Has Wilder joined the waiting game play?...

[al-Xander]

And he won't be fighting any interim fights and would rather just wait for the Joshua money fight, even though he barely lift a finger in his last fight and would have fought 3 more fights the next day?

I don't think he would duck any fight within the PBC perimeter. He is most likely instructed by his team.

Is this the new normal now? It started with Jermall, now we have Ennis who will likely to do the same thing he did last year, play waiting game.

[JakeTheBoxer]

nah, I still think Wilder -Ruiz is next.

[tritium_arma]

He's been playing the waiting game his whole career fighting bum after bum after bum until his cherrypick gone wrong of a 3 year layoff fighter and a senior citizen before cashing out.

[al-Xander]

nah, I still think Wilder -Ruiz is next.

What is holding up the fight? Ruiz's last fight was 5 months ago. Is he another part-time boxer now?

[tomhawq]

And he won't be fighting any interim fights and would rather just wait for the Joshua money fight, even though he barely lift a finger in his last fight and would have fought 3 more fights the next day?

I don't think he would duck any fight within the PBC perimeter. He is most likely instructed by his team.

Is this the new normal now? It started with Jermall, now we have Ennis who will likely to do the same thing he did last year, play waiting game.

For a young guy with special skills like Jaron Ennis, he should not be playing this waiting game at all. Disappointing part is there are fighters available for him "within the PBC perimeter." Which is okay because it's within the limits of his contract deal with Showtime. He doesn't have to fight Crawford at this time or any outsider.

[al-Xander]

For a young guy with special skills like Jaron Ennis, he should not be playing this waiting game at all. Disappointing part is there are fighters available for him "within the PBC perimeter." Which is okay because it's within the limits of his contract deal with Showtime. He doesn't have to fight Crawford at this time or any outsider.

This is what this sport has come to. Boxers (I don't call them fighters anymore) that are not suppose to play the game are now playing it.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

What is holding up the fight? Ruiz's last fight was 5 months ago. Is he another part-time boxer now?

Waiting for a PPV slot probably, PBC ain’t gonna put two PPV’s in the same month and they have Benavidez-Plant in March, potentially Tank-Garcia in April and potentially Spence vs Thurman in May.

[juggernaut666]

Well he took over a year after losing to Fury to fight his sparring partner . Wilder is a master at playing the game of least resistance mainly because he has Haymon and Finkle pulling strings along with the WBC president.

Can he actually wait out a title fight ? Definitely and they’d find a way around mandatory fights in the WBC if it really came to it . Outside the WBC he won’t be able to do that he’d have to actually take a hard fight with the top guys ranked .

If he did fight Ruiz even though he’s adamant about not fighting him it would really be the first non cherry pick of his career and Ruiz would out rank Ortiz on his resume IF he won that fight .

[al-Xander]

So can we conclude the Ruiz vs Wilder fight no longer on the table?

[tophat1]

It seems so , which is ashame for the fans. Theres plenty of entertaining fights he coild be involved in. Would like to see him in with joyce