Comments Thread For: Hearn Wants Whyte-Povetkin II To Happen in Late November, Explains Why

[LoadedWraps]

"...it is not like I need to improve or anything..." - Dillian Whyte

"...I'm still learning..." - also Dillian Whyte in the same article

[kafkod]

I really don't understand what is the deal with that kind of writing. Is it just because they think that longer articles seem more serious and important, or does it have something to do with internet marketing, ads or something like that?

Probably this. The longer you stay on the page, the greater the chance that you're going to click on an ad.

[kafkod]

Rushing the fight to push a mandatory fight with fury.
No way. Let’s get Joshua vs fury early next year.

Povetkin will need time to rest. And Whyte is doing himself no favours resuming training so soon after being knocked cold

Yep. And still, there's people who believe he wants to make Fury-AJ, ASAP! "I'm gonna do all I can to still force Dillian Whyte into the way... but we are gagging for Fury and AJ for the Lineal/Undisputed doe!"

Don't know what you guys are on about there. Whyte has lost his mandatory position and there's zero chance of him getting it back in time to block the undisputed fight between Fury and AJ.

And if Hearn had been planning to use Dillian's mando spot as a road block, why the heck would he have given him a risky opponent like Povetkin as a stay busy?

[champion4ever]

None of those are actually WBC mandated title shots though, are they? So you’ve not given any facts, just Twitter post BS. That’s about as credible as Tyson Fury saying he would knock Wilder clean out — it wasn’t ever going to happen.

I never said they were. These were voluntary challenges from Deontay Wilder. Wilder was using Whyte as leverage to get to Anthony Joshua by making him jump through loops in order to get a voluntary defense from him and Matchroom and Eddie Hearn was using Whyte as a buffer to keep Wilder away from Anthony Joshua.

[steeve steel]

That's his job. He's White's promoter you know.



He was bossing Povetkin, he had him down twice.



Slipped in? Povetkin knew full well what he was signing. They can put whatever they want in the contract, Povetkin didn't have to sign it.

Those were flash knockdowns... Povetkin was overconfident because he was hammering Whyte to the body and head with power shots and nothing meaningless was coming back. That is also why Whyte didn't try to close the show; he was gassed out and scared. Rightfully so. You need to rewatch the fight..

[OnlytheTruth]

I never said they were. These were voluntary challenges from Deontay Wilder. Wilder was using Whyte as leverage to get to Anthony Joshua by making him jump through loops in order to get a voluntary defense from him and Matchroom and Eddie Hearn was using Whyte as a buffer to keep Wilder away from Anthony Joshua.

But lets be fair; do you think that Eddie Hearn would want his #1 HW taking a risk against a right hand cannon or someone who he has already beaten (Whyte)? From a business perspective; its a simple business decision.

Joshua probably wanted Wilder, Wilder probably wanted Joshua (mainly because of the money it would have generated) but Hearn and Finkel know full well that they could not afford to have their #1 HW's losing. Its the same with Fury and Arum/Warren. When (not if) Fury loses, his value will PLUMMET. Arum and Warren don't want that, do they?

Arum obviously wants Pulev to fight Fury for undisputed because its a much lower risk to their #1 HW, than Joshua.

When Wilder was WBC Champ; Finkel wanted Wilder to fight Ruiz because it was a much lower risk to their #1 HW, than Joshua.

Simple really.

Its just shit because, as fans; we know what fights we want.

[champion4ever]

But lets be fair; do you think that Eddie Hearn would want his #1 HW taking a risk against a right hand cannon or someone who he has already beaten (Whyte)? From a business perspective; its a simple business decision.

Joshua probably wanted Wilder, Wilder probably wanted Joshua (mainly because of the money it would have generated) but Hearn and Finkel know full well that they could not afford to have their #1 HW's losing. Its the same with Fury and Arum/Warren. When (not if) Fury loses, his value will PLUMMET. Arum and Warren don't want that, do they?

Arum obviously wants Pulev to fight Fury for undisputed because its a much lower risk to their #1 HW, than Joshua.

When Wilder was WBC Champ; Finkel wanted Wilder to fight Ruiz because it was a much lower risk to their #1 HW, than Joshua.

Simple really.

Its just shit because, as fans; we know what fights we want.

I get all of that. However, the one thing I cannot get is why did Matchroom, Eddie Hearn and Team Joshua have to lie in order to save face?

Why couldn't they just come out and admit that they weren't interested and ready for a Wilder fight at the time? Why did they have to string Deontay Wilder and boxing fans along for several months by pretending that they wanted to fight him but knowing full well in advance that they weren't going to fight him?

That is what hurt Deontay Wilder so bad and is probably the reason why he turned down the DAZN deal and may never work with Matchroom and Eddie Hearn ever because they have been proven to be liars and not men of their word.

[OnlytheTruth]

I get all of that. However, the one thing I cannot get is why did Matchroom, Eddie Hearn and Team Joshua have to lie in order to save face?

Why couldn't they just come out and admit that they weren't interested and ready for a Wilder fight at the time? Why did they have to string Deontay Wilder and boxing fans along for several months by pretending that they wanted to fight him but knowing full well in advance that they weren't going to fight him?

That is what hurt Deontay Wilder so bad and is probably the reason why he turned down the DAZN deal and may never work with Matchroom and Eddie Hearn ever because they have been proven to be liars and not men of their word.

That all depends on your point of view thought doesn’t it? I think that Finkel and Wilder dodged Joshua like the plague and cherry picked Fury thinking it would be an easy win to pick up the BS lineal title which would have added bargaining power for a fight v Joshua down the line, but that all backfired didn’t it!?

You don’t turn down $120 million dollars to fight for a guaranteed two fight deal for undisputed just because he didn’t know what Joshua was getting. It’s compounded by the fact that Finkel had Wilder duck Klitschko because he wasn’t ready after 33 fights. Total BS IMHO.

That’s where fans butt heads because there is no fact in the matter. Only opinion/point of view.

[champion4ever]

That all depends on your point of view thought doesn’t it? I think that Finkel and Wilder dodged Joshua like the plague and cherry picked Fury thinking it would be an easy win to pick up the BS lineal title which would have added bargaining power for a fight v Joshua down the line, but that all backfired didn’t it!?

You don’t turn down $120 million dollars to fight for a guaranteed two fight deal for undisputed just because he didn’t know what Joshua was getting. It’s compounded by the fact that Finkel had Wilder duck Klitschko because he wasn’t ready after 33 fights. Total BS IMHO.

That’s where fans butt heads because there is no fact in the matter. Only opinion/point of view.

This is fanboyism 101. You don't agree to all of the champions terms and conditions by taking a $15 mil flat fee, with no percentage and fighting on U.K. Soil if you didn't want to fight.

However, what Team Wilder wouldn't do was rubber stamp a blank contract with no date, venue or opponent with a promise of Hearn filling in the details later. Matchroom and Eddie never had any plans of fighting Wilder and you know it. It was a plain duck.

Wilder had met all of Joshua's demands but yet still AJ pulled out of the fight. Do you know why; Because he was scared he would lose? In the words of Tyson Fury "he was afraid of being chinned by him".

Also, as far as the $120 mil is concerned; Skipper admits that he was the one who dropped the ball during the Wilder negotiations at DAZN not Deontay. Team Wilder wanted to know Joshua's cut of the purse.

They weren't settling for anything less than a 50/50 purse split from Team Joshua and Matchroom after their previous shenanigans.

[Jkp]

Why does Eddie Hearn always talk rematch when his fighters loose, but not when there’s a close fight and his fighter gets the decision?povietkn beats dillan again, he’s a warrior and he’s been there done that

Eddie should arrange fights with the guys dillian cheated. Like Parker who lost due to continual fouling and head butts, or even rivas who lost to dianabol and dodgy gloves...