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Who didn't see this coming? I'm not mad either, just wish he would stop acting like he really wants Wilder! He don't want that work yet! I hope Joshua fights Povetkin, and Wilder fights Miller, and the winners face each other!
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Joshua vs. Povetkin sounds good.
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AJ really needs to move on without Wilder. I don't understand why Wilder cannot send a contract to AJ and why AJ should be the only one to offer contracts. Whenever Wilder is ready for the fight I believe he would send AJ an offerComment
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Wilder's team is not serious about the fight. I cannot understand why they must wait for AJ to send in offer first. Wilder is a champ and should be big enough to send offers to any HW in the divisionComment
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It's official! Joshua now is blatantly running from Wilder, He's taking a card out of the light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson who does the same thing. Talks a lot of trash while fighting carefully cherrypicked opponents and avoiding any real threat. Joshua should be known only as the best heavyweight in England while Wilder is the best heavyweight in the world.Comment
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That could very well be the strategy. For me, piecing together statements from both sides, trying to read between the lines, I see this fight "marinating". Not that either is ducking, just that the "goals" of both sides aren't aligning fully. Wilder desparately wants to be considered the next Mike Tyson. Joshua wants to become the next Mayweather. That can't happen without the whole world watching and right now, they wouldn't be. I expect there to be one more fight in between.Originally posted by Deus View PostComment
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You can't honestly believe what you have written, can you?Originally posted by bluemax View Post
I'm not a Joshua disciple by any means but to say he's cherry-picking while also saying that "Wilder is the best heavyweight in the world" genuinely indicates that one (or maybe all) of the following applies -
1) You're just a blind Wilder fan.
2) You're as mad as a box of frogs.
I'd prefer to believe however, that a secret option might apply:
3) Extremely confused.
After all, I doubt anyone could be that dumb with only one head
Away from the rumor and conjecture regarding the total income and purse allocation for the AJ/Wilder fight. It's obvious that Hearn doesn't want it next. He hasn't tried to hide that fact, in that he's offered up Whyte as a taster consistently. He wants to grow the AJ/Wilder match up for all it's worth but it seems he may have to give into public pressure on this one.
Generally speaking, I think most boxers just want to fight - its how they make their money and AJ is no different. Like Wilder, he will probably fight anyone but specifically in his case, as long as the deal is right... I do wonder though if he's getting fed up of people only wanting to fight him primarily because he's the cash cow? after all It doesn't do much for his legacy which does seems important to him. Still with that being said, at least he is willing to fight a higher level of opponent.
It seems quite apparent that Wilder's motivation until now has probably been more related to maintaining his champ status, by staying undefeated and taking as little risk as possible. That's not saying he's taking no risk because in my eyes, every fight is a risk and all fighters should be respected for that. What I am saying is that Wilder has made 40 defenses with the acceptance of lower pay (which is still far and away better than most of us), to fight mostly lower level opponents by comparison. This has obviously changed now that AJ is right there on the scene so now he spies a significantly larger payday and total belt unity - so who could blame him for potentially changing his philosophy?
While all of this plays out in the media, the facts are, as I understand it - Breazeal has decided to withdraw from the IBF eliminator with Pulev, for a reason rumored to be a Wilder bout. Hearn has been talking about Miller/AJ for a while but now that Povetkin is his mando, AJ has an immediate obligation for that fight (or pay Sasha to step aside for Miller) unless the Wilder unification materializes; so both sides have another option if Hearn and Haymon/Finkel/DiBella, etc... can't see eye to eye... it is after all, probably only public pressure that's forcing the AJ/Wilder fight at this point!
One more observation from me... For those that aren't aware, Hearn's 'take it or leave it' offer is just the first part in a period called negotiation. That offer won't be the last one made (I personally would expect it to rise somewhere close to the 20 million mark) and while Wilder's preference seems to be miscommunication via social media, it's quite possibly smoke and mirrors to incite a public reaction and/or interest... there'll most likely be a bit going on behind the scenes!Comment
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I was a fan of Joshua's when he turned pro he was clean cut came across as a very humble person and showed potential. Fast forward and his become arrogant and the fame has gone to his head where him and Hearn have become greedy, because of his popularity. Wilder would sign today if they agreed a 60-40 split and not the pathetic offer of a set figure. So Team Joshua is the one whose not serious about this fight it will either be Povetkin or Miller next. Team Joshua is clearly the ones ducking the fight it's as clear as daylight.Comment
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its clear as day that's why im done arguing back n forth with these people.Originally posted by Ake-Dawg View PostComment
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