Comments Thread For: Manager: Adam Kownacki Not An Option To Fight Joshua On June 1

[Straightener]

Why didn't Hearn offer Ortiz the fight instead of Whyte? Why, after Whyte passed, didn't Hearn call Haymon for Ortiz? But now, b/c Joshua's debut in NYC failed, Ortiz should step in? Nah! This is just an ol' tactic, to set up the "We chose X because Y and Z didn't want the fight!"

Sunshine Anderson sing "Heard It All Before!" "But your lies ain't working now, look who's hurting now! See I had to shut you down..."

They didn’t step in because they are pbc fighters

Im a boxing fan I want the best fights .... in my mind being offered 6 mill and three belts is a good screw

[pillowfists98]

Of course, he's not an option.
He's a PBC fighter.
He's in Haymon's protective custody,
just like Luis Ortiz.
When Ortiz started lining up clowns after clowns
after the Wilder fight, that's when I knew he's in
Haymon's protective custody.
The biggest cancer in the sport.

True. These pathetic PBC fighters won't fight AJ.

[Guest]

Kownacki would have been a great choice and he would be one of the few fighters to actually sell tickets because of the huge Polish community on the East Coast.

I get that guys want to have a full camp and all but man, can't one guy step up and take a chance? Who knows if they would ever get another one again.

Why even be involved in boxing if you don't want to take a risk?

Not one fricking guy was training for something else and could step up.


Maybe they all want Wilder because they think he is easier.

[Bronx2245]

They didn’t step in because they are pbc fighters

Im a boxing fan I want the best fights .... in my mind being offered 6 mill and three belts is a good screw

Whyte, Chisora, Povetkin, Hunter, and Hrgovic haven't stepped in yet either. What's their excuse? Oh, and they are not PBC fighters! Neither is Rivas, Pulev, or Fury! What's their excuse! This (June 1st) is a MatchRoom problem! Don't deflect the blame!

[Cobra Curry]

Whyte, Chisora, Povetkin, Hunter, and Hrgovic haven't stepped in yet either. What's their excuse? Oh, and they are not PBC fighters! Neither is Rivas, Pulev, or Fury! What's their excuse! This (June 1st) is a MatchRoom problem! Don't deflect the blame!

It's not about PBC, Matchroom or Top Rank.

It's about the World Heavyweight Championship for multi million dollars at Madison Square Garden.
Isn't that what fighters are in the game for?

Aren't you as a fan interested in seeing decent fights? The sport climbing out of its niche and actually mattering again? Or would you honestly rather see Joshua against some tin can and wonder why no one gives a **** about boxing any more?

Even you're into this whole promoter thing (God alone knows why), shouldn't you see this as an opportunity to lock up the division?

I am loathe to praise Don King but you can bet your life he'd have put Ortiz or Kownacki in that fight.

[Cobra Curry]

Maybe they all want Wilder because they think he is easier.

There might be something to this. Plus you get more out of the Joshua fight as a champion.

[filup79]

Wait didn't AJ and Hearn say they needed more than 8 weeks to train for Wilder in order to make the fight. Yet people want to criticize some fighters who won't take a fight on short notice?

[filup79]

Imagine that! That just makes too much sense!

I remember AJ needed more than 8 weeks to train for Wilder last year

[filup79]

It's not about PBC, Matchroom or Top Rank.

It's about the World Heavyweight Championship for multi million dollars at Madison Square Garden.
Isn't that what fighters are in the game for?

Aren't you as a fan interested in seeing decent fights? The sport climbing out of its niche and actually mattering again? Or would you honestly rather see Joshua against some tin can and wonder why no one gives a **** about boxing any more?

Even you're into this whole promoter thing (God alone knows why), shouldn't you see this as an opportunity to lock up the division?

I am loathe to praise Don King but you can bet your life he'd have put Ortiz or Kownacki in that fight.

It seems pretty easy to say just sign the contract. It's like Spence telling Crawford to sign the contract or Mikey telling Loma to sign the contract without fans knowing what it's in the contract. Hearn hasn't offered anyone a contract. So if Loma and Crawford don't sign a contract to fight Spence and Mikey because there's language that states they would owe PBC options on 2 future fights, would you be saying Crawford and Loma are ducking or Arum is blocking the fight? If Hearn would come out and say it's a one fight deal with a rematch clause and no options, pretty sure they would accept it. But isn't Hearn the guy who keeps saying u gotta sign to DAZN to fight his guys?

[filup79]

Whyte should step in no doubt

Just find it comical Ortiz , wilder give it large and when offered the fight they brick it

Chisora would step in Because he’s a warrior not a loud mouth dosser

Wait, isn't it comical that Wilder and Ortiz get offered fights but they must sign multi fight deals in order to get the fight. Both AJ and Fury have been offered a fight with Wilder with no future commitments to PBC or Showtime.