Comments Thread For: Dillian Whyte vs. Joseph Parker is Finalized For July 28 in London

[Holler]

Should be a good contest. Whyte will come at Parker, hopefully it will be less cagey than Joshua Parker.

I like both fighters, think there's more to come from each of them, especially Parker who may benefit from some new thinking in his corner?

I wondered which way Parker would go after losing the belt. Maybe hearn can offer him fights on Sky / DAZN cards? Although Arum may not allow him to do so in the US?

Either way this is an intriguing match up. So what if it's not a direct route to a mandatory? There's more to boxing than belts. Whyte can potentially be the first to drop the guy who went the distance with AJ, Parker can erase memories of his unification performance by destroying aj's local rival.

Hearn had a date to fulfill, Whyte needed to keep his momentum, this fight delivers.

[Holler]

The money was 3 times better than what his own promotor offered so thats just BS. And surely he was ok with the split as that was mandated by the IBF and well known beforehand...


It's not like 'Ok I will participate in this pursebid, but if I lose the bid, I wont fight'. That's just bitshy.

I think he went as far down the route as he did for two reasons. First, he thought a deal could be struck got his fighter a reasonable share of the pot based on what he brought to the table. Secondly, to strengthen Whyte's position in alternative fights.

Hearn made a competitive bid, stronger than sauerland, what he couldn't predict was an uncompetitive bid from Epic, likely with pulev giving some of his purse back to the promoter.

You argue that he's honour bound to go ahead under these circumstances, in doing so he's exposing his fighter to greater risk for far less money than he could get elsewhere. I don't think that stacks up, whatever your opinion of Eddie Hearn.

[BattlingNelson]

I think he went as far down the route as he did for two reasons. First, he thought a deal could be struck got his fighter a reasonable share of the pot based on what he brought to the table. Secondly, to strengthen Whyte's position in alternative fights.

I don't want to speculate on his reasoning. Facts are that he participated in a pursebid and opted out when he lost. Those are facts. He made fools out of the people who put in a huge effort in making bids for what turned out to be a phantom fight.

Hearn made a competitive bid, stronger than sauerland, what he couldn't predict was an uncompetitive bid from Epic, likely with pulev giving some of his purse back to the promoter.

You argue that he's honour bound to go ahead under these circumstances, in doing so he's exposing his fighter to greater risk for far less money than he could get elsewhere. I don't think that stacks up, whatever your opinion of Eddie Hearn.

Whatever you say the facts remain. If he didn't want to expose his fighter to risk, then don't say yes to a purseoffer.

It's far from the first time in history that a relatively unknown bidder has won the rights to stage a major fight, but it's the first time I can recall someone so gutlessly ducking when things didn't go as planned.

Oh and it has nothing to do with my personal opinion on Hearn at all. It's about dignity and integrity and in that regard Hearn and Whyte has dissapointed me big time.

[Rustyman]

I might be new here but it amuses me that posters want boxers to fight who they think are the best fight. This is a brutal, at times life threatening sport that the participants, first and foremost ,are in it for the money.

If a boxer can make more money he should. This is what both Parker and Whyte are doing here.

[BattlingNelson]

I might be new here but it amuses me that posters want boxers to fight who they think are the best fight. This is a brutal, at times life threatening sport that the participants, first and foremost ,are in it for the money.

If a boxer can make more money he should. This is what both Parker and Whyte are doing here.

And then you also think that Joshua should take the 50M from Wilder then?

[Holler]

I don't want to speculate on his reasoning. Facts are that he participated in a pursebid and opted out when he lost. Those are facts. He made fools out of the people who put in a huge effort in making bids for what turned out to be a phantom fight.

Whatever you say the facts remain. If he didn't want to expose his fighter to risk, then don't say yes to a purseoffer.

It's far from the first time in history that a relatively unknown bidder has won the rights to stage a major fight, but it's the first time I can recall someone so gutlessly ducking when things didn't go as planned.

Oh and it has nothing to do with my personal opinion on Hearn at all. It's about dignity and integrity and in that regard Hearn and Whyte has dissapointed me big time.

If you're not interested in discussing why this situation occurred, that seems like a good place to stop and agree to disagree.

[BattlingNelson]

If you're not interested in discussing why this situation occurred, that seems like a good place to stop and agree to disagree.

All I did was conclude that Hearn/Whyte did a bitshee move. No excuses put forth are valid.

Now look at your excuse: Hearn did it so Whyte got a larger purse.

Well that's (probably) true at least in the short term, but in doing so, he dropped out of a potential mandatory slot for Joshua which is where the real money are. People seems to think Pulev is just a pushover so that would seem the easiest path to heavyweight money and glory.

[LacedUp]

What favors??? And relevance?


The money was 3 times better than what his own promotor offered so thats just BS. And surely he was ok with the split as that was mandated by the IBF and well known beforehand.

So you are talking crap.

Source?

All I ask that if you say A, then have some integrity and say B.

It's not like 'Ok I will participate in this pursebid, but if I lose the bid, I wont fight'. That's just bitshy.

Go and check out the press conference from Whyte and Parker.

They are in control of Whyte's career, and were intending to go ahead with the fight. A virtual unknown comes in and outbids not just matchroom but also Sauerland by a ratio of 2:1.

And then he starts calling Eddie up and asks Eddie to host the show and work for something the other guy is supposed to do

At that stage anyone with a braincell will begin to think this guy is fishy. Add Pulev's pull-out history and it becomes very risky.

They made the right decision.

[BattlingNelson]

Go and check out the press conference from Whyte and Parker.

They are in control of Whyte's career, and were intending to go ahead with the fight. A virtual unknown comes in and outbids not just matchroom but also Sauerland by a ratio of 2:1.

And then he starts calling Eddie up and asks Eddie to host the show and work for something the other guy is supposed to do

The bidder did everything they had to do according to the purse bid rules.

At that stage anyone with a braincell will begin to think this guy is fishy. Add Pulev's pull-out history and it becomes very risky.

They made the right decision.

Errrmmm. Are you aware that injuries happen? If injury-related pull-outs is a parameter, then why the hell did Hearn make a fight between Joshua and Klitschko or Haye vs anybody?

That's BS.

Since when did you become so biased towards Hearn that you cannot see he did a bitsjee move? You are better than this mate.

[LacedUp]

The bidder did everything they had to do according to the purse bid rules.

Errrmmm. Are you aware that injuries happen? If injury-related pull-outs is a parameter, then why the hell did Hearn make a fight between Joshua and Klitschko or Haye vs anybody?

That's BS.

Since when did you become so biased towards Hearn that you cannot see he did a bitsjee move? You are better than this mate.

Yes I could also go in and bid 5million for a fight. That doesn't mean I have the money. Are you aware of how purse bids are and that anyone can bid?

The stakes would be infinitely higher for either of the three fighters you mentioned, therefore your point is totally ridiculous and incomparable to the measly 300k Whyte would get to fight in Bulgaria on someone else's show.