"ANTHONY JOSHUA WILL KNOCK OUT DEONTAY WILDER!" - Eddie Hearn

[JakeTheBoxer]

"Offers" happen and fall through all the time. Doesn't mean anything. AJ's still the biggest draw in the division, the biggest money fight. Yet the next two (Fury and Wilder) have never been able to get in the ring with him. There's a reason for that.

I bet they fought Usyk only because they thought he'd be too small.

AJ fought Usyk because he was his mandatory.

[ELPacman]

I'm not sure how I can see AJ win the fight unless he lands his bomb before Wilder can and Wilder can't take it. If it took so long to figure out Helenius, what's he going to do with Wilder? He's so awkward and punches from weird angles. Not to mention, if he weighs in at 216lbs, his right hand is blindly fast.

Let's be real though folks. AJ isn't going to come in slugging to get caught like Helenius or any of Wilder's other opponents. He's going to have deer in light eyes balls like when he rematched Ruiz and watch every little move Wilder makes. He's going to fight scared half to death and pray he can win a decision off a jab here and there. I'm not sure he'll even try a right hand.

[ClubberLang82]

Wilder chose to fight Fury for less money than he could have got for fighting AJ. There was a reason for that.

Fury fought Wilder 3 times but blatantly ducked Usyk. There was a reason for that too.

You're implying these guys are ducking AJ? Why exactly would they do that? He's the money fight, and he's looked and BEEN as beatable as ever for a number of years.

It makes zero sense for anyone to duck that fight. Much, much more likely that AJ's just been protected all these years.

[Toffee]

You're implying these guys are ducking AJ? Why exactly would they do that? He's the money fight, and he's looked and BEEN as beatable as ever for a number of years.

It makes zero sense for anyone to duck that fight. Much, much more likely that AJ's just been protected all these years.

You're embarrassing yourself.

Just as you did with the post saying Joshua fought Usyk because they thought he was too small. No, he was a mandatory. Like a real life mandatory when orgs follow their rules and the champion takes on the mandatory challenger.

Joshua didn't duck. He offered. Over and over. He actually signed up to fight Fury - a real signature on a real contract. Wilder confirmed that he fought Fury instead of Joshua. How much evidence do you need before you understand?

The debate over Joshua's ability or his place in the rankings for the era is absolutely up for debate, but whether he was trying to make the big fights and achieve Undisputed is a definitively completed debate. He was. It's really, really clear to anyone with even a moderate IQ.

As for why Fury avoided meaningful fights... who knows? But he very definitively does. He's fighting a non-boxer rather than any kind of legitimate challenger.

[KidDinamita]

Joshua will never be the same if he fights Wilder. thats a big IF though as we all know, it won't happen.

[hugh grant]

Don't talk about this fight until it's signed. It's too annoying g people's opinions.

[Zelda]

Make the fight first and we'll talk about who knocks who out later.

[kafkod]

You're implying these guys are ducking AJ? Why exactly would they do that? He's the money fight, and he's looked and BEEN as beatable as ever for a number of years.

It makes zero sense for anyone to duck that fight. Much, much more likely that AJ's just been protected all these years.

I'm not implying anything, I'm stating facts.

Wilder himself let it slip that he'd turned down more money to fight AJ than he got for fighting Fury. I presume he must have been talking about the $100million DAZN offer there.

Fury swerved Usyk to "fight" Ngannou instead.

[kafkod]

Don't talk about this fight until it's signed. It's too annoying g people's opinions.

Yeah, it is annoying to see so many anonymous nobodies talking like they can see into the future and read the minds of people they've never met.

[Kzbox]

I'm not implying anything, I'm stating facts.

Wilder himself let it slip that he'd turned down more money to fight AJ than he got for fighting Fury. I presume he must have been talking about the $100million DAZN offer there.

Fury swerved Usyk "fight" Ngannou instead.

I don't see this as much of a slam dunk as others do if Wilder turned down AJ then fought some unknown bum i would understand but he went on to fight the better fighter out of the 2 in Fury so surely he should get more respect for turning down more money and fighting the better fighter?