Comments Thread For: Wilder: Joshua Wanted One-Way Rematch Clause, to Pick Officials

[Curt Henning]

First person to see my point of view. AJ sold 90K tickets for the Klitschko fight but he made 20M and the fight was broadcast on Skybox PPV in the UK plus Showtime in the states numbers ain't adding up. Floyd sell 14K tickets and makes 100M plus I'm confused.

canelo/chavez did more at the gate than wlad/AJ...let that sink in

[PowerFlow]

Well that’s normal for the B side. Hopefully they can get things hashed out. And hopefully this whole fiasco helps promote. I really want to see this fight! I got wilder by ko, but anything can happen when two big men tango.

[N/A]

He put TBC in the contract. Finkel had it I writing that Joshua will fight Wilder next in Cardiff, with one of several dates to be confirmed.

It doesn't get much clearer than that.

Yes it does. Much clearer would be putting in the contract that there would be no interim fights. Hearn refused to do that and finally admitted the fight would be April 2019. He was never ever willing to sign a contract for a fight in 2018.

[Chaos]

"He's willing to travel overseas"

No schit he's "willing", no one in his own country knows who he is. Overseas is where all the money is. And since when does a clear B-side get a mandatory rematch?

[Ray*]

Mayweather would at least offer a date and venue

True, according to Hearn they asked if they were next. His answer was yes they were. If that’s what was asked then that’s the right question. The fight not happening on the same day as Canelo made sense. Location was meant to be either Wembley or Cardiff. Which would be communicated to them later as he would have to start contacting them. Those were Hearn words. So it’s who you want to believe or not believe at all.

Looking at everything, if that fight was signed to happen next then it cannot happen in September. It would have to happen in October/November. Or do it earlier like Mayweather/Connor did.

[Ray*]

Yes it does. Much clearer would be putting in the contract that there would be no interim fights. Hearn refused to do that and finally admitted the fight would be April 2019. He was never ever willing to sign a contract for a fight in 2018.

How do you know that he never wanted to sign that contract for 2018? We would never know because Team Wilder didn’t sign their contract. If they had done this and he comes out with “The venues” couldn’t do 2018 then we could have been like “Exposed” but they did. Not sure if Wembley would be available around that time in 2018, but Cardiff would definitely be available. So saying he never wanted that fight for 2018 is speculating or listening to Finkel.

[IMDAZED]

True, according to Hearn they asked if they were next. His answer was yes they were. If that’s what was asked then that’s the right question. The fight not happening on the same day as Canelo made sense. Location was meant to be either Wembley or Cardiff. Which would be communicated to them later as he would have to start contacting them. Those were Hearn words. So it’s who you want to believe or not believe at all.

Looking at everything, if that fight was signed to happen next then it cannot happen in September. It would have to happen in October/November. Or do it earlier like Mayweather/Connor did.

Yeah, it’s one thing to say it. It’s another to put it in a contract.

[Ray*]

Well that’s normal for the B side. Hopefully they can get things hashed out. And hopefully this whole fiasco helps promote. I really want to see this fight! I got wilder by ko, but anything can happen when two big men tango.

You are absolutely right, am not 100 percent pump for this fight but am getting there. The opportunity to have an undisputed Crusierweight champion (Gassiev and Usyk) and now HW is getting closer. And all these back and forth has helped airlift this whole potential fight. Have got Wilder by KO too unless this fight is pushed back by another 2 or 3 fights for Joshua is develop even further.

[Ray*]

Yeah, it’s one thing to say it. It’s another to put it in a contract.

If the venue was never secured then it’s difficult to do that.

[IMDAZED]

If the venue was never secured then it’s difficult to do that.

Yup. Even harder to sign a contract without it and a date.