Comments Thread For: Wilder Manager Updates on Talks To Fight Ortiz, Joshua, Fury

[kafkod]

So according to your logic, why don’t you c.ock-ride Wilder for his title winning effort against a ?

Funny you should bring Stiverne up, because when you called Martin the worst HW champion ever, old Stiffy popped into my mind immediately!

Stiffy has been KO'd by journeymen, both before and after winning his title against another C level lump who never should have been nominated to fight for it.

Bermaine Stiverne vs Chris Arreola, for the WBC heavyweight championship of the world

I still can't see that written down in black and white without shaking my head in disbelief!

[diplo]

So we credit AJ for beating the Wlad that dominated the division for a decade. Even though he looked like s.hit against Jennings and got his ass kicked by Ortiz. Are you serious right now?

I thought the credit for AJ beating Wlad was because he got up when Wlad would have finished most others off. And then came back to TKO him. Some will credit AJ for putting Wlad down, others will credit Fury more for how much he outboxed Wlad. Different strokes for different folks etc. No one is suggesting AJ beat a prime Wlad. Even though he could probably have, if Brewster and Sanders could.

[diplo]

" champion "

over-paying 2x paper " champions ", because you can beat them..... but then low-balling, roadblocking, ducking, a legit "champion", because he could leave you lying senseless..... is ducking

..... he bought the easy belts, but did not want to risk paying the price for the hard one

AJ did exactly what Canelo did at 168..... he fought the easy guy, hereby "buying" his belt..... there were better fighters more deserving of that payday, just like when AJ bought his belt off Martin.....

the two threats for AJ at heavyweight are Wilder and Fury

it is no coincidence that AJ has not fought either of them

Fury will fight anyone, and Wilder will fight anyone..... so they are #1 and #2 in the division..... considering that AJ has no claim to being better than either of them, they both have a claim over AJ

It's also no coincidence that AJ is 'worth' more in business terms than Fury or Wilder. It's hardly a shock in boxing when an asset is 'protected' in some way, either not to risk their stock falling, or to build up as much hype as possible for an eventual fight. I'm not defending those fights not being made, but the reasons for it are pretty obvious, no? It's the same as how Mayweather was 'protected' from Pacman for various reasons.

[kafkod]

Hell they paid him a **** load of money for him to get knocked the **** out the way he did. I’m sure u saw how Martin even got the belt. The dude he was fighting had a injury and by default he won the belt. Hearn saw how sorry Martin was and paid him 10mil to take the aj fight knowing damn well Martin wasn’t a 10mil fighter

Martin wasn't paid 10million to fight AJ. I don't know where that number came from. And he wasn't being called "sorry" or a bum or anything like that at the time. It wasn't Martin's fault that Glazkov popped his knee joint and collapsed without a punch being landed in anger.

Nobody really knew how good Martin was at the time, and AJ was still a novice with just 15 fights.

[aboutfkntime]

It's also no coincidence that AJ is 'worth' more in business terms than Fury or Wilder. It's hardly a shock in boxing when an asset is 'protected' in some way, either not to risk their stock falling, or to build up as much hype as possible for an eventual fight. I'm not defending those fights not being made, but the reasons for it are pretty obvious, no? It's the same as how Mayweather was 'protected' from Pacman for various reasons.

what utter rubbish

that is typical casual-fan dribble

FACT: that fight did not happen in 2010 because Pac (bizarrely) refused to undertake random blood tests

holding Mayweather responsible for a (bizarre) decision that was made by Pacquiao..... is ret4rded

nobody else had a problem taking random blood tests, just Pac..... and, the 8 reasons Manny gave to justify refusing the blood tests were beyond ridiculous

[aboutfkntime]

Martin wasn't paid 10million to fight AJ. I don't know where that number came from. And he wasn't being called "sorry" or a bum or anything like that at the time. It wasn't Martin's fault that Glazkov popped his knee joint and collapsed without a punch being landed in anger.

Nobody really knew how good Martin was at the time, and AJ was still a novice with just 15 fights.

so.... he did not suddenly become a bum when AJ beat him..... like you said?

that was just a silly excuse..... right ?

[diplo]

what utter rubbish

that is typical casual-fan dribble

FACT: that fight did not happen in 2010 because Pac (bizarrely) refused to undertake random blood tests

holding Mayweather responsible for a (bizarre) decision that was made by Pacquiao..... is ret4rded

nobody else had a problem taking random blood tests, just Pac..... and, the 8 reasons Manny gave to justify refusing the blood tests were beyond ridiculous

So Al Haymon has no reputation for protecting his fighters, for whatever reason? Sure.

[kafkod]

Hey u gotta admit before that wilder and ortiz fight people were saying ortiz is gonna beat wilder and when he didn’t things changed

I think Wilder went into the fight as favourite, but yes, some people were tipping Ortiz to win, because Wilder himself had beaten nobody, not even a Bryant Jennings level contender.

Some people were also tipping Martin to beat AJ. Peter Fury put £10,000 on Martin to win. At least, that's what he said he did before the fight.

[Outwest Exp 355]

Why is Ortiz a back up plan??? What has he done?? He is awful... Couldn't even dent Hammer FFS and turned down $7m against AJ for this rematch!!?? hello alarm bells????

Expect a Wilder Ko within 6 rds this time

Awfuly weak looking move by Wilder, at a time he should be flying, he's scraping the barrel again

Why can't he just believe in himself

sad times

Did you see Ortiz when he hopped into the ring? He didn’t look like he could be ready in 5 weeks.

[Noelanthony]

This should be good. The Hearn fans do not like to hear rational talk from Wilder or his team.

Not used to it. However, something is definitely happening behind the scenes. Wilder is being to complimentary of Joshua which is strange and Hearn opting to not have a dig at wilder regarding tickets sold and viewership figures leaves me to believe something is imminent