Comments Thread For: Joshua vs. Wilder - No Reason Why it Can't Happen, Says Hearn

[vitali1999]

Why do you waste people's time with such nonsense? Wilder wants the fight to be NEXT. If it was up to Wilder, they'd be fighting ASAP. You don't know Wilder at all if you think he's afraid of anybody. Win or lose, he's desperate to face AJ.

Wilder says he does. He's good at talking. 39 fights and he's fought Stiverne and Washington. Please his resume speaks for itself.

[Shams627]

It’s not just about how many belts you have or what belt you have. It’s about who you beat to get that belt and who you’ve defended it against.

[Ake-Dawg]

Wilder says he does. He's good at talking. 39 fights and he's fought Stiverne and Washington. Please his resume speaks for itself.

Name one fighter Wilder called out that actually said yes let's fight and both management teams sat down to make the fight. Better yet, name one fighter Wilder called out that said yes let's fight and invited Wilders management team to call and talk numbers.

Before you answer, Wilder is on record calling out Klitchko, Fury, Parker, and Joshua. We won't bring up the two drug cheats.

[Man-Joe]

Please name one formidable opponent Wilder had diffended his belt with?

[Deus]

Name one fighter Wilder called out that actually said yes let's fight and both management teams sat down to make the fight. Better yet, name one fighter Wilder called out that said yes let's fight and invited Wilders management team to call and talk numbers.

Before you answer, Wilder is on record calling out Klitchko, Fury, Parker, and Joshua. We won't bring up the two drug cheats.

Wilder called out Klitschko after Klitschko had signed to fight Fury. Can't exactly blame Klitschko for not calling to talk numbers when he's already signed to fight and is in camp for said fight.

Also.. Hearn has talked numbers with Haymon/Dibella. That's widely documented that they were too far apart and Wilder's team were so far unwilling to drop below 50-50 split that Wilder believes he's worth (which nobody in their right mind can quantify).

That it is not to say that Wilder simply has not been unlucky not to have some reputable names on his record because obviously fights fell through with Povetkin and Ortiz.. plus he's had his fair share of injuries etc.

[P4Pdunny]

I have my doubt this happens next year

[Ake-Dawg]

Wilder called out Klitschko after Klitschko had signed to fight Fury. Can't exactly blame Klitschko for not calling to talk numbers when he's already signed to fight and is in camp for said fight.

Also.. Hearn has talked numbers with Haymon/Dibella. That's widely documented that they were too far apart and Wilder's team were so far unwilling to drop below 50-50 split that Wilder believes he's worth (which nobody in their right mind can quantify).

That it is not to say that Wilder simply has not been unlucky not to have some reputable names on his record because obviously fights fell through with Povetkin and Ortiz.. plus he's had his fair share of injuries etc.

That's the thing. I'm not looking to blame anyone. Sometimes fights just don't happen for legit reasons.

As for Wilder Joshua, Dibella will negotiate and they will seek to get the best deal possible for Wilder. You always ask for the moon at the beginning of negotiations.

[Raggamuffin]

Why do you waste people's time with such nonsense? Wilder wants the fight to be NEXT. If it was up to Wilder, they'd be fighting ASAP. You don't know Wilder at all if you think he's afraid of anybody. Win or lose, he's desperate to face AJ.

You're fighting a losing battle. You're keeping it real with little scared Joshua fans. These are the $19.00 paying Joshua fans. They use binoculars to see Joshua's fights. Lol

[N/A]

How did you work out the wbc as the best belt at heavy ?

The WBC is the most valuable and desired belt in boxing, regardless of weight class. Eddie Hearn himself has said this publicly many times. The average purse bid for a WBC belt compared to the others shows this. The number of WBC fans compared to the others shows this. Most of the biggest fights in history have been for the WBC belt.

That doesn't mean Wilder is a more respected champion than AJ. It just means Wilder has the more respected title. AJ has the other two "big 3" belts, which would make him a more respected champion than Wilder.

Some of the sheet you daftys come out with is laughable

Then it should be easy to counter our argument. The fact that you're resorting to name calling so quickly shows you aren't very confident you can do that though.

WBC belt is the same as parkers = paper belt

Reality says otherwise. Look at the purse bids for the belts. Parker was defending on youtube because TV didn't care. Parker has had defenses only shown on tape delay because TV didn't care. The WBO belt is nowhere near as valuable as the WBC. Tyson, Ali, Holyfield, Lewis, Frazier, Liston, etc all held the WBC. None of them held the WBO. The WBC's roots trace back to the NYSAC & IBU titles from a hundred years ago. The WBO has only been a fully recognized world title since 2007. There's no comparison.

[N/A]

Wilder says he does. He's good at talking. 39 fights and he's fought Stiverne and Washington. Please his resume speaks for itself.

But he also agreed to fly to Russia to defend against Povetkin when he could have easily vacated and fought Charles Martin instead.

And he agreed to a huge step aside fee so he could fight King Kong.

So clearly his ACTIONS show he wants the top dogs.