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Shelly Finkel, co-manager for former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, is 'optimistic' that a deal can be reached for a long-awaited showdown with Anthony Joshua.
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All talk him and Hearn. If your going to make it, talk when it is official with a venue and date and tickets going on sale otherwise stfu cause at present this fight isn't any more than done than it was in 2018 -
Yes but don't forget Wilder said "Joshua offered me more but I fought Fury instead". It was more Wilder's team who didn't want the fight. Fury had no belts at the time and Joshua had 3...
Also Fury turned down an AJ fight (in early 2019) and then dropped out of 2 fights against him. The first one because it turned out he was contracted to fight Wilder for a 3rd time!
One thing about Joshua is he wants and takes the big fights. You didn't see him run from Usyk or Ruiz (like Wilder just did)Comment
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When there were titles involved neither made a real attempt. Wilder took on Fury as less than AJ, and AJ took on Andy as a last minute substitute. Then Usyk took what was left of AJ. Wilder and AJ are down to bragging rights and maybe a WBC onion belt. The what could have been belt.Comment
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Wilder didn’t run. Wilder was the higher ranked fighter & entitled to the lions share but Ruiz wanted 50%. Why would he deserve that? His 15 minutes of fame went up in smoke in the Joshua rematch then he wanted 20 million to fight Fury. Sounds like Ruiz is the problem. Usyk was Joshua’s WBO mandatory & he thought he could paste him just like Wilder thought he would paste Fury. Joshua has had a good career & i’m not taking away from it but he needs a win over Wilder or Fury to even be considered as the #3 of this era… Currently the #4Last edited by joe strong; 08-15-2023, 05:20 PM.Comment
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Neither man has a bigger money fight on deck, so yes it will get done. But Wilder inactivity makes me lean AJ picking him apart.Comment
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We know Wilder teams turned down dazns offer it was nothing new. Dazns offer had no substamce and couldn't even guarantee what they were offering
The dazn head said himself they rushed discussing that deal and didn't know exactly wgat they were doing as had only just got into the game
Not going to get into he but AJ asked for 50m and turned it down when it came. He ducked furys offer this summer and last winter. And Eddie could not make fury aj in saudi, he claimed for 5 months it would be done "next week" week after week amd it mever happened till finally wilders arbitration decision said fury needs to fight wilder. So eddie got of easy when he couldn't make the fury fight anyway
Same **** he has fed his fan boys this year that wilder aj was done for dec. Is it done? No. But he keeps selling you something else. Saturday he claimed itll be finalised in a few days. Its been a few days
Has ducked wilder and fury for years. they avoided Usyk for 2 years. Usks legal team sent a letter demanding their mando shot and only then was the fight finally made. He was basically forced into finally fighting Usyk mando (or drop the belt which would be a PR disaster so not a realistic option)Comment
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Early 2024? Would rather have it in December but as long as its in Jan or EARLY feb (day b4 Superbowl) then okComment
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Why so far out??? Why not November or December? Boxing is such a joke! UFC makes fights ASAP, and makes the fights the fans want.Last edited by BlackRobb; 08-15-2023, 06:22 PM.Comment
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Is this all just more bs that's gonna come to nothing? Before last weekend the talk was this fight was was basically a done deal dependent on Joshua coming through against whoever his opponent was Whyte, Helenius, whoever. Now it's "we're optimistic . . . ". GTFOH.Comment
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