Comments Thread For: Atlas: Joshua's Handlers Should Keep Him Away From Wilder

[ShoulderRoll]

Don't worry, Teddy. Joshua's handlers will continue to avoid Deontay Wilder.

[Noelanthony]

umm this American wants the fight. If we recall it was AJ who asked for 50 million and now that , that has been offered to him he seems to have lost his pen . If team AJ wanted to wait for this fight to happen then they should have just come right out and said it. It’s a bad look to make a demand, then that demand is met and still no fight .

Bro that is very true . When Joshua made the mistake of mentioning the 50 million he sounded just like me when my girlfriend has gone down my phone and seen a random text and I tell her boldly “ phone the girl then” doesn’t mean when she proceeds to call the girl I don’t snatch the phone out of her hand.

As proud CEO of Joshualite international we want the fight next. No excuses. Him and Hearn have said enough

[Patsfan bri]

It's clear to anybody who isn't a moron who has done the most to make this fight now.

It seems that people are now buying into the narrative that Americans seem to be building by saying that AJ wants to delay the fight.

It's BS and it's purely a PR move to give an excuse to Wilder if negotiations fail. Remember Wilder turned down a solid offer to earn 6x more than ever before. Who knows what he might turn down next.

dude you are out of your ****ing mind. Wilder turning down 12 million is because he knows he can make more . Tell me another HW unification fight where one fighter took a flat fee ? Your man made a demand , the demand was meet and still nothing. If Wilder made a demand and that demand was met I would be saying the same thing about him. Team AJ wants to wait and they have publicly stated this . Spin this how you want . You just proved you are a moron.

[Patsfan bri]

Bro that is very true . When Joshua made the mistake of mentioning the 50 million he sounded just like me when my girlfriend has gone down my phone and seen a random text and I tell her boldly “ phone the girl then” doesn’t mean when she proceeds to call the girl I don’t snatch the phone out of her hand.

As proud CEO of Joshualite international we want the fight next. No excuses. Him and Hearn have said enough

well said my friend and I agree. Believe me if it was wilder that made the demands and those demands were met I would be saying the same thing about wilder .

[Boksfan]

**** you Teddy! Fans don't want to wait!

[Tricky-Pablo]

Correct, the plan is to wait but Eddie is all about appearances and social marketing so he needs to keep up the impression that they want the fight and are trying to negotiate. Notice how only Eddie and AJ are saying the fight is close to being made? It's so they can be the first to announce, "They're being unreasonable" and then move on to whatever fight they have planned.

Wilder has no money fights waiting. Fighting AJ is a no lose for him so of course he wants this. He knows better than to get ripped off though.

That's exactly what i think, Wilder really has nothing to lose, if Joshua beats him, he'll continue to fight for 1 or 2 millions, but if he beats Joshua, he'll be the superstar!!

[EnglishOxide]

dude you are out of your ****ing mind. Wilder turning down 12 million is because he knows he can make more . Tell me another HW unification fight where one fighter took a flat fee ? Your man made a demand , the demand was meet and still nothing. If Wilder made a demand and that demand was met I would be saying the same thing about him. Team AJ wants to wait and they have publicly stated this . Spin this how you want . You just proved you are a moron.

Wilder made the demand 'anywhere, anytime, it's not about the money'.

He got offered $12.5m to fight Joshua in September at Wembley on a 10 day deadline. He turned it down because he believes he can get a better deal.

Joshua made the demand 'bring me $50m'. Wilder brought $50m. Joshua said 'Lets roll'. Shelly Finkel put a 24hr deadline and refused to talk to Team Joshua.

Now they are negotiating presumably a new deal somewhere in between.

Wilders demands were met. He said no. Joshuas' demand was met, he said yes but Finkel held up the deal.

Now do you see? Stop sucking Wilders nuts and maybe you will see who is trying to make this fight more.

[Boksfan]

Why do Americans don't want this fight?

[Ake-Dawg]

It's clear to anybody who isn't a moron who has done the most to make this fight now.

It seems that people are now buying into the narrative that Americans seem to be building by saying that AJ wants to delay the fight.

It's BS and it's purely a PR move to give an excuse to Wilder if negotiations fail. Remember Wilder turned down a solid offer to earn 6x more than ever before. Who knows what he might turn down next.

I understand the desire to protect the good Joshua name. However, don't make things up to do it. This American thinks the promoter, Eddie Hearn, is keen to delay the fight, but doesn't want any public backlash in doing so. He has successfully convinced a bloke like yourself that the flat-fee offer was "solid", while no one in the boxing business agrees. He has also convinced you that his "efforts" translate into trying to make the fight, whereas he could very well be looking for a red herring to use as an escape clause. Like sponsorship.

I'm holding out hope that the fight gets made for this year, but it appears to be slated for marinating.

[Ake-Dawg]

Wilder made the demand 'anywhere, anytime, it's not about the money'.

He got offered $12.5m to fight Joshua in September at Wembley on a 10 day deadline. He turned it down because he believes he can get a better deal.

Joshua made the demand 'bring me $50m'. Wilder brought $50m. Joshua said 'Lets roll'. Shelly Finkel put a 24hr deadline and refused to talk to Team Joshua.

Now they are negotiating presumably a new deal somewhere in between.

Wilders demands were met. He said no. Joshuas' demand was met, he said yes but Finkel held up the deal.

Now do you see? Stop sucking Wilders nuts and maybe you will see who is trying to make this fight more.

Can you tell us how Finkel has refused to talk to Team Joshua yet at the same time Hearn is receiving information regarding the offer and in regular communications with Team Wilder.

When did this new deal get proposed? Eddie's doing interviews left and right and hasn't mentioned anything but the Team Wilder offer. Hook us up!