Comments Thread For: Barry Hearn Wants Joshua To Delay Wilder Fight, Explains Why

[Noelanthony]

thats fair to say his expression said "wake up i nearly blew it...its on"

but that would make my comment much closer to reality than juggernauts deluded comment....so his is not "slightly exaggerated"...its actually much more far fetched

True speech

[Iamsmoke89]

Everyone wants the fight but wilder is all mouth wouldn’t be surprised if he pulls out and blames AJ for everything like the paper champ he is but hopefully wilder takes the fight and gets knockout with dignity

U a idiot for sure they clearly don’t want aj fighting wilder right now. Cause it’s a big risk

[DougalDylan]

Its actually been the reverse for most of boxing history its only now that the UK has a brief spot on top that America cares. have a look at all the super middle wights Roy Jones didn't fight from the UK .. why no money in it and no one cared outside of the UK.

Cowards! Could you imagine if it was the other way around? They would be dogging America to the ground. This is shamless. If they wait it out and beat Deontay when he's old it's a shame.

[Iamsmoke89]

Did you even read the article? Lol

Man!!! That clown couldn’t have. He blind by something. I wanna know what drug he on cause it’s some stuff I wanna blind about too.

[Iamsmoke89]

"wilder the one getting saved by bells"......in your delusional fantasyland

over here in reality wilder never left his feet and shook his head a the bell signaling he wasnt hurt...thats what happened here on earth

I agree. These comments from the aj fans are funny as hell

[Vinnykin]

Joshua better take the Wilder fight now, I would be more scared for him going to Russia than America.... and make no mistake they will lose that purse bid.

With all the **** happening between the U.K and Russia right now that will be a hostile place to go.

Either way, Joshua's next fight is not goning to be easy... if he can beat Povetkin and Wilder he's already got a legacy after 20 odd fights.

[b00g13man]

Anyone with two brain cells could see this.

[Ake-Dawg]

Joshua is my boy and all but this 50 million debacle is because of his big mouth. Now you coming out and saying you will not sell your soul for 50 million sounds even more ******. Wilderlites were wondering why Joshua doesn’t talk more it’s for that reason. Now no debating he has to hold a big L for that. Now does he give away all the leverage he has worked for for the last 3 years all because he had diarrhoea in the mouth? Absolutely not. I’m not going to sit here and front .Home advantage is imperative for Joshua than it is Wilder.

Finally if Wilder was to fight Breazeale or his team advised him to fight Joshua in a year I will be up in arms .Now all of a sudden we are accepting it like it’s probably for the best. That is a cowards move of the highest order. No side stepping. We fight this year, end of. Smh

That's all this is. Nothing more, nothing less.

[Noelanthony]

Cowards! Could you imagine if it was the other way around? They would be dogging America to the ground. This is shamless. If they wait it out and beat Deontay when he's old it's a shame.

As a Joshua fan grudgingly I agree with your assessment

[New England]

they wont

eddie could come out and flat out say it and they still wouldnt believe it

he basically did.

i think they want this fight in the US. makes no sense to have it in the UK where it will do less at the gate, less in PPV sales, and completely eliminate the possiblity of ppv on both sides of the pond. the reason why you wait is to bring the fight here. it's not going to get any bigger in the UK. and idno't think they're scared, just want to maximize revenue in what might be the biggest fight of joshua's career.


brits have bought 5 AM ppv in the past. they'll only be a piece of the revenue anyway. there's no place on the planet wehre a major casino will pay you to host the fight, the tickets sell for 10 grand ringside and 500-1000 in the nosebleeds, and where people will buy a $75 us ppv.


just for a little perspective, joshua vs klitschko did less at the gate than ancient bernard hopkins vs joe freaking calzaghe. at the time the world knew damn well that chad dawson was the best LHW on the planet, too.