BREAKING: Sky Sports/Eddie Hearn Confirm Anthony Joshua vs Deontay Wilder In 2018

[Bobby Deez]

This all to stop the AJ is shook train. Until theres a date and the papers are signed they shook like motha****as ya dig?

[club fighter]

Talks?....... ........I'll wait till it's on paper.

[Sadiqkingofko]

I'd say less exciting to be honest. However, my point is neither has fans but Parker has the better resume than Wilder.

Really??? Clear robbery wins over Takam and Ruiz is a good resume???

[chrisJS]

Really??? Clear robbery wins over Takam and Ruiz is a good resume???

Not a good resume. You can have a **** resume and it's still a better resume than Wilder's.

[JRB123]

Wilder seems to have a lot of fans on the Internet that swear he's the best Heavyweight that's been around in a long, long time. Apparently Joshua is too scared of him to fight because it's a mismatch. Those are the folks I'm talking about.

Sooooooo many fans....

...and they have absolutely no clue whatsoever

[LacedUp]

Good stuff!! Glad Hearn stopped with that "fight Whyte, then I'll think about it" bullshyt. It's a little early to get excited as it's just negotiations but I'm happy that Eddie is on-board with this.

But he never said that. It's just you who read what you want to read.

[North Star]

I'm not talking crap. He has no decent measuring stick. He has barely fought a C level opponent no matter how big they are. He's been a pro nearly a decade and his technique is awful. He has punching power, but he's not stepped up and his lack of skill would likely be exposed.

That's pretty much my sentiments on Wilder as well.

[North Star]

I'm wondering has there ever been a more protected heavyweight champion before fighting his cash out fight ?

Haymon's got to keep milking that cash cow until it's dry.

It's a shame we couldn't get to see him in with Ortiz. That would have been a good measuring stick at least.

[DoomOnHorseback]

That's actually a pretty great idea. But this is boxing, so that will never happen. Mainly because if Bellew wins again, he's gonna feel disrespected if his reward for beating Haye 2x is being fed to Deontay Wilder. And if Haye wins, they're gonna go the trilogy route IMO.

If Bellew manages to come through Haye again, he'd snap your hand off if offered Wilder. He tried stoking up a fight when Wilder came over to commentate on the AJ v's Klitschko fight.
All academic for me as I think he'll do really well to see off Haye again, and will not want another rematch once beaten.