Comments Thread For: Fury vs. Joshua: Hearn Aims To Nail Down Two-Fight Deal

[Fabes88]

Hearn should stay quiet and do all the talking behind closed doors instead of running his mouth, trying to say where the fight will be and how many fights. It’s a 50/50 split, so he shouldn’t be seen as trying to take over the whole promotion.

He was the same with the Wilder negotiations. Calling Finkle “Shirley Winkle” etc. It might’ve been funny but probably best not rub people the wrong way and make them resent you even more when trying to do business.

Agreed. The less said the better. But then again if he wasn’t talking about getting this fight done guaranteed some fans would be crying about it so it’s a loss lose situation

[Fabes88]

The DAZN offer was another flat fee offer. And skipper apologized and took responsibility for messing up the DAZN deal. If that DAZN deal is really fair than all you AJ fans need to encourage Hearn and AJ to make that same offer to fury and Arum.

And as far as the recent PPV, wilder had as much to do with the success of that ppv as fury had. I can argue even more. Did you see Furys live gate numbers in the two fight after the first wilder fight? Just terrible.

I mean you say success but the fight didn’t break even. He took home 25 million dollars and dazn offered him 40 mil for one of the aj fights. Looking at it that way I really can’t see how the offer is as egregious as you’re making out.

[Inspired]

This guy and his mouth will ruin everything. When a promoter talks too much, it stalls deals. Especially when the boxers and promotional companies involved on the other can’t stand such a promoter.

Hearn has ****** off Josh to turn himself into a star. He needs to stop talking. He almost ruined Josh’s career last summer with idiocy and overzealous self.

AJ got $150m+ for the ruiz rematch.
I'm not exaggerating. He got paid by the saudis, by matchroom, sky and dazn..and that doesnt even include the international broadcasting money.

You can't claim Hearn has done wrong by AJ on any level.
We all know Wilder ducked AJ. It was wilder's side stalling contract offers whilst they knew GGG-Canelo would get announced to clash with the proposed September 18 date (espinoza would have known directly). Showtime then demanded the fight get moved to october which gave Wilder the excuse he needed.

[thack]

We've seen Hearns two fight deals. AJ gets the lions share for the first fight, and even if he gets ktfo, AJ gets the lions share in the rematch.

Yes I'm afraid his spoilt silver spoon up bringing comes naturally in to play and this is why many simply don't like him. And the old mans 'we run the show' ...lol (wankers)

[Madison Boxing]

Why not just one match and then a rematch after if it's warranted?

[sledgehammer17]

This is what is wrong with boxing these days, why a two fight deal? What if the first fight is a stinker or hugfest, no need for rematch. Eddie Hearn make sure your boy gets past Mr pulev first before gobbing off.

[Thraxox]

To be fair I mighta not worded that well. What I was suggesting is what areas is AJ superior than Fury in? Power that's about it & I feel like AJ's power is less than Wilder's & Fury did a great job of making that power a non-factor in the fight (at least in the rematch when he was better prepped for the fight). I wasn't saying AJ isn't better at more things then Wilder. I think AJ has more things he does better than Wilder. I just don't know that that gets him far when Fury does everything better than either of them minus the punching power angle.

Power only? Not handspeed, technique, counter punching and inside fighting? Because Fury doesnt counter punch, and fury has terrile technique on landing left hooks, he slaps it, He smothers his own work and relies on his sheer size and weight to wore his opponent down than his actual punches.

[Ray*]

Agreed. The less said the better. But then again if he wasn’t talking about getting this fight done guaranteed some fans would be crying about it so it’s a loss lose situation

I kinda agree in regards to name calling “Winkel” some people are sensitive, someone like Arum doesn’t really care, he would still sit down with you and make a deal, he is a business man not some snowflake, I want Hearn to continue talking, because he can be held to his words, transparency is good for the fans, hiding behind things isn’t what I would prefer.

[P4Pdunny]

Hearn gets you guys so riled up, he's just a typical slimey promoter.

[BangEM]

AJ got $150m+ for the ruiz rematch.
I'm not exaggerating. He got paid by the saudis, by matchroom, sky and dazn..and that doesnt even include the international broadcasting money.

You can't claim Hearn has done wrong by AJ on any level.
We all know Wilder ducked AJ. It was wilder's side stalling contract offers whilst they knew GGG-Canelo would get announced to clash with the proposed September 18 date (espinoza would have known directly). Showtime then demanded the fight get moved to october which gave Wilder the excuse he needed.

I know Wilder’s side stalled the contract because they know Josh would absolutely wreck Wilder. Wilder was made out of glass and you just need to land a big one.

However, Eddie Hearn almost ruined Josh with the American fight due to greed. AJ made Hearn the loud mouthed celebrity he has become and the guy has started feeling himself too much. After Miller popped dirty, there’s no point picking such a terrible style matchup on short notice especially with all the pressure at stake. Hearn also used his big mouth for added pressure by saying he needs to knock Ruiz out in style. And after Josh lost, the idiot threw him under the bus. The Saudi money was because of the brand Josh is, not because of Hearn. The Saudis have been trying to get him to fight there for a while now.

There’s a reason why since then, Josh has been adamant about following his instinct. Trust me, Hearn wanted to take a Josh vs Pulev fight to Saudi.