Comments Thread For: Hearn: Three Fights For Joshua in 2018, Including Overseas Bout

[Thetruthiserrol]

Thats ******. Why wouldnt wilder or joshua fight Parker first? So when wilder joshua fight it will be a unification. Joseph parker is trying to sit on that belt. Its time for him to fight.

According to Parkers promoter they are fighting Lucas Browne early next year. Also since Parker is co promoted by Arum i assume in the summer he will be fighting Jennings.

[P4Pdunny]

Thats ******. Why wouldnt wilder or joshua fight Parker first? So when wilder joshua fight it will be a unification. Joseph parker is trying to sit on that belt. Its time for him to fight.

you like the only person who says this apart from me. Parker not in any of these conversations and he needs to be. He's a title holder too!

[Sickmerch1990]

Aj stays in uk 2018 america isnt of any importance anymore parker fury wilder be some year if he takes out all three

[BUCSBronzemedal]

Mandatory etc etc

Smart tactical move by Hearn. He knew he would have to fight a mandatory if Pulev pulled out. So Joshua vs Mandatory will be AJ last fight on the Showtime contract. Look for Joshua vs Ustinov or Miller in mid 2018 on HBO



"I'm just focusing on keeping my belts, who ever that is on the WBA list that's who it is," Joshua told reporters.

1. Luis Ortiz
2. Alex Ustinov
3. Fres Oquando
4. Manuel Charr
5. Alexander PedVetkin
6. Christan Hammer
7. Jarell Miller

Joshua won't fight Wilder next, ideally unify with Parker, then WBA Mandatory, then IBF Mandatory and then it'll be Wilder in 2019.
Gives Joshua a bit more time to develop and Wilder to age ever so slightly.
I would suggest that is the game plan although David Haye and Tyson Fury could also want a piece of Joshua before Wilder does.

I would ideally like David Haye to wipe everyone out but he seems to be running out of time and I don't think he has 4 or 5 big fights left in him at 37 years old. Does Fury have 4 or 5 big fights left despite being only 29 years old probably not. Wilder should get his chance soon enough.

I personally would like in Spring 2018

Wilder take Whyte fight for $4m
Haye (beat Bellew first) then get WBO belt from Parker
Joshua fight his WBA Mandatory

Summer 2018

Haye v Joshua

Tyson Fury return

Dec 2018

Haye or Joshua v Wilder

Spring 2019

Winner of unification v Tyson Fury

[mlac]

feb/march haye (if he beats bumlew)
summer -pulev
December -whyte rematch

lol @ thinking hearn is putting him in with miller, parker or wilder next year

[Eff Pandas]

It's so obvious what they should do:

Feb 2018 - Joshua vs Miller - US
May/June 2018 - Joshua vs Wilder - US
Oct 2018 - Joshua vs Parker - UK

I don't hate this schedule for 2018 although like a few have already said I'd rather see Wilder & Parker switched.

I think Wilder vs Joshua is THE FIGHT at HW. Parker hasn't impressed or seems to have as much hype behind him & that being the final unification fight seems anticlimactic to me.

Plus I think Canelo vs GGG II will happen in May so I think they'd wanna try to make Wilder vs Joshua, again the biggest fight to make a HW, in the second half of the year so the attention for either fight doesn't step on the other fight as we saw with MayMac & Canelo vs GGG I.

[Eff Pandas]

feb/march haye (if he beats bumlew)
summer -pulev
December -whyte rematch

lol @ thinking hearn is putting him in with miller, parker or wilder next year

Damn bro you trolling or just cynical as f#ck?

I'm not sure Joshua is smelling his own farts enough to not fight at least one of those guys next year as long as he fights twice or some bs mandatory's get pulled on him. And honestly I don't see THAT much to be worried about with a guy like Parker in particular. I'd bet Takam lasted more rounds than Parker will.

[Eff Pandas]

According to Parkers promoter they are fighting Lucas Browne early next year. Also since Parker is co promoted by Arum i assume in the summer he will be fighting Jennings.

LOL yea your schedule might be right with Arum being the brains behind Parker. I didn't consider that. But hell idk if 2018 will work for Arum.

Arum's gonna milk a HW title holder for all he's worth, bet on that. And I bet he's hoping he can sign a scary HW sometime soon to match up with Parker (idk that Jennings is that guy & off the top of my head I can't think of any HW Arum has that might be able to beat Parker unless Ruiz gets another run at him) & try to get a bigger draw in the US perhaps if Parker doesn't catch bigger fire as I don't expect him too.

[mlac]

Damn bro you trolling or just cynical as f#ck?

I'm not sure Joshua is smelling his own farts enough to not fight at least one of those guys next year as long as he fights twice or some bs mandatory's get pulled on him. And honestly I don't see THAT much to be worried about with a guy like Parker in particular. I'd bet Takam lasted more rounds than Parker will.

Lol. bit of both. no but seriously i could honestly see Hearn doing that, the Haye fight would be huge (for the matchroom casuals) as they know Haye.

Pulev will pick up that WBA belt and Hearn can sell that to the casuals as a 'unification' and finally the whyte rematch is a no brainer for Hearn, they can get the skysports propaganda machine to start up with the infamous 'left hook in the 2nd rnd' and 'bad blood' type crap etc
It would sell a ton.

I think Wilder is michael grant but that right hand is still legit regardless, its too much of a risk, and Miller is too high risk for too low reward (wont sell enough)

Think about it, the entire matchroom promotion dies if and when AJ gets knocked out. who else does hearn have? the corpse of kell brook? who is busy sucking off his bf in Marbella to even care about re-building his career at this stage.
Scott quigg? lol, seriously who else does Hearn have.

And AJ is hardly as loved as Frank Bruno was, his entire fanbase are not even boxing fan's they are casuals that will lose interest the second AJ gets sparked out, the whole mystique around AJ is the '0' and the KO's. Once thats ended, the interest from the casual fan who has been led to believe that AJ is the incarnation of muhammad ali (the white robe) the chatter of AJ is the 'best heavyweight from britain ever' im serious Skysports actually said that y'day . ends too. Hearn can't start the rebuilding proces on PPV.

AJ aient Ali, He's Frank Bruno lets be honest. but - the personality and lovable persona.

[FLEX U.K]

Lol. bit of both. no but seriously i could honestly see Hearn doing that, the Haye fight would be huge (for the matchroom casuals) as they know Haye.

Pulev will pick up that WBA belt and Hearn can sell that to the casuals as a 'unification' and finally the whyte rematch is a no brainer for Hearn, they can get the skysports propaganda machine to start up with the infamous 'left hook in the 2nd rnd' and 'bad blood' type crap etc
It would sell a ton.

I think Wilder is michael grant but that right hand is still legit regardless, its too much of a risk, and Miller is too high risk for too low reward (wont sell enough)

Think about it, the entire matchroom promotion dies if and when AJ gets knocked out. who else does hearn have? the corpse of kell brook? who is busy sucking off his bf in Marbella to even care about re-building his career at this stage.
Scott quigg? lol, seriously who else does Hearn have.

And AJ is hardly as loved as Frank Bruno was, his entire fanbase are not even boxing fan's they are casuals that will lose interest the second AJ gets sparked out, the whole mystique around AJ is the '0' and the KO's. Once thats ended, the interest from the casual fan who has been led to believe that AJ is the incarnation of muhammad ali (the white robe) the chatter of AJ is the 'best heavyweight from britain ever' im serious Skysports actually said that y'day . ends too. Hearn can't start the rebuilding proces on PPV.

AJ aient Ali, He's Frank Bruno lets be honest. but - the personality and lovable persona.

Agree with this.Hearn seems to be putting all his eggs in AJ's basket and has neglected the rest of his roster.If the AJ hype dies he's in serious bother.With Selby,DeGale,Frampton all signing up with Frank and Warrington jumping ship a while ago Frank could be sneaking up on him.Hearn has a few world level bantamweights,a decent superfly and a broken Brook left in his stable,things don't look too appealing Outside AJ and Whyte