It honestly wouldn't surprise me.Except more money, the WBA, IBF and WBO...He'll never fight again some were saying. Now he's going in against Wilder whilst AJ has been playing about at making the fight for god knows how long.
I can almost see it now, Fury beats Wilder, earns loads of money, and goes on another hiatus, leaving AJ with nothing
I've just watched all of Wilders knockouts, 39 or so. He really looks like a slugger and he seems to flail all over the shop. Plus the calibre of guys he's knocked out all look pretty awful.
Yeah I think Fury needs at least 1 more fight before Wilder. He looked better in this fight but it's a huge step up from that.
Nah the point, which you missed, is AJ has nowhere interesting to go in that entirely hypothetical situation where Fury trolls AJ and takes the biggest payday away from him. It goes without saying that AJ has a tonne of money and some belts. But what are belts without the big fights? Wilder and Fury are the only two names that gets people interested in terms of AJ opponent's. Within the next couple of years he'll end up fighting the likes of Whyte again.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Fury destroys Wilder in under 3 rounds although I think the opposite. I think Fury would love a fight vs AJ and if he beats Wilder then surely that is a bigger fight than AJ vs Wilder. There would be so much intrest in that fight within the UK. That’s a sell out Wembley fight.He'll never fight again some were saying. Now he's going in against Wilder whilst AJ has been playing about at making the fight for god knows how long.
I can almost see it now, Fury beats Wilder, earns loads of money, and goes on another hiatus, leaving AJ with nothing
Fury's been training at his gym so it's natural he might be working his corner in some capacity.
No wonder I missed the point. AJ will continue to pack out stadiums and make ridiculous sums of money, whether Fury refuses to fight him or not, agreed on that. He'll inevitably get the opportunity to fight for the WBC and unify the division anyway. Besides, he could probably fight for another decade, and there's going to be other contenders appear in that time. The fight will mean far more to Fury, both financially and on a reputation basis, than it would AJ. That's a odd way to troll someone.
Eddie and AJ should have stopped dicking around and just got in with getting the Wilder fight. It didn't need any more building up .Serves them right that Fury looks to have got in there first .
They aren't just going to "get on with it." They are going to get what they deserve in terms of purse share.
I agree that Fury could beat Joshua. 50-50 fight for me. I don't see how Fury fighting Wilder first is a bad thing for him though. AJ holds 3 belts and the winner of the Fury - Wilder fight will be huge in the UK, especially if Fury wins. AJ fighting Wilder now would bring in far less and one of Wilder's looping shots could end him.
...went the distance with a heavy bag and looked like shit.
I'm a fan of all British boxers!
I'm sure you're not that bothered to check my orevious posts but you're welcome to obviously. Sounds like it.I'm a fan of all British boxers!
AJ will earn enough fighting Wilder now. It's just greed. What will he get by delaying the fight a year? An extra 5 mill on top of the 50 mil or whatever he'll get. Cmon!
He's not delaying the fight. The onus is on Wilder as much as AJ to get the fight done. Joshua brings more to the fight in every single category, and so rightly wants to be paid to reflect that. There's no reason why AJ should take Wilders lowball offer, just because he knew there was a time frame on when the fight had to take place due to mandatory. AJ dictates the terms, not the other way around.
Im just glad we get to see a huge fight. I think Fury can get the job done against Wilder to set up the big one with AJ. Joshua will struggle against Fury.
Its not a bad thing, I just find it funny. No way would Eddie have thought Fury would get in there first against Wilder and make Joshua a peripheral figure, which he will be until he fights either Fury or Wilder himself. THAT was not in the master plan.
It would appear that way. I think all along Wilder's team wasn't that into the fight right now and to be honest I feel Hearn was ok with that but sort of called their bluff.
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Spot on! Amazing how a lot of other people can't see this, and continuously blame Eddie and AJ especially when they have a track record of making fights against top 5-10 opponents with ease and little fuss.
I think he'd have to clearly win more than eight rounds to get a decision. Luis Ortiz was winning most of the rounds and the judges had Wilder up at the time of the stoppage.
Falls under my personalized list of 'reasons to go ahead and mutilate myself' more than ' boxing'
Unbelievable stuff. Thanks for posting
Great work mate. I've seen a decent chunk of those but I'll definitely start working my way through some of the others. It's a lower level fight than most of those you listed, but one of my favourite ever fights was Michael Katsidis vs Graham Earl. I'd never seen Katsidis before and I hadn't even planned on sitting down and watching the fight but it was spectacular.
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Definitely. That fight was great. Katsidis was must watch TV.
