Comments Thread For: Wilder Manager: A Joshua Fight is Enormous Even If He Loses To Usyk

[kiaba360]

If I understood correctly; Anthony Joshua fights on Skysport and not DAZN.

After his 2nd fight with Usyk, AJ will be exclusive to DAZN.

https://www.boxingscene.com/anthony-joshua-dazn-announce-long-term-agreement-aj-leaves-sky-sports--166956

[Albanianboxing]

I would love to see a Joshua vs Wilder fight!!!!

[baroidi]

sure would be a fun fight, the animosity should still be there and both are limited but have power for a high likelihood of one being put to sleep. It will be a difficult fight to make, both will still be asking for a huge payday, not sure if there's enough interest, even amongst UK casuals, if Joshua loses. US casuals have no idea who Joshua is and Wilder's stock has fallen dramatically after his fights with Fury.

[archiemoore1]

Deontay "Marcellus 2.0" Wilder

[Rodtang]

Excuse me but hasn't Wilder past two previous bouts were voluntary challenges? Where as AJ's last two previous bouts were against mandatory challengers.

Deontay was willing to risk it all against Tyson Fury who wasn't even a top 15 ranked opponent. So how is that not bringing nothing to the table?

Besides, Deontay Wilder's stock has arguably risen since his trilogy with Tyson Fury while Anthony Joshua's stock has arguably dropped since losing two of his last three fights.

He is no longer the box office Draw he once was.

He's still a much bigger draw than Wilder. So it has to be worth his while. So what does Wilder bring to the table?

[Rodtang]

Wilder brings:
power- perhaps the greatest in boxing history
excitement
American Fans
a style that will KO Joshua

Any more silly questions?

I'm not talking about his abilities. I'm talking about negotiating a fight here. What does Wilder bring to the table?

[champion4ever]

He's still a much bigger draw than Wilder. So it has to be worth his while. So what does Wilder bring to the table?

So what does Joshua brings to the table being titleless? Trust me, Deontay Wilder doesn’t have any shortages of potential opponents who want to fight him.

[diarraisagod]

Wouldn't interest me much to be honest. We don't know how much Wilder has left now and he'd be at least 37 at the time of any fight. Even if AJ won he'd get no credit for it.

AJ on the other hand hasn't looked the same since Ruiz 1 and a third loss against people he was formerly a big favourite against would leave his stock pretty low too.

It'd sell don't get me wrong. It just wouldn't be nearly as big as it should've been a few years back.

[hugh grant]

Wouldn't interest me much to be honest. We don't know how much Wilder has left now and he'd be at least 37 at the time of any fight. Even if AJ won he'd get no credit for it.

AJ on the other hand hasn't looked the same since Ruiz 1 and a third loss against people he was formerly a big favourite against would leave his stock pretty low too.

It'd sell don't get me wrong. It just wouldn't be nearly as big as it should've been a few years back.

Its not as big now but neither was Mike Tyson v Lewis, or holyfield when they all fought.
But AJ for sure would get credit as the idea fury is better than Josh is he beat wilder. So Josh must get some credit. Josh isn't what he was also, so that wilder might not be what he was, shouldn't take away from a Josh win over wilder

[diarraisagod]

Excuse me but hasn't Wilder past two previous bouts were voluntary challenges? Where as AJ's last two previous bouts were against mandatory challengers.

Deontay was willing to risk it all against Tyson Fury who wasn't even a top 15 ranked opponent. So how is that not bringing nothing to the table?

Besides, Deontay Wilder's stock has arguably risen since his trilogy with Tyson Fury while Anthony Joshua's stock has arguably dropped since losing two of his last three fights.

He is no longer the box office Draw he once was.

Nobody thought Fury had a chance when the first fight was made. It looked like an ill-advised hasty return with a novice coach following a two year drink and drug hiatus. The world was expecting to see Fury get brutally KOd. I thought it was an incredibly opportunistic bit of matchmaking. Get the guy with the name, the following while he's damaged goods and not even having taken a tune-up. Considering that fight a risk is using hindsight and is somewhat revisionist history. It looked a formality at the time.