Comments Thread For: Hearn: Deontay Wilder Should Get "Less" Money For April Date

[Arthur Daley]

As a boxing fan, you should be eager to see the best fight the best instead of being concerned with how much money a multi-millionaire is going to earn for the fight. UK fight fans have little interest in seeing Joshua fight the best opponents available. That's the only plausible explanation for them defending and supporting Hearn/Joshua's diva-like negotiating stance. If your name is not Anthony Joshua, why do you care how much money he makes? You'd rather be denied the opportunity to see the fight because you're worried about Joshua's finances?

The Povetkin fight is as good a fight as the Wilder one. If Joshua didn't fight Wilder but instead fought some scrub then people would have something to whine about as it is, they don't. As long as the best are fighting the best everybody should be happy.

[Larry the boss]

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[Awhispersecho]

Seriously, can we somehow get a fight made between Wilder and Hearn so Wilder can knock his head off. If I never see his face or hear another word come out of his mouth my boxing addiction will be a much more enjoyable experience.

[MagikLair]

Hearn is going to milk this for as much as he can..

[MagikLair]

The Povetkin fight is as good a fight as the Wilder one. If Joshua didn't fight Wilder but instead fought some scrub then people would have something to whine about as it is, they don't. As long as the best are fighting the best everybody should be happy.

How so? Please enlighten us

[TexasCowBoy]

deontayduckus wilderquackus is the scientific name for that species of duck discovered out in the Great State of Alabama

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

The Povetkin fight is as good a fight as the Wilder one. If Joshua didn't fight Wilder but instead fought some scrub then people would have something to whine about as it is, they don't. As long as the best are fighting the best everybody should be happy.

You'll probably have a hard time finding many people who agree that "the Povetkin fight is as good a fight as the Wilder one". If you mean that the Povetkin fight will still fill a stadium, then you're probably right, but that says more about what British fans are willing to accept than it does about the quality of the opponent. Joshua only has to fight the level opponent that his fans demand, and as long as they're happy to pack stadiums to see him fight Takam & Povetkin, he has no reason to fight Wilder. The Wilder fight is not happening because most British fight fans are indiscriminate.

[Rip Chudd]

how are boxing fans defending this????

"Boxing fans" aren't defending it, "fanboys" are

[SthPaw]

Hearn has done a great job for boxing in the U.K that much is undeniable. He’s done, and still does, a great job managing careers and staging fights...But wtf is this saga.

Yes there’s back and forth and yes it comes from both side but Jesus Christ is Hearn getting unbearable now with this. It is painfully obvious that he doesn’t want Joshua to risk losing.

AJ protectors don’t come at me saying ‘they fought Wlad’ blah blah yes, they did...when they wanted to take a plunge and shoot for the stars they did. NOW? They (AJ/Hearn) have a serious serious serious foothold on the stage of world boxing and by god are they scared to risk losing an inch of that ground. Even if it means looking as ****** as this.

I like AJ. I appreciate Hearns work in recent years. But this? This particular drama? Fúcking embarrassing.

[McNulty]

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Haha!

This was Freddy not that long ago.