Comments Thread For: Deontay Wilder Won't Attend Anthony Joshua-Joseph Parker

[yammy25]

Truth^. Neither is great and either may lose at any time. Building a fight works when you have building materials. There's really nothing else for these two to do though. We've reached that prime point where Wilder had a really good win and AJ will be beating the #3. It's not going to get more prime and the risk is that one of these two is going to lose.

I honestly get the impression that Hearn doesn't want AJ in with Wilder. I don't really care what happens to Wilder but as a boxing fan, I want to see these two fight because it's the best the division can offer.

personally i think its because as a businessman, he wants Whyte, AJ showdown for all the belts whereby that whole event is under matchroom control and it just becomes the biggest thing by a country mile this side of the atlantic and matchrooms 20% cut is enough to keep him wiping his arse with fifties til he's as old as barry.

[Butch.McRae]

Why would they have security around him if he was doing the commentary for SKY?

Idk but they did last time after the Bellew incident. I'd imagine it would be worse now.

Besides, when it's known that there could be a ring crash, security is tighter around the ring.

Miller tried to pull a similar stunt after Wilder beat Ortiz. He was denied. If you go back to the post fight interview, there was a moment where Wilder tried to charge out of the ring. That's was a result of Miller standing ringside trying to get in. Security was preventing him from doing so. I could see a similar thing happening to Wilder there.

[Bashhh]

why you guys shook of wilder fighting whyte for a easy 7 million dollar check?

[lion33lit]

Wilder is the clear champion now, and aj is nothing more than a belt holder hiding behind popularity.

Well said.......

[sicko]

He's not going because he realizes what any logical person does. They'll have security all over him (there was a fair amount around him for the VK fight too), then he'll randomly get ambushed by the Whyte camp. Deflecting attention away from the fight that matters.

It's so blatant what the Sky team/Hearn were planning after last weekend's farce.

Smart move by his handlers.

He don't need to step in the ring to make a splash, UK media will seek him out and let him say what he has to say. Don't matter what Whyte does he can address BOTH Properly while in the UK but not going is ****** IMO

[Eff Pandas]

Building a fight works when you have building materials. There's really nothing else for these two to do though. We've reached that prime point where Wilder had a really good win and AJ will be beating the #3. It's not going to get more prime and the risk is that one of these two is going to lose.

THIS!!!

I honestly get the impression that Hearn doesn't want AJ in with Wilder.

Could be the case. I think Wilder is clearly the biggest foreseeable risk in the division to Joshua. I think Hearn knows that as well. He's building up this Parker thing with respect for Parker, but I think thats for the promotion not his real stance.

I don't really care what happens to Wilder but as a boxing fan, I want to see these two fight because it's the best the division can offer.

Same. I want the best guys in any division to always fight. Specifically when they feel as distant to the rest of this division as these two do right now & when they've been 1 & 2 for as long as they have now.

We all are gonna die someday. Lets get this show on the road.

Randomly I'm pretty sure I'll quit watching boxing when I'm 65, 70 cuz the teasing big fights will suck too much knowing I might miss the climax if I die in the next 12 months & they are on that 18 month marination bs.

[MisanthropicNY]

Ostrich Legs has no interest in facing Joshua, so no reason to take that flight...

[yammy25]

Idk but they did last time after the Bellew incident. I'd imagine it would be worse now.

Besides, when it's known that there could be a ring crash, security is tighter around the ring.

Miller tried to pull a similar stunt after Wilder beat Ortiz. He was denied. If you go back to the post fight interview, there was a moment where Wilder tried to charge out of the ring. That's was a result of Miller standing ringside trying to get in. Security was preventing him from doing so. I could see a similar thing happening to Wilder there.

That was because deontays little brother is a mouthy little prick and started going off on bellew.. when bellew retaliated by shouting him down security stood by to ensure the entourages didnt get mixed up together.

I highly doubt sky would allow deontays whole crew to mic up and commentate on the fight this time around either. so security wouldnt be tighter.

The simple facts are.. AJ has said he would probably invite him in if he won but that he had bigger things to think of.. i.e winning, and would prefer it if something was at least agrred in principal rather than senseless hype. Now that can be taken at face value, does he mean it.. if youre a wilder fan then no hes shook. If youre an AJ fan then yeah hes talking sense.

Bigger than that, is that unlike the USA, you will be heavily fine by the BBBofC for having a security breach to that level, or by entering the ring during the announcements without invitation. Its a security breach, why should matchroom have to pay for wilder pulling that stunt? he isnt licensed under the bbbofc, itd be hearn or AJ that gets fined.

[Sid-Knee]

Wilder is nuts and scared of Dillan why ?? .. of course you'll have Fury in your face and Dillan and Haye thats what they do.

They are paying Wilders flight and hotels and giving him a microphone to millions of new listeners and he's p*ssed of because he might not get in the ring he's arguing over a distance of about 2 meters.

Wilder was invited into the ring after the Ortiz fight why does it have to be different for this one ?

Fury and Haye aren't going to be in Wilder's face at all. Only Dillian because he's the number 1 in the WBC rankings.

AJ said Wilder would be welcome if he wanted to get in the ring, but he'd rather do it when there is a deal in place because he's not into false hype.

[Butch.McRae]

That was because deontays little brother is a mouthy little prick and started going off on bellew.. when bellew retaliated by shouting him down security stood by to ensure the entourages didnt get mixed up together.

I highly doubt sky would allow deontays whole crew to mic up and commentate on the fight this time around either. so security wouldnt be tighter.

The simple facts are.. AJ has said he would probably invite him in if he won but that he had bigger things to think of.. i.e winning, and would prefer it if something was at least agrred in principal rather than senseless hype. Now that can be taken at face value, does he mean it.. if youre a wilder fan then no hes shook. If youre an AJ fan then yeah hes talking sense.

Bigger than that, is that unlike the USA, you will be heavily fine by the BBBofC for having a security breach to that level, or by entering the ring during the announcements without invitation. Its a security breach, why should matchroom have to pay for wilder pulling that stunt? he isnt licensed under the bbbofc, itd be hearn or AJ that gets fined.

The fine issue is an interesting point but I'd imagine it's small in the grand scheme of things.