Comments Thread For: Fury, Joshua 'Approve Site Offer' For First Bout, Says Hearn

[MED_1978]

Hearn actually making more sense than anyone else at the moment. The undisputed angle is obviously a big part of selling this fight to as wide an audience as possible. If you push it back to November, December suddenly Usyk and the WBO belt becomes a problem again and then you have a harder case making this a must-see to a general sports audience.

I don't see how the WBO becomes a problem, as soon as this fight is officially announced Usyk will likely go ahead with the interim WBO fight with Joyce in the summer, then the winner will likely wait to see what happens in the rematch before enforcing their mandatory position and working on a deal to fight the winner. it makes no sense for Usyk to fight Joyce then try to get elevated to full champion before the rematch or just after, when they will likely be next. Unless it means more money if the winner is full WBO champ in an undisputed fight with the rematch winner.

[AdonisCreed]

How long they gonna keep running with this lie. In February they were saying two weeks away, then two more weeks. Now Fury fired Sugar Hill and John Fury had said they ain't gonna make a fight. And The main reason it won't happen soon is because they aren't gonna make as much money during the pandemic than they would under normal circumstances. The fight will more than likely be in 2022 after AJ fights Usyk and Fury fights Wilder. I'm not believing any AJ and Fury talk until I actually see those guys in the ring trading punches.

[GodfatherIV]

Why keep reporting on this bs. It wont be a good fight and all the daily updates on nothing is just ridiculous

[Hands of Stone]

This Hearn definitely like the sound of jerking off to his own d.ck. Why keep yapping about the fight every day if you are not ready to make an announcement? We don't hear Arum making all these noise as we've heard the idea was to keep mute on both sides until all details are ironed out and an announcement is ready to be made. This narcisist just cannot help himself. Am sure he thinks this is all about him and he is bigger than the fighters and only doing them a favor. What a c.unt.

[REDEEMER]

This Hearn definitely like the sound of jerking off to his own d.ck. Why keep yapping about the fight every day if you are not ready to make an announcement? We don't hear Arum making all these noise as we've heard the idea was to keep mute on both sides until all details are ironed out and an announcement is ready to be made. This narcisist just cannot help himself. Am sure he thinks this is all about him and he is bigger than the fighters and only doing them a favor. What a c.unt.

There would be no fight without Hearns efforts .

[The plunger man]

How long they gonna keep running with this lie. In February they were saying two weeks away, then two more weeks. Now Fury fired Sugar Hill and John Fury had said they ain't gonna make a fight. And The main reason it won't happen soon is because they aren't gonna make as much money during the pandemic than they would under normal circumstances. The fight will more than likely be in 2022 after AJ fights Usyk and Fury fights Wilder. I'm not believing any AJ and Fury talk until I actually see those guys in the ring trading punches.

stop lying it was never going to be announced in February .....it was the height of the pandemic and most countries were in lockdown plus the WBO did not sanction it till beginning of March .....so stop being a wuss and look forward to it gumbo

[Monty Fisto]

I don't see how the WBO becomes a problem, as soon as this fight is officially announced Usyk will likely go ahead with the interim WBO fight with Joyce in the summer, then the winner will likely wait to see what happens in the rematch before enforcing their mandatory position and working on a deal to fight the winner. it makes no sense for Usyk to fight Joyce then try to get elevated to full champion before the rematch or just after, when they will likely be next. Unless it means more money if the winner is full WBO champ in an undisputed fight with the rematch winner.

Just last month Usyk's manager was saying this:"If AJ vs Fury is not likely to happen this year, or is rescheduled until the end of the year, AJ has to make a mandatory defence against Usyk unless he relinquishes the title".

The manoevring by Hearn/Joshua all along has been to pressure the WBO to give some leeway for this fight in the summer. And they relented -- but if they keep failing to enforce a mandatory the more it looks like they are a puppet of the promoters. I'm not convinced that's the way the WBO wants to be seen to operate.

[andocom]

Jesus some of these comments.

Putting together the number 1 & 2 HW, first unified in over 20 years, during a pandemic, people still whining.

Does anyone actually think Arum or Warren has been point on this, at all?

Hearn talks too much huh? He's a promoter FFS, thats part of the job no?

Love or hate Hearn, to deny he's the best promoter at the moment is simply to ignore reality, like it or not, it is what it is.

[super-x]

When its finally announced and some form of a press tour begins all these nay sayers, hearn slayers will come out with "believe it when they in the ring..." nonsense. Cant win with them. Even after the fight probz be calling it a fix or a robbery of some sort

[landotter]

For all the Flat Earthers who just refuse to believe this fight is actually happening, with a mandatory rematch since they are both champions, I really am not sure what your investment is here. Is it just to be able to say you are right on message boards? Do you just hate unifications? Afraid of one or the other of your favorite fighters will lose? Upset some promotor will get the credit for actually pulling this off and you hate them?

It sure cannot be that you are boxing fans.