Comments Thread For: Hearn: I Think Klitschko Might Be Looking For Easier Fight

[R_Walken]

Hearn had no intention of making that fight in Dec

He'd be leaving millions on the table with the capacity of the venue. That's a Soccer stadium fight. More BS from HEARN now it's time to replace Klit with some disappointment like Price or whoever

This is a classic HEARN move, talk about a fight with one of his guys against a marquee name then at the last second repace that name for some doo doo

[Edward90]

eddie hearn is a lie? you are a clown my friend. team wlad is actually confirming everything that hearn just said, it's just not hearn. they have said everything was agreed upon but wlad had a change of heart and wanted the WBA instead. in other words wanting lucas browne as his resume is riddled with these types of opponents.

do you have no pride my friend? this is shameful and wlad should be told about himself not just by hearn but his team/fans because he's embarrassed his team.


not fans like you coming out playing games and creating smoke screens. no one has time for playing games in this day and age in boxing anymore. fights falling through. guys not wanting to fight each other. fighters being offered 25%. 1 million for fighting bums. you think boxing fans have time for you or wlads games of squeezing out of a fight? NO. no one has time for games at this point in boxing my friend. if you want to play games tell wlad to go bowling & **** off.

I don't know how to give you one of those green gems. But yeah, all of this!

[Froch_uppercut]

eddie hearn is a lie? you are a clown my friend. team wlad is actually confirming everything that hearn just said, it's just not hearn. they have said everything was agreed upon but wlad had a change of heart and wanted the WBA instead. in other words wanting lucas browne as his resume is riddled with these types of opponents.

do you have no pride my friend? this is shameful and wlad should be told about himself not just by hearn but his team/fans because he's embarrassed his team.


not fans like you coming out playing games and creating smoke screens. no one has time for playing games in this day and age in boxing anymore. fights falling through. guys not wanting to fight each other. fighters being offered 25%. 1 million for fighting bums. you think boxing fans have time for you or wlads games of squeezing out of a fight? NO. no one has time for games at this point in boxing my friend. if you want to play games tell wlad to go bowling & **** off.

Spot on mate - well said. I was surprised to hear that WK was gonna take AJ on - now I'm unsurprised that Wlad is wriggling out.
Hearn is a deal maker, and tells it like it is.
I loved the way he handled the Eubanks with their ******ity, and the difficulty of dealing with Chris Sr has since been confirmed by Frank Warren.
Some people think everything is a conspiracy, but I'd argue that Hearn talking about a fight publicly is part of his job, and also puts a small amount of pressure on the fighter (in this case Klitschko) to follow through.

[Froch_uppercut]

Hearn had no intention of making that fight in Dec

He'd be leaving millions on the table with the capacity of the venue. That's a Soccer stadium fight. More BS from HEARN now it's time to replace Klit with some disappointment like Price or whoever

This is a classic HEARN move, talk about a fight with one of his guys against a marquee name then at the last second repace that name for some doo doo

Can you give some examples of Hearn doing this, because you're just making things up

[R_Walken]

Can you give some examples of Hearn doing this, because you're just making things up

Why would I make things up, This is a trend he's pulled the last couple years. Just about to board a flight so not thinking 100% but from the top of my head

Brook was in negotiations to fight
Chaves, Rios and they got scrapped for Buzier , Gavin fights and some other scrub

This Joshua fight , HEARN talks it up like it's a 90% possibility but instead of Klit it'll be some C class fighter

Gennady / Eubank fight got pulled and Brook became the replacement

And I'm pretty sure they said they were having negotiations with Frampton for Quigg and at the time Frampton got scrapped for Anither lesser opponet.

I'm pretty sure He did the same thing with Donaire, kept mentioning his name I believe for Quigg or Selby ( Don't quote me) and that fight fell through for another lesser nobody.

But yeah I'm making this sh.it up

[BoxingFan85]

What a **** Hearn is.. He said few weeks back that WBA and/or WBO will also be on the line, Wlads team wants it and the orgs will agree for such a massive fight etc etc.. Now he says they took an easy route to WBA.. This is where gullible Hearns believe word to word he says and cry like they are doing now.

[kafkod]

If Wlad agreed terms for a fight with 2 world titles on the line, then that's a different offer than the one he's turning away from now.

It looks like he's going to be fighting Lucas Browne for the WBA belt instead, and that's a better option for him than AJ. If Wlad finds he can't pull trigger again, as in the Fury fight, then Browne is the kind of opponent he can survive with and go out on his shield, instead of on his back, which is what would happen if he couldn't pull the trigger against AJ.

And he can probably make as much money from Browne as from AJ. It wouldn't be as big a fight financially, but Browne won't be expecting the same kind of purse split as AJ would.

I suspect that Hearn knew from the start that this fight wouldn't happen, in the end, and has been using the negotiatiions for PR. Joshua is a superstar in the UK. He doesn't need a dangerous opponent like Wlad to make himself pots of money.

[juggernaut666]

Anyone can play the Hearn blame game of what he said ,this and that..at the end of the day it was up to klitchko to agree on the terms and Hearn agreed on everyone of them .He is not responsible for the WBA belts or anyother one,he HAS to say he wanted the WBA belt also...this is called NEGIOTIAITING...wheather it happens or not...they BOTH wanted the belts on the line. The negotiations themselves (minus the WBA belt) were agreed on...wlad simply did not want the better fighter...end of.

[SugarRayCurtain]

Why would I make things up, This is a trend he's pulled the last couple years. Just about to board a flight so not thinking 100% but from the top of my head

Brook was in negotiations to fight
Chaves, Rios and they got scrapped for Buzier , Gavin fights and some other scrub

This Joshua fight , HEARN talks it up like it's a 90% possibility but instead of Klit it'll be some C class fighter

Gennady / Eubank fight got pulled and Brook became the replacement

And I'm pretty sure they said they were having negotiations with Frampton for Quigg and at the time Frampton got scrapped for Anither lesser opponet.

I'm pretty sure He did the same thing with Donaire, kept mentioning his name I believe for Quigg or Selby ( Don't quote me) and that fight fell through for another lesser nobody.

But yeah I'm making this sh.it up

Hearn cant force fighters to sign the contract, he cant force the Eubank team to sign the same contract that Brook received in the end, and he cant force Wlad to fight Joshua just for the IBF title and not the WBA.

Furthermore in KLITSCKOS OWN WORDS

"The WBA title is the oldest title. And for me the most prestigious"

Hes also getting paid the same money whether the WBA is there or not, instead hes probably going to face Lucas Browne for the WBA title for far less money.
If this isnt a huge duck by Wlad, I dont know what is

[PunchyPotorff]

Sorry Wlad, looks like your beak is growing and soon we'll hear the quacking. Prove we fight fans wrong there bud. You can fight Joshua. It won't hurt for more than the few rounds before you're flat on the canvas. No legit reason why this guy can't buck his usual trend of no-hopers and fight the man at HW.