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Eddie Hearn, promoter of IBF, WBO, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs), is believes the handlers behind WBC champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) are not really looking to make the fight between their boxers.
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte (23-1, 17 KOs) was under the impression that he was going to receive a mandatory world title shot against WBC beltholder Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs). Whyte was shocked a few days ago, when the sanctioning body ordered him to take part in a final eliminator and deemed that Dominic Breazeale is the mandatory challenger to the belt.
NEW YORK – Eddie Hearn senses Deontay Wilder is comfortable with his team assuring Anthony Joshua a $50 million payday for their fight because they’ve convinced Wilder that he’ll make plenty of money from the overall revenue generated by the event. The problem for Wilder, according to Hearn, is Hearn’s estimates of the worth of their huge heavyweight title unification could leave the unbeaten WBC champion with less than the $12.5 million guarantee Hearn offered Wilder earlier this month. Hearn’s obligation, of course, is to make Joshua as much money as possible for that dangerous bout between unbeaten knockout artists.
Heavyweight contender Dominic Breazeale (19-1, 17 KOs) is dutifully going to the gym on a daily basis despite not having a fight scheduled. But he believes he will have one soon and against a certain belt-holder.
NEW YORK – Eddie Hearn is very interested in investigating the $50 million offer Deontay Wilder personally extended to Anthony Joshua in an email sent to Hearn on Wednesday. Hearn didn’t say Thursday that he believes their surprising proposal for that much-discussed heavyweight title unification fight is illegitimate. Joshua’s promoter can’t understand, however, why Al Haymon, Wilder’s adviser, and Shelly Finkel, Wilder’s co-manager, won’t meet with him Friday morning.
Tyson Fury claims he could beat world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder with one hand. Fury, the former WBA, IBF, IBO and WBO champion, is returning to the ring after an absence of more than two years on June 9.
As BoxingScene.com reported earlier, Anthony Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn are unconvinced that Deontay Wilder’s team have the $50 million that they are offering for a title unification. Wilder, who holds the WBC world title, challenged Joshua - holder of the WBA Super, IBF, IBO and WBO titles - to the fight with both boxers guaranteed a 50-50 money split.
As previously reported, Eddie Hearn has labelled Deontay Wilder's $50 million offer to Anthony Joshua for a heavyweight unification fight as a "PR move" and said "we can't afford to accept a deal that doesn't exist."
By Keith Idec - Eddie Hearn couldn’t believe what he was reading. As Dillian Whyte’s promoter perused a WBC quarterly report issued by email Tuesday night, he noticed that the sanctioning organization ordered a heavyweight championship elimination match between Whyte, who’s ranked No. 1 by the WBC, and by the...
As previously reported, Anthony Joshua has been offered a guaranteed purse of 50 million by Deontay Wilder’s team in order to arrange a much-anticipated world heavyweight unification title showdown.