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

[Dr Rumack]

Are they not in a hurry to make this fight or what?

[juggernaut666]

This is sad.....
Hearn is trying too exploit Wilder and Wilder see it but is in a lose/ lose situation.

If he showed up Hearn controls the narrative and forces Whyte in his face... a fight no one wants too see.

If he no shows then he’s a coward and is too afraid to see Joshua Face to face even though Joshua said he doesn’t want Wilder in the ring..

What wilder should do is surprise them...that would be fun..

Exploit Wilder with FREE media ,PAYING him to commentate as well? lol

Its not like Wilder has gotten famous off of the actual Joshua name by using it in the media right ?

[LacedUp]

I don't think Joshua or Wilder are THAT f#cking good.

I could see Joshua catch a L or Wilder catch a L in the next fight or within the next 12 months. I think you are giving both guys far too much credit with their talent.

If Hearn legit thinks both guys can make 20M+ for this fight I don't think he's as smart as I think he is. Although sh^t its boxing anything is possible, but I think its an extremely thin % of a chance of that happening vs one or both of them getting knocked off & potentially drastically lowering their value/appeal/allure/unbeatability in the hearts & minds of fans.

Randomly whats the time table & opponent selection look like from now (lets assume from Apr. 1 after a Joshua KO victory) til both guys are getting 20M+ in your opinion?

I don't see that road very clearly, but I'd love to see your take on it.

Of course both guys must continue to beat good guys in order to build up the AJ vs Wilder fight. The best thing each could do is to fight a good fight on a major network in the other person's country.

Get Joshua to fight Miller at the Barclays. **** the drum of 'AJ coming to America' and so on. It would do huge numbers 100% on Showtime or HBO.

Then get Wilder to fight on PPV against Dillian Whyte at the O2. Guaranteed to make 500k PPVs in the UK and he would KO Whyte spectacularly - Imagine if he does it in 3 rounds. People will be saying "this guy is better than AJ".

Ultimately, the only road for both guys to make that kind of money is if it is a dual US/UK PPV- I don't know if it's a PPV fight in the US right now, but I couldn't imagine it is. At least not anything major major as in close to a million buys.

In the UK it's huge obviously but that's just because everything AJ does is huge.

But that's my road. Then they do the fight in Vegas next May.

[Butch.McRae]

Its almost as though Hearn is smarter or more suited to the intricacies of the business and the politics of the sport.. such as how to sway the favor of the paying masses.

Those masses happen to be 80% of the buying market which are.. " casuals " or anyone who isnt a wilder fan to some on here.

If they really wanted the fight, then hindsight is a wonderful thing.. and they should have just taken 35 /65 straight from the start. Hearn can play this out for as long as he wants.. and that doesnt make it right, it makes it very wrong... but unless joshua loses.. what hearn says, goes for now.

The funny thing is most of us who are using the term "casual" are people who've heavily criticized Wilder over the years. We just see what's happening here.

Btw it's fairly easy to spot a troll or casual around these parts. Some stuff is just plain silly.

[Straightener]

You British fans are absolutely ridiculous. It's just plain childish lol

I too have been on these threads criticizing Wilder for years. I have also been on here praising AJ. But none of that matters now. It's time to crown a unified HW hampion.

Anybidy who's not for that is either (1) a casual who has signed up here to "support" Joshua, or (2) worried about him winning against Wilder.

As a boxing fan, I dont give a damn who wins, all I know is, it's time to make the fight.

I just find you lads flip flopping comedy

When Joshua said the other day he doesn’t want wilder in the ring after the fight you clowns went to town on him

Now wilder jibs out even to be commentator and it’s still Joshua’s fault

Surely it’s more beneficial to have wilder commentating on Joshua’s fight than staying in Alabama ******* his little Weener

I’ve been on this site a fair while to know what a hypocrite looks like

[Ray*]

Why? Isn’t he suppose to be on the telecast for skysports?

[LacedUp]

You never could beat me on a single point so you try to fall back to the only thing you have in your life; validation through your countrymen. I'm not nationalistic and never have been (I still say Calzaghe is my #1) and I've said many times I am happy UK boxing is alive because it means more fights for me to watch. I actually love the UK and will be vacationing there next year.

Maybe you could try another angle and say I'm rude or something. You might actually have a point there. What you're doing now is just face-plant after face-plant.

TL;DR, but I have noticed you're stressing yourself over UK in every single post.

You're always saying "errhh UK fans bla bla" before saying something pro US The irony totally flies over your head.

[Sid-Knee]

Well, then it's disappointing that AJ is feeling like a bytch right now and blowing a big opportunity for the fans. I'm neutral about AJ but as a boxing fan, I think it's a huge let down that he's ducking one of the best fights in boxing.

How is AJ being a ***** if he invited Wilder to talk after the fight?

Wait, you mean if it's not caught on camera, then it doesn't count?

What?

You people are very strange over there in the US. The amount of bollocks you talk is off the scale.

Oh, and AJ said that if Wilder insisted on getting in the ring with him after the fight he was more than welcome. But he said he'd prefer to have a deal signed because he's not into false hype.

Wilder is the ***** here. He found out that Whyte was going to be there and got scared. Hahahahaha

[Butch.McRae]

Of course both guys must continue to beat good guys in order to build up the AJ vs Wilder fight. The best thing each could do is to fight a good fight on a major network in the other person's country.

Get Joshua to fight Miller at the Barclays. **** the drum of 'AJ coming to America' and so on. It would do huge numbers 100% on Showtime or HBO.

Then get Wilder to fight on PPV against Dillian Whyte at the O2. Guaranteed to make 500k PPVs in the UK and he would KO Whyte spectacularly - Imagine if he does it in 3 rounds. People will be saying "this guy is better than AJ".

Ultimately, the only road for both guys to make that kind of money is if it is a dual US/UK PPV- I don't know if it's a PPV fight in the US right now, but I couldn't imagine it is. At least not anything major major as in close to a million buys.

In the UK it's huge obviously but that's just because everything AJ does is huge.

But that's my road. Then they do the fight in Vegas next May.

I think it's a US PPV fight right now, and that's just based on Wilder's tv ratings of late in comparison to others. His premium cable numbers are really noteworthy. I give it a floor of 300k, a ceiling of 1.2 million. It's hard to say what type of pull a HW fight would get. It's been so long lol

[Sid-Knee]

Pretty funny reading all the people who were for Wilder coming and all those who were against it, last week, completely reverse their opinion.

Some of you are really shameless.

Point out the people who were against Wilder coming over here?

I haven't seen anybody against him coming over.