Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua Set To Defend Title Against Eric Molina 12/10/16

[E10Rifle]

Dunno why everyone is complaining. Haye won't take the fight until next year, Fury is off on sabbatical, Parker and Povetkin are committed elsewhere and Wilder and Wlad are injured.

Who else are you going to get but a fringe contender/bum at that notice? And make no mistake about it, that's exactly what glassjaw Price, Chisora, Briggs etc are.

We all know Haye & Klitchko are coming up next year, and who genuinely wants Joshua to jeopardise that? Just don't buy the PPV.

[Golden Boi 360]

So we are about to see the first two Mexican champs in history.

Molina and Ruiz.

[TheCleaner]

This is disappointing considering the fact Lucas Browne was up for an AJ fight. Molina ffs, I think I'd have preferred to see price to be honest, if nothing it's got a little bit of needle with a faint score to settle, this is not ppv though ffs, chisora whyte should be the main event at this rate

[Sadiqkingofko]

Dunno why everyone is complaining. Haye won't take the fight until next year, Fury is off on sabbatical, Parker and Povetkin are committed elsewhere and Wilder and Wlad are injured.

Who else are you going to get but a fringe contender/bum at that notice? And make no mistake about it, that's exactly what glassjaw Price, Chisora, Briggs etc are.

We all know Haye & Klitchko are coming up next year, and who genuinely wants Joshua to jeopardise that? Just don't buy the PPV.

Pulev, Ortiz, Browne, Jennings, Chisora, and Ustinov were available and he picks Molina

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[BigZ44]

Personally I think this is the best of the 3 options they were talking about. Wasn't gonna be somebody great on short notice after they couldn't get Parker or Klitschko in there. Hopefully it is a loaded undercard. I expect Joshua by brutal KO within 4. Hopefully after this it's a mandatory defense against Pulev in the spring and then a stadium fight with Klitschko in the summer.

[John Locke]

Molina either needs to be matched up with fellow C level fighters or up and coming prospects like Lipinets, Imam, Prograis etc.

[thabanga510]

Dunno why everyone is complaining. Haye won't take the fight until next year, Fury is off on sabbatical, Parker and Povetkin are committed elsewhere and Wilder and Wlad are injured.

Who else are you going to get but a fringe contender/bum at that notice? And make no mistake about it, that's exactly what glassjaw Price, Chisora, Briggs etc are.

We all know Haye & Klitchko are coming up next year, and who genuinely wants Joshua to jeopardise that? Just don't buy the PPV.

They faked like they really wanted the Klitschko fight. Then put out a list of opponents and chose the one who they deemed the weakest.

[thabanga510]

Personally I think this is the best of the 3 options they were talking about. Wasn't gonna be somebody great on short notice after they couldn't get Parker or Klitschko in there. Hopefully it is a loaded undercard. I expect Joshua by brutal KO within 4. Hopefully after this it's a mandatory defense against Pulev in the spring and then a stadium fight with Klitschko in the summer.

This was not a short notice fight, Molina was their choice all along.

[BennyBlanco]

Dunno why everyone is complaining. Haye won't take the fight until next year, Fury is off on sabbatical, Parker and Povetkin are committed elsewhere and Wilder and Wlad are injured.

Who else are you going to get but a fringe contender/bum at that notice? And make no mistake about it, that's exactly what glassjaw Price, Chisora, Briggs etc are.

We all know Haye & Klitchko are coming up next year, and who genuinely wants Joshua to jeopardise that? Just don't buy the PPV.

Agreed. Once Klitschko decided not to fight AJ/suffered an "injury", then the options for AJ became limited. Not many good names available. Price and Chisora are no better than Molina.