Why isn’t Joshua fighting Hrgovic or Zhang next?

[kafkod]

Haha...you couldn't possibly be more wrong and notv worth the time to explain why.

I'm just taking the piss, mate. No need to explain anything.

[ShoulderRoll]

According to Eddie Hearn, he spoke to Turki immediately after Parker beat Wilder. Turki confirmed that fighting Wilder was no longer an option and asked Eddie who he thought the best alternative opponent would be. Eddie told him that would be Ngannou. Turki agreed and the rest is history.

I would expect Eddie Hearn to choose the least risky opponent. Just as I would expect him to be in a rush to get the Fury vs Usyk winner immediately after, instead of waiting for their rematch to play out and Joshua having to face a Zhang or Hrgovic in the meantime.

[NorvernRob]

******est thread title I’ve ever seen, and that’s saying something. He’s fighting Ngannou because he’s getting paid 50m to fight a 0-1 novice in a crossover fight that will sell a lot more PPV than against couple of nobodies nobody outside boxing has heard of. /thread.

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******est thread title I’ve ever seen, and that’s saying something. He’s fighting Ngannou because he’s getting paid 50m to fight a 0-1 novice in a crossover fight that will sell a lot more PPV than against couple of nobodies nobody outside boxing has heard of. /thread.

The Saudis would have likely paid him that for his next fight anyway, whether it was Ngannou or Zhang or Hrgovic (who had also appeared on their Day of Reckoning card.)

[IronDanHamza]

The Saudis would have likely paid him that for his next fight anyway, whether it was Ngannou or Zhang or Hrgovic (who had also appeared on their Day of Reckoning card.)

This guy thinks AJ would have got 50 million to fight Zhang or Hrgovic

How much did he get paid to fight Wallin?

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This guy thinks AJ would have got 50 million to fight Zhang or Hrgovic

How much did he get paid to fight Wallin?

Wallin was only the first part of a bigger deal, he was going to cash in to fight Wilder next.

When Parker messed that up the Saudis asked Hearn who he wanted. He mentioned several names but ended up picking the lowest risk opponent.

[IronDanHamza]

Wallin was only the first part of a bigger deal, he was going to cash in to fight Wilder next.

When Parker messed that up the Saudis asked Hearn who he wanted. He mentioned sebpverso names but ended up picking the lowest risk opponent.

You have no idea what the Saudi’s offered.

You’d have to even dumber then you usually display to actually think they’d pay AJ 50 million for either of those two fights.

[ShoulderRoll]

You have no idea what the Saudi’s offered.

You’d have to even dumber than you usually display to actually think they’d pay AJ 50 million for either of those two fights.

Those were the fights that were put forward after Wilder. Hearn picked the least risky opponent.


“After last month's unexpected outcome, Hearn believes the long-awaited clash with Wilder is now a dead matter.

“The fight’s dead for now. The people who wanted to put the fight on no longer see that as the fight that it was. The numbers don’t work now because Wilder’s a busted flush at the moment. It’s a mismatch in my opinion," Hearn told IFL TV.

Joshua is still on track to return on a March date in Saudi Arabia.

The current frontrunner to face him is undefeated contender Filip Hgrovic. According to Hearn, two other names are running - with dangerous Chinese Olympian Zhilei Zhang in the mix. And MMA veteran Francis Ngannou, who nearly derailed Tyson Fury last October, is also being seriously considered.”


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Those were the fights that were put forward after Wilder. Hearn picked the least risky opponent.


“After last month's unexpected outcome, Hearn believes the long-awaited clash with Wilder is now a dead matter.

“The fight’s dead for now. The people who wanted to put the fight on no longer see that as the fight that it was. The numbers don’t work now because Wilder’s a busted flush at the moment. It’s a mismatch in my opinion," Hearn told IFL TV.

Joshua is still on track to return on a March date in Saudi Arabia.

The current frontrunner to face him is undefeated contender Filip Hgrovic. According to Hearn, two other names are running - with dangerous Chinese Olympian Zhilei Zhang in the mix. And MMA veteran Francis Ngannou, who nearly derailed Tyson Fury last October, is also being seriously considered.”


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Ngannou is the most risky opponent 'In terms of the damage he can potentially do to a Heavyweight fighter's resume if he was to win. In these past few months since Ngannou vs Fury you have witnessed? The damage that Ngannou has inflicted on Fury's reputation, that damage has not repaired.

And I don't think it will repair until Fury actually proves that he can beat Francis Ngannou for real, because Tyson Fury was given the decision he did not win his fight vs Francis Ngannou'.

In a lot of ways, Ngnannou is for me the most risky that could be made for Joshua 'Inside of the ring, in terms of jeopardy'.

But it is the biggest non-title fight, where Joshua can actually gain the most credit if he achieves a win. A impressive win for Anthony Joshua, will reinforce the narrative that Joshua is able to beat common opponents with Tyson Fury, ether more brutally, conclusively or efficiently in terms of overall boxing skill.

Joshua beat up and knocked out Wladimir Kiltschko, and he has just won 100% of the rounds vs Otto Wallin eventually forcing a stoppage 'Can Joshua once again, beat another common opponent with Tyson Fury in a more spectacular manner ?'.

So far in Joshua's career, he has beaten Wladimir Kiltschko in the greatest Heavyweight title fight of the past 25 years. Anthony Joshua fought the version of Wladimir Kiltschko who Tyson Fury should of fought in their scheduled rematch 'But unfortunately Fury did not fight Wladimir Kiltschko, due to his then circumstance which saw him pulling out of that fight twice'.

As a result of this? Wladimir Kiltschko had to endure three back to back training camps, over a period of 17 months. Kiltschko never retired and he was actually by his own estimation, better prepared and in superior condition for the Anthony Joshua fight. Wladimir Kiltschko weighed in at 240 pounds vs Joshua, compared to 245 pounds vs Fury.

On April 29th 2017, Anthony Joshua conclusively took the Heavyweight Division into a completely new dynasty 'Joshua's win over Kiltschko was a more brutal, and conclusive win than what Tyson Fury achieved over Kiltschko'.

It was not Tyson Fury who beat up and knocked out Wladimir Kiltschko, It was not Tyson Fury who forced Wladimir Kiltschko to retire 'It was Anthony Joshua who achieved all of those feats'.

Note: So here we are again, all these years later. Tyson Fury on 28th October 2023, fought Francis Ngannou 'Tyson Fury started a battle with Francis Ngannou, and it was a battle that he did not win legitimately inside of the ring or bring to a brutal conclusion'.

Many people in the boxing community and world, are all in agreement? That somebody has got to stop Francis Ngannou 'A Heavyweight fighter out there, has got to step up and legitimately for real beat Francis Ngannou out of the Heavyweight boxing Division'.

Because the truth of the situation is? Tyson Fury did achieve this, the so called WBC and Linear Heavyweight Champion of the World did not stop the Francis Ngannou invasion.

Anthony Joshua, is stepping up to fight Francis Ngannou with the intention of stopping his invasion into the Heavyweight boxing division for real.

So the conclude: In 2017 Anthony Joshua stepped up in his 19th professional fight 'To fight off the version of Wladimir Kiltschko, who Tyson Fury should of fought in their scheduled rematch which he pulled out of unfortunately'. They are the facts of history, it was Joshua who took the Heavyweight division conclusively into a completely new dynasty 'Not Tyson Fury'.

And now Anthony Joshua in 2024 is also stepping up to fight off Francis Ngannou 'And stop his Heavyweight boxing invasion, for real. Which is a feat that Tyson Fury was not able to do'.

That is the story of this fight, and the theme. It is for me the best possible match making, for Anthony Joshua at this stage of his career etc.

[IronDanHamza]

Those were the fights that were put forward after Wilder. Hearn picked the least risky opponent.


“After last month's unexpected outcome, Hearn believes the long-awaited clash with Wilder is now a dead matter.

“The fight’s dead for now. The people who wanted to put the fight on no longer see that as the fight that it was. The numbers don’t work now because Wilder’s a busted flush at the moment. It’s a mismatch in my opinion," Hearn told IFL TV.

Joshua is still on track to return on a March date in Saudi Arabia.

The current frontrunner to face him is undefeated contender Filip Hgrovic. According to Hearn, two other names are running - with dangerous Chinese Olympian Zhilei Zhang in the mix. And MMA veteran Francis Ngannou, who nearly derailed Tyson Fury last October, is also being seriously considered.”


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Right but you have no idea what the Saudi’s offered.

Well yeah he did, he also picked the most lucrative. Which answers your question. It was answered on the first page.