Comments Thread For: Hearn: Anthony Joshua Wants To Right His Wrong at MSG

[This is boxing]

When Fury beat Wlad can you imagine Wlad demanding the rematch in Germany LOL,
The champion should always have the home advantage especially as Ruiz was the underdog and won the belts.
Anything else is a punk move and will just result in fans saying well Joshua needed home advantage to Win.
MSG or no fight!

[cally93]

I would prefer Joshua to go back to MSG, he lost them there makes sense to try get them back there, I imagine the interest in a U.S rematch would be very high, other than for home advantage makes little sense to have back here in the U.K.

[mawoodhouse]

Ruiz wants 50 million??? Wtf??? This is what's wrong with boxing. That fat f**k can't even bother to get in shape. He beat an overrated, juiced up, body builder. Fury would box circles around him and if Wilder lands like AJ did in the 3rd, it's lights out for the fat boy.

Evidently he dont need to get into shape, he ate Snickers bars and beat the supposedly best heavyweight out there and became the heavyweight champ. He should continue doing what he is doing cause it works for him.

[lion33lit]

Big respect to Joshua!! The man wants to settle the score at one of the most prestigious historical venues in the world - away from home, where his courage will be on full display - on boxing’s hallowed ground!! It can’t get better than that! Even the switch on his remote control Hearn seems to not be working!! Joshua’s re-wired circuit board is STUCK on COURAGE & IGNORE..lol..Make it happen baby!!

[DaNeutral.]

Thats the difference between Joshua and Wilder and thats why people like Joshua and dont like Wilder. Joshua wants to avenge a glitch on his record and wants to do it in the place it all went wrong. Wilder refused to fight Fury in the UK which would of been the fair thing to do and banned the ref from the 1st fight.

[PotentialToast]

If he has Ruiz on a fixed fee rematch (10-15M$?), then Joshua makes a fortune on the rematch if it is in the US because it will be as big as Canelo v GGG, Joshua v Wilder etc. because of the Mexican support in the US and their importance to DAZN. Either that or Saudi!

[arraamis]

"Joshua said... 'wouldn’t it be unbelievable if we were to right the wrong at the place it all went wrong,'" stated Hearn.



So far, its all Hearn doing the talking. I'm more than certain AJ can speak for himself but all we hear and read is crap from Hearn. This is a problem that AJ need to rectify ASAP before the rematch - Take control of Team AJ. AJ is the commodity, not Hearn.

All these articles make AJ look like a perfect meat-puppet, which I'm again, certain he's not.

[angkag]

Apparently the rematch clause dictated there would be a rematch if Joshua wanted it but it must have left negotiating room for the venue. So, looks like if it is in the UK Ruiz could get substantially more than $10 million. Ruiz is willing to increase his risk of losing the titles by fighting in the UK but wants to be well paid for doing so. Can't blame him for that. I believe the rematch (if Joshua is psychologically up for it) will be a good hard fought fight. If it is in the UK and goes to the judges, I favor Joshua. If it is MSG I would favor Joshua by KO or a close and fair decision either way if it goes the distance.

That's not the way the rematch clause works. If Teddy Atlas's information is correct (might not be), there is a fixed 10m for Andy, and Matchroom decides location. Andy's in no position to negotiate more as he's subject to the original MSG contract.

Hearn can pick the UK, and that would favour Joshua, but there are good reasons why Hearn may end up choosing MSG again:

1) that's DAZN's strong preference as it would be huge in boosting their subscription drive. So can expect them to offer a financial incentive to Hearn/Joshua to pick MSG.

2) That Joshua is openly ok with going MSG again helps

3) IF Joshua takes it next time, then it goes a long way to establishing Joshua as a presence in the US, which was the goal in the first place.

So MSG is a strong possibility. Hearn's negotiations on location are with DAZN, not Andy.

[uppercut510]

aj wants it in the usa, hearn and the fanatics want it in the uk... I don't think he should be taking the rematch that fast without addressing some major weaknesses

[MulaKO]

Obviously correct. DAZN stumbled into a major US event that will get wall-to-wall media coverage during US football season. They want it to be Saturday night US Eastern time. DAZN would never let this be an afternoon event competing with the big college football games. That would be leaving so many subscriptions on the table.
They will market the hell out of this and try to avoid clashing with any really big college football night games.

I personally think this was their best outcome ( AJ losing )
Imo , this has the potential of being a huge fight financially , but they need to start promoting this as soon as possible
They need to bleed this rock from every possible angle
I would start promoting asap , even if theirs no date or venue , get the word out and once everything is settled then pedal to the metal