Booing Hearn's ok though.
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100%, Hearn is a ****.
He is but tbf to him, it's his job to be a **** and he's undoubtedly the best in the promoting business right now.
Really don't understand the criticisms aimed at Joshua... Are people forgetting he just beat an unbeaten world champion? Also, he got criticised against Takam for being naive, so this time he came in disciplined, and got criticism from the same people?
No doubt.
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He fought well, in a tough situation.
Also not getting the hate. He seems a stand up guy and ready to fight anyone.
Joshua is a breath of fresh air still in this game.
Let's just file this away as job done, and see who is lined up next and let a proper ref look after it
Also not getting the hate. He seems a stand up guy and ready to fight anyone.
Joshua is a breath of fresh air still in this game.
Let's just file this away as job done, and see who is lined up next and let a proper ref look after it
Great point from Adam Smith - the way Joshua closed out the final few rounds was really impressive. Everybody thought that if the fight went beyond 6-7 rounds that it would favour Parker and after 5 and 6 it was looking like it could go that way but Joshua took back control of the fight and got even stronger in the final 3 rounds.
Agreed, a big positive from this was his fitness. So much better at this weight he didn't seem to have any problems with 12 rounds at all.
It's disappointing for a lot of people who just want to see big knockouts but it can't always be like that. Tonight he just did what was needed to get another belt, I'm sure there will be plenty more crazy AJ fights with battles and big knockouts
Depends if Haye's achilles snaps again, if it doesnt then well it wont happen.
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It's more than not seeing a big knock out. The fight was just one note and boring. Jab and clinch and that was it. No movement, aggression, combinations, variety or anything really on display. If you saw 1 round you saw all 12.
As entertainment it was poor.
We've been spoilt with AJ's previous fights tbh with all the KO's, this wasn't anywhere near as entertaining and that ref... Anyway it was job done, didn't look troubled at all, on to the next one.
I think Parker made a good account of himself as well considering his size/reach disadvantage. He's not easy to catch clean and can continue to hold onto his 'I've never been dropped' motto.
I think Parker made a good account of himself as well considering his size/reach disadvantage. He's not easy to catch clean and can continue to hold onto his 'I've never been dropped' motto.
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Unbelievable some of the people here expecting AJ to knock out every opponent. He controlled the fight and it was a fight he approached with caution and respect for the opponent. The only downside was the referee was too quick to break up play whenever they got close. I think this fight showed another side of AJ that we have not seen before and fair play to Parker for putting up a good fight.
As for Eddie Hearn, what he's doing for British boxing at the moment needs to be commended all things aside.
As for Eddie Hearn, what he's doing for British boxing at the moment needs to be commended all things aside.
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Very well put, agree with your comments wholeheartedly. Lets just hope Wilder gets it on with AJ now.
The bit I'll never fully get my head around with boxing is the belts and different mandatory challengers.
So Povetkin is now the WBA mandatory challenger, does this mean that if AJ took the Wilder fight, he'd be stripped of the WBA belt for not fighting the mandatory? How does this work when you have 4 belts with different challengers? How likely is it that AJ v Wilder would actually happen and if it did, actually result in one fighter holding all the belts?
So Povetkin is now the WBA mandatory challenger, does this mean that if AJ took the Wilder fight, he'd be stripped of the WBA belt for not fighting the mandatory? How does this work when you have 4 belts with different challengers? How likely is it that AJ v Wilder would actually happen and if it did, actually result in one fighter holding all the belts?
It's impossible to answer your question regarding mandatory challengers, it really depends on the governing body but there's all sorts of loophole's to get around or postpone these fights. For example Whyte is number 1 in the WBC but all the talk is that it could take 2 years before he's actually made mandatory challenger and for that fight to be called by the WBC, and even then, Wilder could go to the WBC and apply for permission to fight somebody else instead - this though would only be accepted if that somebody else was another world title holder or a massive fight. Using your Povetkin-Joshua/Joshua-Wilder scenario, it's all but certain that Joshua would be allowed to fight Wilder on the basis that the winner fights Povetkin.
Mandatory challenges certainly makes things more complicated though and Hearn is quoted as saying that AJ's best chance of holding all the belts is if the Wilder fight happens this year because sometime down the line he'll end up having to vacate when all the mandatory fights start getting called. Ultimately money talks though and I'm sure, if they really cared about the belts enough, Hearn could negotiate deals for these mandatory fights to take place when it suits AJ. For example, if Povetkin was called to fight AJ and it clashed with another mandatory or a fight with Fury (for example), I'm sure Povetkin would accept postponing their fight because if AJ vacated he'd lose out on millions of pounds - getting 25% of the purse vs AJ is a hell of a lot more than a 50-50 split with Pulev for example.
As for how likely a Wilder/Joshua fight is. I think it really depends on how important holding all the belts is to Joshua. Wilder desperately wants the AJ fight because it earns him 10x what he's currently earning but AJ's already making massive money and the belt really is his only motivation. If he can live without the WBC title then I can see AJ avoiding Wilder, at least for the time being.
Thanks for explaining