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There is only one way to find out. No amount of alts, UK fans, or fake ass Hearn and Whyte hollow offers can make fans think that Joshua wins. We have to see the fight to believe it, so save your breath.
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When Hearn makes the offer that is completely fair for a fellow undefeated heavyweight CHAMPION who has an exciting style and is bringing hype, now that 2 top 5-10 opponents tried to dope when they signed to fight Wilder while also holding the second highest KO percentage in the division...
Then we will ALL see why Hearn is stalling the fight!Comment
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He's right. I'm shocked that so many people think this is an easy fight for Joshua. Wilder has advantages that you just can't ignore. He's more athletic and he's more explosive than Joshua. He's got an equal chance of knocking Joshua out and vice versa. That's sometimes all it takes in HW boxing.
It's a genuine 50/50 fight.Comment
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That's the long and short of it. People can run their mouths all day long, but we just have to wait and see on this one. There are no definite outcomes when it comes to two heavy handed heavyweights.Comment
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The question is not whether this is an interesting fight that needs to happen, or who will win it but how are we going to get there.
Boxing is a business and at this level it is a very big business. These fighters understandably want to maximize their earnings. But this is where the problem begins, because they are in very different places.
AJ is a MUCH bigger star than Wilder with enormously more financial leverage. Let's bear in mind that if you can put 90,000 fans in a stadium you are a bona fida superstar.
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AJ's situation is pretty simple. He's already the superstar. To fight Wilder he wants the fight to be as big as possible. That means build up Wilder in the UK and the US so that the fight is as big as it can possibly be for a unification fight. Pretty simple. But AJ isn't in control of Wilder's career. He doesn't get to choose who Wilder fights to raise his profile. That's Wilder's job. It's up to Wilder and his team to choose the right fight so he becomes more bankable.
Wilder wants to fight AJ for life changing money. So how does he best accomplish this goal? The problem is that Wilder isn't a superstar. Most especially, he isn't particularly popular in the US let alone the UK. His next fight is Stiverne who is from the UK but Stiverne is pretty much used goods over there and nobody believes that a Stiverne fight is particularly risky for Wilder and hence especially interesting. It doesn't build him in the UK and hence doesn't do much if anything to maximize the revenues for the unification.
There is a fight that would fit the bill to build up the unification fight. If Wilder were to fight Whyte that would do it. Whyte is seen as dangerous in the UK. He is seen as a legitimate test. Fighting Whyte and winning well would put more money in everyone's pockets. The problem is that Wilder doesn't seem ot want to fight Whyte. It seems that the very element of risk that the public like is a little too much risk for Wilder. He is in a difficult position. If he fights Whyte and wins well he gets AJ and they both make out like bandits. But if he loses to Whyte he loses everything. Wilder's posturing so far indicates that he is prepared to forgo the very real potential upside of fighting Whyte. He is trying to disguise this with talk of wanting more money than the fight is worth and nonsense about how he'll fight Whyte if he is guaranteed AJ next, but this is pretty transparent.
AJ doesn't have to say a word as resolving this really is in Wilder's hands. Talking isn't going to get it done. Wilder has to decide how much risk he is prepared to take on for how much reward and then stfu and get on with it. He doesn't yet have enough fans for his mouth to change his circumstnaces.Last edited by petegrif; 10-28-2017, 02:30 PM.Comment
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Farhood is so full of ****, wtf does he know about boxing?Comment
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