Comments Thread For: Wilder Taking Fury To Mediation in Attempt To Force a Third Fight

[BirdSong]

i just don't get this one at all, i know these are strange times with the virus but isn't wilder a bit late on this one? He suddenly pops up making demands on a contract that seem's to have expired, i want to see III tho but i can see why fury would want joshua and not wilder again straight away, fury joshua is the fight to be made while they are both ready after big win's, the timing is right, wilder will get his shot again soon after

[PBR Streetgang]

It appears, as of now, that both Wilder and Fury were OK with December but not the networks. Wilder was not OK with the original date of July due to injury.

If anything, the pandemic has changed almost all schedules. This cannot be an exception. So, a fair mediation, in my opinion, is to allow Fury to have his fight and stay busy (because things have delayed a lot) and then fight Wilder at the earliest convenient date in March or whatever is OK with the broadcasters. Besides, it is unlikely Fury-Joshua will happen behind closed doors so that can happen in late summer at the earliest.

Good comment and makes sense. Wilder might be best served to have either a soft touch fight on Fox or Showtime. Maybe dust off Alexander Dimitrenko, Rozvan Cojanu or Michael Wallisch to get blasted out in spectacular fashion. Wilder gets some confidence, fans can witness that Bronze Bomber is back and gives Fury the opportunity to stay busy himself. Everyone wins.

[Madison Boxing]

i'm all up seeing wilder get smashed to pieces again, he might end up out cold this time

[thetruthteller]

I am not a Wilder fan whatsoever. However, I am glad he is doing this. Fury wants to sneak in another bum fight and then fight for all of the belts. He got out of his mandatory fight luckily and now he wants out of his rematch. Having a belt comes with responsibilities and fighting someone decent is one of them. Fury can't always do what he wants. Otherwise he would NEVER fight a decent boxer again.

[Monty Fisto]

I don't have a problem with Wilder exploring his legal options -- a court can ultimately determine whether he has a contractual right to a rematch, I'm cretainly not going to just takes Arum's word for it -- but it's also important that the Champion doesn't get blocked from fighting. I sympathise with Fury. He's 32, so he can't be putting his career on hold at this stage and I believe him when he says he needs to train and fight to stay on the straight and narrow from a mental health perspective.

He's said for a long time that he wants/needs to fight in December and was willing and ready to fight Wilder then. But Wilder has kept shctum until the last minute. Let Fury have his stay busy fight in December. Then if Wilder wants it and the court decides he has the contractual right, make the trilogy fight. If not, we get Fury vs Joshua.

What we can't have is Wilder just keeping Fury in limbo.

[Armchairhero]

Fury should give Wilder the 3rd fight after whatever he does on Dec. 5. The guy deserves this and it will also give us the decisive victor of the trilogy. Joshua, in the meanwhile, can take care of his mandatories (Pulev and Usyk).

No chance, in sick of pointless endless rematches that hold up divisions. AJ v Fury for all the marbles, no other fight matters now at this point.

[KingGilgamesh]

Fury has other bigger opportunities. Wilder does not. Fury heading to $30m vs AJ. Wilder heading towards $5m vs nobody.

Like Trump, Wilder's recent shenanigans have earned him attention. If the Fury fight pulls through then he still puts bums on seats and is the ticket to an American audience. I wouldn't actually be shocked if Fury/Joshua is a ratings smash but a revenue disappointment. It all really comes down to their next fights. If Joshua handles Pulev with ease then it ignites some fire again but, if Usyk has his way and causes the WBO to stray, then I actually think a Fury/Joshua fight wont be as big as hoped.

As crazy as it sounds, I still think Joshua/Wilder is the biggest fight in heavyweight boxing.

[The Old LefHook]

Wilder's lawyers have a sucker on the line--Wilder.

[CharlieStewart]

Man, no one wants to see this. The first fight was a robbery and then he got best within an inch of his life. The man took the kind of beating that makes you blame costumes.

Who honestly wants to see this again?


I thought Fury tried to make it and Wilder’s team was the hang up?

Am I missing something here?

Not a thing. Wilder and his team just trying to save face and make it seem like Fury is ducking him. The usual **** they’ve been doing to Joshua. Complete radio silence no response as soon as the other guy fighting someone else come out of hiding and call them out to take advantage of the public ignorance. But it won’t work this time since Fury destroyed him.

[deanrw]

Personally I have no issue seeing a third fight. The other two were fun and Deontay always has that potential equalizer. I just hope his head is right as the accusations from him are ridiculous.