Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua To Make First Defense on July 9, Maybe at Wembley

[Sugar Adam Ali]

AJ vs Briggs.

This^^^^^. or AJ vs arreola

[Ray*]

AJ vs Ortiz

You just gave Hearns a heart attack. That belt would be milked better than a week old baby milking her mummy.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Chisora makes a ton of sense

[NEETzsche]

will chisora be ready just two months after the pulev fight (which he may not even win)?

stiverne or duhaupas would be fine defences imo but hearn would need a big co-headline to justify wembley

[Teddy05]

Stiverne would be a good fight, a solid test for Joshua.

I cant see Chisora beating Pulev

[Ray*]

Stiverne would be a good fight, a solid test for Joshua.

I cant see Chisora beating Pulev

Good shout, stiverne would be a good test. Would definitely like this fight.

[Tom Cruise]

Strange decision.

Going up against not only Fury vs Klitschko (im assuming this fight wont be on Sky PPV then?), but also the very next day we have the Wimbledon mens final, the European Championships final and the British Grand Prix, which will surely limit how much attention casuals will be paying attention to boxing.

This will surely be a cheap blow out. Seems pointless to me

[about.thousands]

Despite what Hearn says I don't think Sky will go up against Fury v Klitschko which would be on at the same time, 200 miles away

Why would they go up against Klitschko vs Fury II?

Yep... that would be skroo-ey. Maybe a week later would work. This is probably just some bluster from Hearn.

And BTW, Joshua isn't getting past Ortiz IMO. Or Fury for that matter. He'll probably stop Wilder when they eventually meet. And he would out-speed Wlad. Parker would be an interesting fight eventually... could go either way. Haye would be a good first defense, see how their chins hold up. If Haye's does, he could match AJ speed-wise.

Because Joshua is the draw. Klitschko-Fury will have to be moved to another date or risk being embarassed by Joshua vs. Scott. Joshua is the biggest thing in the UK. He's knocking fools out while Fury and Klitschko are hugging each other to death. Why would anybody want to see a rematch of that trash fight? Fury fans a soooooooo mad this today

[CraigM]

I think it's a surprisingly smart business move and would most likely sell very well.

It'd give them an advantage for split vs Fury if that fight came along too.

[CraigM]

Strange decision.

Going up against not only Fury vs Klitschko (im assuming this fight wont be on Sky PPV then?), but also the very next day we have the Wimbledon mens final, the European Championships final and the British Grand Prix, which will surely limit how much attention casuals will be paying attention to boxing.

This will surely be a cheap blow out. Seems pointless to me

Fury is on Boxnation mate.

Didn't think about Euro's but that depends on how well we do, second England is out figures for that drop drastically.

McGregor vs Diaz is that weekend too!