How much risk Hearn took for Joshua...

[rickJen]

Hearn took bigger risks, of course. You could easily tell by looking at their resumes.

Eddie Hearn pursued Klitschko like a dog.
In contrast, Finkel advised Wilder not to rush fighting Klitsch.

And take if from Wilder's own mouth:

Deontay Wilder: Povetkin Fight Will Be Difficult For Joshua

[DaNeutral.]

You're not trying to figure out anything. Shelly was Wlad's manager as well. We'll pretend like it's Wilder who was protected by Finkel that way we can pretend to not understand his motivation.

Well when at the time Wlad was pretty much beating everybody who was willing to stand in front of him and then Wilder was still fighting bum after bum YES we are quite certain which fighter out of the 2 was being protected.

Wilder dodged Wlad, not the other way round. We all saw the press release where Finkel was saying Wilder was just a baby and he wasnt going to put him in with Wlad just yet but you want us to believe nobody knows who Finkel was protecting from who.

[DaNeutral.]

Eddie Hearn pursued Klitschko like a dog.
In contrast, Finkel advised Wilder not to rush fighting Klitsch.

And take if from Wilder's own mouth:

Deontay Wilder: Povetkin Fight Will Be Difficult For Joshua

The minute Povetkin signed on the dotted line to face Joshua he went from dangerous to a bum. These Wilder fans are a joke. But then so is Wilder.

[rickJen]

Finkel and Wilder are among the biggest jokes in boxing.
Shirley openly saying to the media,
"Deontay will not be rushed to fight Klitschko,"
is a huge insult to the fans and the sport.
This is not even a prime Klitschko they avoided.

[Clegg]

fighting a 41 year old coming off of a loss and a 2 year layoff is a huge risk?

If Wilder or AJ fought Wlad now it'd be a huge risk tbh.

Hearn did a great job with AJ's career up until 2018, it's only when it came to the Wilder negotiations that he handled things badly IMO.