Comments Thread For: Hearn on Joshua-Wilder Setback: It Was Made By Someone That Couldn't Deliver the Fight; We're Talking to Other Sites

[kafkod]

This is no longer a big stadium fight in the Uk, Aj can no longer fill an arena at home because even the casuals here know who the top 2 heavyweights are & are fed up with Eddie's marrinating & lies. Vegas are welcome to it.

I have no doubt that AJ vs Wilder would still be a stadium filling, big PPV selling fight in the UK. If you define "fans" as people who would pay to see you fight, whether they want you to win or not, Wilder has more fans over here than in the US.

[Mr WorldWide]

Maybe the Saudis did their homework and discovered it was a big fight in 2020 - not 2024

Considering they're funding Fury VS Ngannou then I don't think that kind of logic applies.

[rickJen]

How about asking Hearn and Finkel why this fight can only be done in the Middle East?

[TheOneAboveAll]

As with most things in life, more money just seems to cause more problems in boxing. DAZN and Matchroom certainly aren't solely to blame for the overspending woes in this sport, but they definitely exacerbated the problem. We've got rookie fighters in the sport who've achieved nothing at all railing on about being A-side of something and other contenders rejecting career opportunities because they aren't willing to cash out just yet. It's great that elite fighters are getting set up for comfortable retirements, but big money seems to be hurting everyone, especially the fans.

[TheOneAboveAll]

So on the strength of fighting Wilder , which was obviously never a goer . Hearn kept his fighter , coming off arguably the best performance of his career (Uysk 2) on the sidelines fighting two nobodies and now says he's back to square one ? This kid had a lucky break signing Joshua with his dads money but with this and the ridiculous Conor Benn situation he has never looked so amateurish in how he's dealing with his business. He should look no further than Queensbury for some advice and come off social media where he thinks it's cool to swear, play the big shot and slag other fighters and promoters ...he's a real mess ! ....If I was a ref. I'd stop this!

The best performance of AJ's career was the Usyk rematch?!?

[Goatintheboat]

This is no longer a big stadium fight in the Uk, Aj can no longer fill an arena at home because even the casuals here know who the top 2 heavyweights are & are fed up with Eddie's marrinating & lies. Vegas are welcome to it.

It sells out Wembley easily.

[_Rexy_]

Oh goodness, did Eddie fail to deliver this fight AGAIN!!!!



oh well, I'm sure it's still someone elses fault.

[_Rexy_]

Honestly though, how does that happen?

Eddie is one of the top promoters in the world and has promoted fights in Saudi before, so he must have a clear understanding of who he is talking to and whether they can deliver a fight or not.

Yeah, but he loves the camera so much. A mean interviewer asked him a question, and what was Eddie going to do, be honest?

[_Rexy_]

So on the strength of fighting Wilder , which was obviously never a goer . Hearn kept his fighter , coming off arguably the best performance of his career (Uysk 2) on the sidelines fighting two nobodies and now says he's back to square one ? This kid had a lucky break signing Joshua with his dads money but with this and the ridiculous Conor Benn situation he has never looked so amateurish in how he's dealing with his business. He should look no further than Queensbury for some advice and come off social media where he thinks it's cool to swear, play the big shot and slag other fighters and promoters ...he's a real mess ! ....If I was a ref. I'd stop this!

In fairness, the judges decision caused AJ to have a severe mental breakdown in the ring. Was a good while after the Lewis fight that Oliver McCall had a decent fight.

[_Rexy_]

Hearn should try and do business with Frank who has control over Zhang , he and Joshua have amateur history and Zhang is riding a wave .A victory over Zhang would put Joshua in the running instead of relying on Edward to tell everyone who Joshua 'would' beat ! A loss would save him from another demolition job , this time by Wilder.

Zhang chins tentative AJ immediately. Remember how AJ refused to fight Dempsey McKeen because he was Southpaw, and AJ admittedly can't fight southpaws (he said this after the Usyk fight)

yeah...