Comments Thread For: Joshua: I Offered Whyte a Fight in 2019, He Turned it Down

[Zelda]

Let's not fool anyone here. Whyte has had multiple opportunities to a title shot and dumped them all whether it was Joshua or Wilder. He refused to go to the champ and was deluded that they will come to him. He turned down the AJ fight which was straight forward. He refused Ortiz which would have led to Wilder. He chose to remain a British level fighter.

I still think he can beat current Povetkin but would struggle against the likes of Dubois or even Joyce. It would be a long way back to getting a title shot but this time he should diversify his paths and not restrict himself to only the WBC. Also, he would do himself and his career a favor if he fights a few big fights overseas (if/when Covid permits).

[Jax teller]

What sort of heavy weight turns down a shot at 3 world titles, career high pay day, after shouting and screaming he wanted it...?

Possibly the most cowardly duck in boxing history from whyte.

Deotay Wilder, Tyson Fury, Luis Ortiz, Adam Kownacki to name a few.

Atleast it worked out for Fury.

(A lot of guys also seem to be forget saying AJ was lowballing Whyte and shouldn't take the fight when it suited their agenda, now Whytes the coward)

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What sort of heavy weight turns down a shot at 3 world titles, career high pay day, after shouting and screaming he wanted it...?

Possibly the most cowardly duck in boxing history from whyte.

Nope. It’s Bowe and it will always be Bowe.

[Toffee]

Let's not fool anyone here. Whyte has had multiple opportunities to a title shot and dumped them all whether it was Joshua or Wilder. He refused to go to the champ and was deluded that they will come to him. He turned down the AJ fight which was straight forward. He refused Ortiz which would have led to Wilder. He chose to remain a British level fighter.

I still think he can beat current Povetkin but would struggle against the likes of Dubois or even Joyce. It would be a long way back to getting a title shot but this time he should diversify his paths and not restrict himself to only the WBC. Also, he would do himself and his career a favor if he fights a few big fights overseas (if/when Covid permits).

Hard to criticise the route he took when, ultimately, he got to the mandatory position he was chasing.

And, in my opinion, he wanted Wilder, and was convinced he could beat him. Grab his belt, make lots of money, then make more in an undisputed fight that is 'in house' and easier to make.

That's backing yourself and credit to him for that. He just backed himself one too many times - in hindsight, he knows he shouldn't have fought Povetkin.

I think he'll beat him in the rematch though. That fight didn't show he's no good. At least not the version I watched (which seemingly was a different one to most NSB posters).

[Cool Scant]

The sort of heavyweight that knew Wilder was one dimensional. Dillian was the mandatory and he calculated that with the WBC Belt he could demand at least 20 million from AJ. And Dillian would have been correct if mauricio sulaiman didn't make him wait 3 years and allow someone not even ranked to get to Wilder first.

As for the cowardly stuff...Wilder and Fury both said they would rather give the belt back so yes, they both ducked Whyte.

haha you’re delusional Whyte has ducked numerous title opportunities with wilder as well. Whyte has ducked so many fights the only reason he gets a pass is because he’s british

[Bigchip]

Doesn’t matter what he offered. They already fought and he knocked Whyte out. I’m angry with the wbc. They played Whyte and protected wilder. He was wilder’s mandatory for FIVE years.

[MUNG]

i presume whyte was asking for too much cash at the time or else he just thought i can't beat joshua at the moment or ever

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haha you’re delusional Whyte has ducked numerous title opportunities with wilder as well. Whyte has ducked so many fights the only reason he gets a pass is because he’s british

Ortiz, Ruiz and Wilder avoided Whyte . Rewriting history is fine but the facts are the only one that has actually been avoided in the division is AJ who also had Whyte avoiding him . Ruiz didn’t even want the rematch he had to be threatened with legal action . Ha

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Doesn’t matter what he offered. They already fought and he knocked Whyte out. I’m angry with the wbc. They played Whyte and protected wilder. He was wilder’s mandatory for FIVE years.

Whyte wasn’t even known five years ago .

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Doesn’t matter what he offered. They already fought and he knocked Whyte out. I’m angry with the wbc. They played Whyte and protected wilder. He was wilder’s mandatory for FIVE years.

5 years? Have you been drinking?

It's a shame the fight never happened, Wilder would put him to sleep earlier than old man Povetkin did.