Comments Thread For: Joshua on Leaving SHO for DAZN: Business is Not About Loyalty!

[CLUE]

Read between the lines, he says so much that shows he did not want the Wilder fight. Even the part where he compares being with showtime to domestic violence, what was showtime doing to him to compare it to that? Oh yeah trying to make him fight Wilder right now.

[Mullingz]

So many idiotic comments in here. Literally couldn't care less where his fights are shown in the US or UK but why should he be "loyal" to Showtime? They did the majority of the broadcasts from a studio in the US ffs.

And for everyone crying about him being loyal, shouldn't that loyalty first apply to the guy that has promoted him since he turned pro and you know, has got him to the point where he fights in front of 90k people every fight? I even heard Espinoza on a podcast admitting Showtime haven't backed Joshua the same way as they have Wilder - and why would they? He's not American ffs.

Again, I couldn't care less who shows his fights but some of you guys have a total inability to be rational about anything.

Some clown above wrote about showing loyalty to "your corporation", like, you've never changed jobs in your life? Christ. I'm guessing no one on this forum has changed partners due to to loyalty right?

[Mullingz]

And to be clear, I would say the same if he had left Hearn to go to Golden Boy or whoever, there is no reason to be loyal in this game when it comes to money and your ambitions.

It's not like he's left his lifelong trainer penny less after making it big - he's left a TV network which is based in a continent in which he's never fought.

[Boksfan]

Bum Wilder is still loyal to his master telling him what to do

[Accolade]

... An abusive relationship?

[JohnP2]

But when you screw people over and then act shady in front of the camera...it will always come back to bite that ass.
See Matchroom USA.

[JohnP2]

Additionally, it's not like American boxing fans are outside of Showtime studios holding torches, threatening to storm the place because AJ is not on there anymore.

I mean Clarissa Shields does better numbers that AJ here, so...pfft. Who cares?

[Madison Boxing]

Got to hand it to him he's one of boxings best businessmen

[Accolade]

Didn't Anthony Joshua refuse to fight Wilder in the US out of "loyalty" to his fans? Lmao.

[The Big Dunn]

Obviously it makes more sense to be aligned with the service his promoter created. I have a feeling AJ is going to avoid fighting Wilder which is really sad because that fight IMO could reignite the division and the sport.