Comments Thread For: Hearn: Wilder Must Fight Joshua Next or We Might Miss The Boat

[aboutfkntime]

..... if Hearn makes a serious offer...... If Hearn does not do that in good faith then he is just blowing smoke.

exactly !!

[aboutfkntime]

Hearn knows how to paint others into a corner for real.

straight from the Bob Arum playbook

[Bronx2245]

He better make the fight because despite most having fury winning, Joshua vs Wilder hasn't lost any luster. It may have actually gained some. Wilder and Joshua have ko power and that's what people want from the hw division. Fury is good enough to beat both but I don't think either fighting fury would have a higher demand than joshua vs Wilder.

I disagree. I think most people feel Fury deserved the decision, and most people know Fury is the real "Lineal" Champion. Add to that, Fury is from the UK! I think Joshua vs. Fury @ Wembley in April would be the biggest HW fight outside the U.S. since the "Thrilla' in Manila!"

[MisanthropicNY]

Joshua wants Wilder and not Fury who is the easier of the two to make the fight with lol. Wilder is never leaving the US to fight anyone with a pulse. Funny how quickly Wilder was ready to go to Russia to fight Wlad's leftovers, but when it comes to the UK to fight Joshua for a career high purse, Wilder is scared.

Fury has more boxing talent in his pinky finger than Joshua and Wilder put together. I'm good with any of the 3 fighting each other, but I'd rather Fury stay busy with a fight, then wait.

[Detroit29]

Hearn can go a couple ways with this, but these will be short and long term. Short term effects: He can low ball the dog puke out of Wilder and then claim "he tried to make the fight happen". Anything below 35 percent or a flat fee is a lowball offer. Parker got between 32-35 percent. Give Wilder somewhere between 35-40 percent.

Long term: Hearn can move to his real intentions (i believe) to wait for the outcome of Chisora/Whyte. The winner gets AJ. Unless AJ fights Fury or Wilder, AJ will be regulated to mandatories while still pulling in boats loads of cash. But the "True HW King" business will unfinished and fans will really begin to beat the drum for a Wilder or Fury fight. The latter part of this sucks because fans lose out while Big Ed stuffs his pockets.

If Hearn makes a decent offer to Wilder, the Fury rematch can wait. If Wilder takes the offer, i thinl Warren and Fury will understand that is a business move. Roles reversed and Fury was champ and he got an offer frpm Eddie to fight AJ, he would take it.

[KTFOKING]

So something not really important in the article but was interesting to me was that he mentioned Joshua is in camp in America right now. Where is he training in America and with who? Always thought he trained in the UK?

I'm good with either Wilder/Joshua or Wilder/Fury II, but definitely think the latter is more likely for early 2019. Vegas is already getting ready to bid big for that showdown.

[AdonisCreed]

I ain't getting my hopes up for this fight until they are in the ring slugging it out. Also I think Wilder still gets the AJ fight even if he chooses Fury next assuming he actually wins.

[mawoodhouse]

I think Wilder should fight Joshua next, thats still a massive fight between 2 big punchers, a KO either way will happen in that one. The winner of that faces Fury at the end of the year for all the marbles. If Joshua beats Wilder, then fights Fury...win or lose, the rematch between Fury and Wilder will always be there and still be a very intriguing fight for fans.

[AdonisCreed]

So something not really important in the article but was interesting to me was that he mentioned Joshua is in camp in America right now. Where is he training in America and with who? Always thought he trained in the UK?

I'm good with either Wilder/Joshua or Wilder/Fury II, but definitely think the latter is more likely for early 2019. Vegas is already getting ready to bid big for that showdown.

I agree I think the demand is high for the Wilder Fury rematch than the Wilder-AJ fight just because of the controversy surrounding it. I think Wilder Fury 2 has to be next. But if the AJ fight happens that's cool also.

[NearHypnos]

The problem is that if Wilder fights Fury, he’s likely not winning that fight barring a KO as the skill difference is too vast. And if Wilder loses (again), he’ll never get an AJ shot. Fury-AJ will likely be a 2 fight dral with potential for a trilogy and I dont see AJ sticking around the sport if he wins those...there’d be nothing left to do.

Fury-Aj is already the biggest fight to make by far in the UK and after this whole ordeal, Wilder isnt going to land either of them in the US. We all know Wilder lost and the UK now is looking at Fury-Wilder as the number 1 and 2 fighters at HW...as is most of the world