Comments Thread For: Deontay Wilder Ready For Fury Rematch or Joshua Unification

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Deontay Wilder still hopes to face Anthony Joshua in a heavyweight unification bout but is happy to hand rival Tyson Fury a rematch following their epic draw. Wilder retained his WBC heavyweight title belt on Saturday after a thrilling 12-round battle ended in a split decision draw at the Staples Center.
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[Robbie Barrett]

Joshua-Fury should be priority, everyone saw Wilder lose. Put Wilder-Whyte on the undercard.

[MDPopescu]

Deontay Wilder still hopes to face Anthony Joshua in a heavyweight unification bout but is happy to hand rival Tyson Fury a rematch following their epic draw. Wilder retained his WBC heavyweight title belt on Saturday after a thrilling 12-round battle ended in a split decision draw at the Staples Center.
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... ready for the rematch and/or unification...
... Well...
... "he ducked the $50 million, doe!"...

[springfiels]

I'm not embarrassed to say, before the event I thought Team Wilder may have made a misstep with the Fury promotion, just based on reported low-interest and Fury maybe not being ready. I was wrong though.

This result is actually best for the division too, all 3 can now fight each other in mega fights. We could be about to enter a truly epic era of HW boxing if they will all now fight each other... Joshua vs Wilder for iundisputed, with the winner fighting Fury, with the loser from that then fighting the loser of Joshua vs Wilder for another crack at the reigning undisputed champ. Wow!!!

[MisanthropicNY]

The guy got completely schooled by Fury and is still running his mouth lol.

[Adamsc151]

I don't think the WBC will enforce a mandatory with Breazeale any time soon - why break a habit?
Wilder won't entertain the idea of fighting Whyte either for some reason that I can't figure out. He's decent enough but nothing terrifying, and provides a larger purse than anyone other than Joshua or Fury.
That leaves only 2 options, and he will only re-match Fury if it is in the USA. If he comes to the UK it will be for the most amount of money, which would be the unification with Joshua. And as he currently holds 3 belts, the unification is the only legal reason Joshua will have to fight a non-mandatory defence without being stripped of a title or 2 - unless he starts fighting 3 times per year again instead of just twice.

[MisanthropicNY]

Joshua-Fury should be priority, everyone saw Wilder lose. Put Wilder-Whyte on the undercard.

Come on, Mate, get real. Wilder wouldn't even fight Fury in the UK and wouldn't fight Joshua in the UK for $15 mil (more than 3X what he made vs Fury in the US), so there is 0 chance he's going to fight a threat like Whyte in the UK for a 5th of that. Wilder will defend his paper title against his mandatory for $1-2 mil in the States.

Fury completely outboxed and schooled Wilder after having 2 fights in 5 years before that. Totally embarrassing for Wilder and his team.

[jikeccfc]

wilder didnt lose

how people seen fury win is beyond me ,didn't come forward all night,danced posed raised arms but hardly threw a proper punch all night deontay attacked all night floored him twice,the second a long count should of been stopped,wilder clearly won you have to go away and fight on the front foot not dance pose raise your arms and act like a fool all night to win,oh and actually try to win

[_Rexy_]

I don't think the WBC will enforce a mandatory with Breazeale any time soon - why break a habit?
Wilder won't entertain the idea of fighting Whyte either for some reason that I can't figure out.He's decent enough but nothing terrifying, and provides a larger purse than anyone other than Joshua or Fury.
That leaves only 2 options, and he will only re-match Fury if it is in the USA. If he comes to the UK it will be for the most amount of money, which would be the unification with Joshua. And as he currently holds 3 belts, the unification is the only legal reason Joshua will have to fight a non-mandatory defence without being stripped of a title or 2 - unless he starts fighting 3 times per year again instead of just twice.

You can’t figure it out? It’s a step backwards. he beat Ortiz when nobody said he could, and now he’s trying to fight Joshua and Fury again. Whyte is a huge step backwards. Not to mention why do it just because Eddie says to? It’s a carrot on a string.

[BoxOfficer]

I finished watching the fight a little while ago. I rewound rounds as much as I wish. And here's my summation: Its a pity what bias can do to a grown-up. It makes him/her sound ******; very ****** at that. Most people were just playing the fan B-S.
It was a very easy fight to score. Rounds weren't as close as some say. All through the fight I struggled to find a single round I could give to Wilder, bar the KD rounds. All Wilder did was miss, miss, and miss some more. Fury didn't only outbox him round to round, he out-punched him also round to round with the cleaner shots; and that isn't saying much cus' Wilder hardly got anything clean, even replays hardly found them; on Showtime for that matter.
The KD rounds were Wilder's, as the rules dictate, but how Fury handled the remainder of those two rounds took away some amount of shine in the KDs----but like I said, those two were Wilder's.
At the end, what a robbery! The body language of both men after the final bell spoke volumes; the same thing after the cards were read.
The aftermath reaction from keyboard fans as well as the fighters reminded me of the story of Solomon, his two wives, and the baby. You know who is which wife!
I'm not a fan of either fighter. Just so you know, I like *Ortiz (too old already) as well as Usyk (he should climb up). Not a fan of Joshua, but he is good (skill-wise) and serious. Not exceptional though.
I dislike Fury 'cus of his "numerous" in-ring clowning. Other than that, he's a good fighter.
Wilder? I think he is a one-trick man all-day, who has done an impressive job at cherrypicking. Last weekend was a cherrypick gone wrong.

That Cali judge (115-111) should be banned. Only corruption can result to such a scorecard. No need stressing this further.

Now, what next?

FURY: go for AJ. There's nothing else to prove fighting Wilder again. If AJ doesn't happen, fight Wilder if you wish, but it MUST be in the UK. Don't fight him in the US under any condition. Don't prove you're a traveller. We already know that.

WILDER: go for AJ and cashout, possibly the plan all along. Whenever you lose your belt, you will likely get exposed further while going through mandatory routes (routes other than WBC's). Fury beats you AGAIN in a rematch in the UK. Just cashout over two fights with AJ.

JOSHUA: go for either guy. DON'T fight Wilder in the US, even in a rematch unless he KO you in the UK. Fury learned a robbery the hard way.
Also, Fight Fury in the UK, and then rematch in Las Vegas.

Heavyweight division is a disgrace these days. I so miss the 90's!