in front of a bout between these two. It's not Wilder, nor even his very average promoter, Lou diBella, holding things up. It is the sanctioning bodies. Even minutes ago, I read that the WBC may order Wilder to meet Dominic Breazeale (AJ's first victim, as champion), following his defeat of Eric Molina (Champion AJ's second victim) next. Now, I don't know where that places WBC Silver Heavyweight, Dillian Whyte (AJ's last victim before becoming IBF champion) but, as you can see, Wilder "deciding" he wants to fight AJ next, is not at all straightforward. Even if Wilder decides that his next fight will be with AJ, that does not discount, in any way, the obligation that AJ may yet face, regarding the WBA mandatory defence of his belt. While all this verbal sparring is going on, there is still the small matter of recovering from a broken nose, which might well delay a full return to the gym from AJ. Before anyone cries about that, let's not forget how much time Wilder was allowed off, to repair his broken hand, following the Arreola fight. Thus, assuming AJ has to meet his mandatory in February or March, the EARLIEST time he can face Wilder is next Summer (probably at Wembley.) So what's the beef? In AJ's own words, after he defeated Takam: 'Boxing needs it and so do I, 100 per cent.' He went on to say: 'I think it comes to a decision where you have the IBO, the WBO and WBA. They have mandatories. so provided I'm free I can't fight Joe Bloggs from anywhere I have to fight championship fighters. 'Now there are belts on the line we have obligations as champions (but) my door is open to any champion. 'Everyone saw how hard I worked to get these belts so I'm not going to just give them up. But when I'm free we can look at these fights and I think the Wilder one has to happen.' Now tell me - ARE THOSE THE WORDS OF A MAN WHO IS DUCKING WILDER? Riddick Bowe was an American coward. Anthony Joshua is a British hero. There's a big difference!

NSB sure knows when to drop these threads. Do it when the Wilder fans are snuggled up in their beds and let the Euro trash invade the thread with their it’s okay to duck Wilder bullshyt. Aren't you lot the same bunch of idiots who predicted that Billy Joe Saunders was going to get knocked out by David Lemieux? I don't give a **** what Wilder's team says, until they start talking sense on the business side of things. Wilder is a minor player in the American boxing scene. He has little profile and if he wants anything like the 33% Parker will receive for facing AJ, he needs to raise his profile IN AMERICA. It doesn't matter who AJ faces, he sells out venues. By the time of the Parker fight, he will have performed in front of 246,000 live fight fans in just three fights, in 11 months and 2 days. In Wilder's entire career, he hasn't fought in front of that many fans and, without AJ, he never will. Has he got a chance of victory? Sure. But he's also the owner of one of the worst defences in heavyweight boxing and AJ's more accurate punching carries a lot of power, too. Wilder is doing a lot of the right things, by making ridiculously outlandish statements: ("I would whoop a prime Mike Tyson".."I feel I have more than matched the accomplishments of Muhammad Ali"...) We all know that he is talking bull**** - but it means we ARE talking about him and that means, sooner or later, his antics will come to the attention of the casual boxing viewer - which is EXACTLY how his profile will be raised. From the start, when Wilder proclaimed himself to be King of the Division and demanded a fight with AJ, his team has never made a financial offer to Joshua - instead, expecting all the actual work to be done by Eddie Hearn, whose client is AJ. Naturally (and deservedly), as the "A" side, AJ must receive the lion's share. Whatever Wilder receives, will dwarf whatever purses he has previously fought for - much the same as Joseph Parker (whose team also made the fight and their cut on the back of outlandish statements, as well.) AJ's plans for 2018, are determined by AJ and HIS team, NOT by Wilder and his, seemingly, uncoordinated bunch of misfits. Since LAST year, he has spoken of having three fights in 2018. It makes logical sense, therefore, that the Wilder fight is the THIRD one of the three, given that it is meant to be the climax to the current heavyweight calendar. That should PLEASE Wilder fans because, with Britain's cold winters, the prospect of a stadium fight diminishes and, therefore, improves, greatly, the chance of the bout going to Las Vegas or New York. Since Eddie is intent on negotiating a two-fight deal, that would set things up nicely, for a Wembley Stadium rematch in 2019. But let's not get ahead of ourselves...AJ still has to overcome WBO Champion, Joseph Parker, at the end of March. If the unimaginable happens and Parker wins, then Parker and Wilder will be back to fighting (each other) for peanuts and, I suspect, AJ will focus on a big money bout with Tyson Fury before trying to regain his belts. AJ v Fury is the biggest domestic fight in the country with the biggest live audiences.

Lol... it's hilarious watching lame AJ fan boys like you so desperate and clutching at straws like this. Facts are facts. Wilder fans are deluded. Completely up themselves. Stupid as ****.

You lose all credibility when you mention the magazine belt. The magazine was purchased by HBO's lead promoter. It has NOTHING to do with the lineal championship as HBO's promoter, which owns the magazine, makes up the rules as he goes along to benefit HBO whenever possible and damage Showtime whenever possible. Tyson Fury publicly announced his retirement. The lineal title then became vacant. That is how it has always worked since the beginning of time. The magazine chose to ignore the rules of the lineal title to prevent a Showtime fighter from becoming lineal champion. The sooner fans realize the magazine is a corrupt joke that had every respected journalist quit in disgust, the better. As for undisputed, that's a matter of opinion. When the fourth title became recognized, WBA rules made it clear that to become undisputed champion, you had to hold three of the four titles, not all four. Same feel you should have to hold all four. The only problem is that holding all four is nearly impossible. Further, every recent undisputed heavyweight champion held the WBC/WBA/IBF and completely ignored the WBO. Tyson, Douglas, Holyfield, Bowe, Lewis, etc. If that's the case, your boy, Billy Joe Saunders is pissing in the wind by calling himself "world champion." You have just declared GGG to be the Undisputed Middleweight Champion of the World. Since you, so heavily, promote WBO contests, Mr Warren, I'd say the person with the credibility gap is staring you in the mirror!

I think David Haye will beat Tony Bellew in the rematch, and then face Tyson Fury. Never, ever going to happen. Fury said that after Haye TWICE pulled out of scheduled contests with him, that he (Fury) would NEVER agree to fight Haye and "give him a payday." Haye's pullouts left the big man without a fight for more than a year, I believe and the bitterness remains. The reason he said he was interested in fighting Bellew was to "take away Haye's pension plan", thereby forcing him to go and do "something else" (ie get a real job.) If Tyson is a man of his word (as he claims to be) there is no Haye vs T Fury happening in this lifetime.

Champions don't turn down $50 Million Dollar offers! December 1st decides the "True" Champion! MAN UP! What $50m offer? Did it come from Wilder's promoter? No! Did it come from his advisor? No! Did it come from his owner? No! As we discovered, the "money" was being "arranged" by the ****-stirrer, Frank Warren - the most jealous man in British boxing. Given that he has an exclusive deal with BT Sport, even if Joshua had "accepted" the non-contract, the fight would not have been able to go ahead, since anyone who fights Joshua has to do so on the SKY network. The so-called "offer" was made by the fighter - on Instagram. A fighter who, throughout the entirety of his career, had earned less than $30m IN TOTAL, so was clearly in no position to be bandying about nebulous sums like $50m. The whole thing was a pathetic exercise to use Joshua's name and fame to raise the profile of Wilder - a fighter that before Fury came along, was largely unknown by even his own countrymen. Anyway, he's had PLENTY of time to accept a fight with Joshua. The whole world has known, since June or July, that Wembley Stadium has been reserved for that very purpose, on April 13. Hearn has even said that if the so-called "biggest fight of the year" between Wilder and Fury can do 1m PPV buys (presumably, that makes Canel v GGG the SECOND-biggest fight of the year - and that did 1.1m) then he is even willing to give Wilder 50%, on account that 1m buys would prove he has sufficient profile to merit an inflated share of the purse. All he and Fury have got to do is PROVE they are big-name fighters by selling this fight to the masses. Then Wilder gets everything he wants. 50-50, a guaranteed rematch in America, EVEN IF HE LOSES - and the chance to win ALL the belts, become undisputed champion and "the baddest man on the planet." As things stand - don't fall for the hype. Wilder and Fury are fighting to see who is the number 2 heavyweight in the world. To become number 1, they will have the BEAT the number 1. It's simple.

If your name is "Tyson Fury" and you defend an accusation of Clenbuterol cheating by saying it was because of the meat you ate, you get a two-year ban. If your name is "Canelo" and you are Golden Bollocks's cash cow, then the sanctioning bodies will fall over themselves to protect you. Where is the line drawn against drug cheats? Does one of them have to cause an in-ring fatality before proper justice is meted out? Ban and shame this prick (and his shady promoter.) For the image of boxing, cancel the fight. It's an unfair contest if one fighter is clean and the other is a cheat. Last time, he had Adalaide Byrd in his corner. This time, it may as well be a pharmacist. Also, whoever runs boxing in Nevada should order Golden Boy to give GGG the purse he agreed and signed for.

Parker this, Whyte that...blah, blah, f*ckin' blah... All I know is...Team Joshua FEARS Deontay Wilder...and they should. They will either duck him or get wrecked by him...there's no way out. You KNOW this, how? What a pile of bull****. Wilder is the one running away. If not, he would have already agreed to what has been put on the table. He wants far more than he is worth because he knows AJ is the first proper opponent he will have faced - and the one who can terminate his career. He is LESS THAN a B side in terms of fan base, revenue raising potential, Worldwide recognition. He has a big, big mouth and, just like Parker, expects to gorge himself on AJ's money. It's a joke. AJ will overpay these fools, in any event. It seems, however, that will not be enough for either of them. Perhaps, the fight that needs to be made, in order to prove the commercial values of these fighters is Parker v Wilder. Parker fought in front of 8,000 fans last time (most of whom, I suspect, were there for Hughie Fury.) Wilder earned $1.4m for the Stiverne fight. He turned down approximately $3.8m on offer for fighting Whyte - by FAR the biggest payday he would have earned, to date. Parker also received around $1.4m for the Fury fight. These two are simply not big draws in the World of boxing. Joshua earned $14m for the Takam fight and around $20m for the Klitschko fight. HE brings the numbers. HE brings the revenue. Why should he not be paid significantly more than either Parker or Wilder, who, simply, don't measure up, commercially? It would be fair enough for Eddie Hearn to offer AJ's opponents a set purse, now, since NEITHER Wilder, nor Parker seem willing, through their promoters, to make AJ any kind of acceptable offer (or any offer at all.) If Wilder's camp refuses to accept more money than he has ever made before, in order for the chance to unify the belts, then it is HE, not AJ, who is running scared. Same goes for Parker. IF these guys are as good as they claim to be - and AJ is as flawed as they state, they should be biting Eddie Hearn's hand off to make the fights, win the belts and, thereby, enhance their commercial value moving forward. If not, then they should fight each other, for probable peanuts, while AJ prepares for his biggest mission, an eventual fight with Tyson Fury.

Haye would never agree to take a Whyte fight unless Hearn puts Joshua on the contract . lol I believe Joshua will fight Whyte in 2019 . I believe Fury will go with Dana White .:thinkerg: In his long, recent interview with IFLtv, Fury said that for his comeback fight he was interested only in Bellew or fighting for a World Title. He specifically named Manuel Charr, the WBA (Regular) Heavyweight Champion (a belt once owned by two-times drugs cheat, Lucas Browne, the nominal opponent for Joseph Parker's next fight, unless he becomes realistic in negotiations for a unification bout with Anthony Joshua.)

Everyone just hates these disgusting ******s, lmao. Nobody likes Hearn or Joshua except their fans, and even their fans are wondering why this ****** is hesitant to fight Wilder. You're having a laugh, sonny. Joshua has already signed the contract. LMAO at any stupid ****wit who thinks that: (a) Anthony Joshua is hesitant to fight ANYBODY; or that (b) Wilder actually has a realistic chance to beat him. Come on - I thought this forum was for SERIOUS boxing fans - not fantasists. At least the Hearns and Joshua actually HAVE fans. NOBODY on the planet, save for his mama and wife would know who this Wilder fellow is, if not for him whoring a profile off Anthony Joshua's name.

Remind me when Frank has a decent earner on his roster. Dude talks a big game, but until Fury beat Wlad, Frank's stable was worth Jack sht. Quick point of order: Fury was NOT promoted by Warren when he fought Klitschko. He was with Mick Hennessy back then. He only signed with Warren upon regaining his boxing licence, in 2018 - part of decision to completely split with his old team and rebuild his career anew. That said - you are correct. When compared to the stable represented by Matchroom and Matchroom USA, Frank Warren is a minnow. I'm not even sure who his World Champions are, other than Josh Warrington. In order to generate publicity, he has invented the lie that Fury is the definite number 1 heavyweight in the World and that, somehow, the man without a blemish on his record, who holds 4 out of 5 belts and who is recognized as top dog by RING, Boxrec, TBRD, ESPN and CBS Sports, is only number 3.

Ggg should forget the canelo fight he's already beat him and made canelo cheat, fight bjs beat him and on live TV throw the belts in the bin and leave the ring That would be so WWE! :beerchug:

AJ is really inspiration for training because he must be training hard to have hands that big and bone structure tiny but just hope he didn't take some steroids in start his career to help him with that problem Mate, he was an Olympic Gold Medallist and was tested after every bout. As a pro, he's been subject to random testing throughout. He's a poster-child for clean living. The nonsense about him taking steroids was started by Tyson Fury - a man who has just come off a "time-served" two-year ban for taking Clenbuterol and blaming it on un-castrated pigs! Rest assured, AJ is no Canelo.

I agree with the 1st sentence completely, but he's actually had 2 bouts since then, albeit against low level competition. Maybe he needs to build up some confidence after that buttclenchingly awful performance when he gave up his belt. To be fair, he couldn't have held onto it if he tried. Extremely fortunate to have won it in the first place. What he did demonstrate, rather successfully, is that the "Art of the Heist" is alive and well, as he waltzed off with all that loot.

AJ looks lean, looks like he shed a lot of weight. Parker looks a bit podgy. AJ's lost 12lbs and Parker's shed 9lbs since their last fights.

Why it pays to stay in decent shape all year around No. He spent the last two years, or so, getting up to heavyweight and then having to maintain that for a prolonged period, due to a deferred rematch at that weight level. Tony only weighed 15 stones (210 lbs) for his most recent fight, so it's not as if he has to "do a Fury" and drop 100 lbs or so. At the recent Whyte v Parker match, he was commentating and he looked to be somewhere between 210 and 220. If it was going to be a problem, then I am certain his team would be pushing for the fight to be in December, or even early 2019 - but they are pushing for a November 10 date, which makes me sure that weight is not going to be an issue.

Wilder tried everything possible to unify with Parker. There were very serious negotiations earlier this year and Wilder was willing to take less than 50/50 to make the fight happen. He was desperate. Showtime was on board to televise in July 2017. Bob Arum blocked the fight. He promised ESPN that he could deliver world heavyweight title fights and Parker is his only piece of the heavyweight crown. The ESPN deal hadn't been signed yet and Arum was in a panic to convince Parker's co-promoters to avoid Wilder at all costs. Further, Haymon has ZERO stroke with the WBO and Arum has all the stroke in the world with the WBO. Even if Wilder won the title, he'd be stripped so fast it would make your head spin. Every mandatory would be enforced as quickly as possible with no wiggle room whatsoever until he was forced to vacate. I agree with you, that Arum is a virus on the boxing scene. I just look at how he hamstrung Manny Pacquiao. Had he not been promoting Pacman, we could have well seen May-Pac when both fighters were still in their primes. Also, since Manny came back and took the WBO Welterweight crown, Arum did everything to stop his fighter from unifying against Thurman or Brook, choosing, instead, a series of easy defences, which backfired when Manny faced Horn, whom I believe, Arum may also control. Still, the fact remains, the winner of Wilder and AJ can't call himself the "undisputed champ" without the WBO belt (and, indeed, without the Ring Magazine Lineal Championship, currently held by Tyson Fury.) It ay be, then, that Parker takes on AJ, in order for the winner to bring three belts (plus the IBO) to the table. By the end of next year (or, the Summer of 2019, at the latest), I expect the winner of AJ vs Wilder vs Parker, to be matched with Tyson Fury. In AJ's case, a match with Fury is seen by fans of both, as the biggest fight possible, for either of them, especially given their truly contrasting styles. Fury, currently 350 lbs, had his first training session on Sunday - an hour in the gym, in the morning, followed by a 6 mile walk, in the afternoon. He anticipates having his name cleared, either in December, or January, paving the way for a comeback (Shannon Briggs mooted?) in March or April. Provided he regains his licence, he has every right to be included in all discussions about who is the true champion, given he has yet to be toppled in the ring.

great post bro Thank you. Frankly, the quote from Joshua mentions the WBO (but neglects the IBF.) I don't know what that part is all about - but that brings up another matter. Wilder has claimed, rather loudly, that he wants to be the undisputed heavyweight champion of the World. Given that he is not going to fight Joshua before next Summer, what is stopping him from issuing a similar challenge to Joseph Parker, to unify the WBO title with his own? For one thing, if he were to bring BOTH belts to the table, surely, when it comes to the big match up with AJ, having two belts will improve his share of the purse? I mean, leaving Parker out of things, for the moment, if the next big match is between AJ and Wilder, then, at some point, the winner is going to have to go after Parker, or whoever holds the WBO belt at the time, in order to accomplish "undisputed" status. And it doesn't end there. As of now, the lineal title is still held by Tyson Fury. With his mooted return on the cards, the only way to complete the set is by beating Fury who, like the other three, has never been defeated in the ring, to date. That's why the next 12-18 months are shaping up to be the best time Heavyweight boxing has seen, for well over a decade...and that is the case even though the rest of the division may not be up to the same standard as the top four or five guys in it.

For the British super middleweight title. For the WBA Super middleweight title. That's a WORLD title, mate. If Groves wins, he remains number 1 ranked super middleweight in the World. If Smith wins, he'll become the new number 1. Then, it's a matter of relieving Benavidez of the WBC strap, which, I believe, either of these two will be able to do. Rocky Fielding is the current British super middleweight champ.