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

[Noelanthony]

If you had six months to live I would say go and fight Deontay Wilder, take the most money,



That is hands down the most vagina laced statement I ever read in the world of boxing.

These Eddie Hearn groupies have no shame or integrity. After spending weeks saying the offer was a PR move and then proven wrong they haven't apologized they just proceed as if that never happened.

AJ said "give me $50 million I'll sign tomorrow." So what more does he want? You mean to tell me that one year from now he'll demand MORE than his $50 million guarantee?

And no, this is not Mayweather/Pacquiao stop comparing the two. Floyd and Manny were established hall of famers and legends without each other and their fight is universally recognized as taking place too late in their careers.

If AJ or Wilder fight different opponents and look bad that just gives fans the excuse that one of them are washed up.

The perfect time to make it is NOW. Marinating is not advisable for heavyweights since a clean shot by any opponent can derail those plans.

And this is a fight Eddie Hearn said was just worth $40 million total. So in a years time it's gonna be $100million?

There goes another lie you Eddie Hearn groupies gobbled up. Eddie knows how lucrative this fight is and his attempt to lowball Wilder was widely mocked by everybody except his dieheard groupies.

And now watch these lames support marinating now that Daddy Hearn said it.

AJ groupies on here should be banned until they apologize for suggesting Al Haymon's offer was a PR stunt. These people just keep making false statements and just keep going as if that never happened.

Lololololol anything else you want to add? Let’s wait 2-3 more weeks. If nothing materialises. I will personally apologise . I just want to see the fight. All this who said what doesn’t concern me. My qualms were Wilder fans claiming Joshua is scared. If Joshua doesn’t fight Wilder this year I have no other reason than accept that he is . Forget what Eddie has said he is a promoter he is supposed to talk but Joshua has said from his own gums that he wants Wilder next and he will accept the 50 million immediately . He has to come through on at least one

[New England]

Its not Joshua i would be worried about .

Wilder is the one dropping rounds ,getting saved by bells ,getting staggered , etc .


Wilder should have just accepted the 12.5 Million bc if big Breazeale lands one of those clubs on him and wns , Wilder is going to be labled Captain Idiot for the remainder of his career .

you literally won't even listen to eddie's father saying they put out a sham offer designed not to be taken .

they don't want this fight now. they just don't. i',m not going to suffer through some idiot looking up at a blue sky and telling me it's red because he's that f#cking ******, and eddie told him it was red.

[Removed Now]

Joshua only has 8 more amateur fights than Wilder .

Make the fight !!!

[Removed Now]

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.

168 was never a sexy division for the USA. And let me know if I am bugging that super middle weight is kind of a newish division .

[juggernaut666]

you literally won't even listen to eddie's father saying they put out a sham offer designed not to be taken .

they don't want this fight now. they just don't. i',m not going to suffer through some idiot looking up at a blue sky and telling me it's red because he's that f#cking ******, and eddie told him it was red.

If they didnt want the fight they wouldn't have put an offer out in the first place which was never responded to talk about by team Wilder until weeks later .

You also dont schedule meetings then have them cancelled on you to find out the next day you have 24 hrs to accept some mysterious offer and in between tell your fighter not to go to the U.K to promote it .

One side doesnt want the fight next is correct .


If you understood the article hes talking from a business perspective and has nothing to do with Eddie or Joshuas decision making . Hes actually worried that Joshua will get bored after he defeats Wilder and be less focused on whats after .....


Literally has nothing to do with avoiding Wilder ,you guys just refuse to comprehend articles on this forum or are just incapable ? Which is why my first post addressed this ....lol

[Holler]

you literally won't even listen to eddie's father saying they put out a sham offer designed not to be taken . .

This is news to me. Where's he said that? Any quotes?

[Removed Now]

That’s 5 years difference right? One has been pro 10 years the other 5 years...therefore he has had twice the career duration of AJ. Can’t really dispute that.

Makes sense, because he’s also had double the fights, but somehow he has less belts, go figure...

AJ has better handlers and a actual promoter that makes the bigger difference. Deontay just reached his peak it took him longer to get there than AJ. Now if Deontay had Emmanuel Steward as his trainer for 10 years then i would agree with you.

[Scopedog]

This is crap logic. If they leave it to "marinate" (I hate this term) then I actually think it's more likely that people lose interest, especially if either guy puts on a mediocre performance or - god forbid - loses in the meantime, which at HW is never impossible because every opponent hits hard. Wilder has looked devastating in his last two fights and is in the prime of his career, Joshua, despite his last fight not being exciting, has all the same just captured another world title belt and the awesome Klitschko fight is still recent enough to be at the forefront of people's memories. Both have hit the peak of what they're capable of without fighting the other guy. If they fail to do so, then whoever's at fault for putting the fight back takes a big hit to their reputation, and more importantly the sport as a whole will be cast into disrepute - the sport is in a dicy spot reputation-wise with Canelo v GGG 2 getting derailed because of doping allegations. If AJ-Wilder, the other big fight, gets derailed because of promoter greed and politics then it's like all of boxing's critics are vindicated. This fight needs to happen within the next 12 months at a minimum but preferably before the end of summer for the sake of the big picture of the sport if nothing else.

[Nightfall]

They are clearly ducking and hope Wilder loses so the unification doesn't happen.

[Curt Henning]

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.

Richard Schaefer told us many months ago the fight would be in vegas...long before Ellerbe and some others said it too

yeah even canelo/Chavez did a higher gate than aj/wlad