Wilder - The best fights takes time to marinate, it takes time to developing

[Pigeons]

Well everyone's being honest today.

[Cobra Curry]

Yes indeed.

Sadly this approach is likely going to pay off and may as you say adversely affect the career choices of future boxers, at least inasmuch as the fans interests are concerned. The obsession with the undefeated status is a major blockage to the fights we want to see.

It may be that Wilder just isn't good enough to have taken any more risks than he did but if you want to know the reason why AJ made it so big so quickly in the UK it's because Hearn was prepared to take more calculated risks in the matchmaking than Team Wilder has ever dared. He's reaping the rewards now of course.

Absolutely.
It's truly incredible to see Wilder's approach being defended and celebrated in this manner, he'd have been the subject of ridicule when I was growing up and American fans were always the first to call out a padded resume. What happened to those standards?

[Mister Wolf]

He is going to get on the wrong side of 35 and get ****ed up by Joshua

[Leben]

I remember when he said similar things about Wlad. Guy even said the longer he waits the older those guys get and better chance he has of winning.

To attack AJ and Hearn and then do all the things he has attacked them for is pathetic

[SweetPbfAli]

Leave aside the question of how hard it was to agree terms, do you understand why until he did he was never going to get in that ring? That's the point I'm trying to get across here, not interested in arguing the other points, not interested in mocking Wilder or defending AJ etc. I just wanted to explain this one point to you and see if you understood?

It makes perfect sense. Why give him a platform on your night for a fight that isn't agreed upon. Also, AJ said when he asked for proof of funds for the $50 million, they were unable to provide that so he moved on.

[Leben]

Thank you



So you need to review your memory of the time. Wilder wasn't banned from the event, he was booked to commentate for Sky tv and they had his hotels, cars etc all sorted. He made the unilateral decision not to come because he wasnt guaranteed to be in the ring afterwards. He missed the chance to talk directly to the UK ppv audience who may buy the fight in the future, to build awareness of him etc etc.

Wilder was never banned from the event, he was told he couldn't come in the ring without AJ's say so and if there was no fight to promote there was no point him being in the ring.

Again, if the fight was agreed then all parties would have an interest in him being in the ring. Until that point however AJ and Hearn would be damaging their own negotiating position by allowing Wilder in there.

It's that simple.

Yep what was stopping him from shouting from ringside?

But the funniest bit is before AJ fought Wlad Sky asked him about entering the ring after the fight.

Wilder told them he'd not disrespect AJ by doing that and that his boxing talks for him not things like that.

[pasawayako]

Wilder just follow floyd footsteps.

[lfc19titles]

Quack quack

This proves wilder ducked

[Smash]

i thought he was a gator but he turned out to be a marinator, drum beat

[Mirror Universe]

AJ said when he asked for proof of funds for the $50 million, they were unable to provide that so he moved on.

Hearn says they never asked for proof of funds because they know Haymon and Showtime have the money.

Is there really any question the 50 million was real? Wilder is now being offered 100 million and you really don't think Showtime was willing to give Joshua 50?