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If this is as accurate as your other predictions on Joshua then we should be looking forward to a Wilder-Joshua fight very soon
In 99% of other sports I'd agree that the best should be forced to compete against the best but this is boxing. These guys are putting their bodies on the line and have every right to pick and choose which fights they take and on what terms. If Joshua doesn't desperately want the WBC belt then it makes no sense for him to fight Wilder right now - why take the most dangerous fight out there for an extra 20-30% more than what you could earn fighting bums? A loss to Wilder would effect his earnings against everybody else too so it makes perfect sense for him to milk as much as he can out of the smaller fights before he takes a chance vs Wilder.
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Looking at who's fought who if I had to bet a fiver on who was dodging who I'd have it on Wilder doing the dodging.
2-3 years back Ortiz was certainly somebody hyped as this dangerous opponent but then you look at who he fought and more specifically how well he's done in his recent fights and it's hard to justify. Like Whyte he laboured to a win over Allen and he was truly dreadful vs Scott.
AJ definitely has the more impressive CV of the two of them.
Yeah that's ridiculous. I remember watching that fight and just yawning the whole way through as he danced around him doing nothing in particular. I did win some money on it though, so that at least gave it some kind of edge for me. Everyone in the sporting world at least, seems to have forgotten just how bad a fight that was.
Please oh please tell us more great one. Please, continue.
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Wouldn't that be something!
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Joshua wants to be undisputed and get the ring belt, so he will do whatever it takes to fight Wilder.
He’s just got to keep beating mandatorys between then and now, or he will run the risk of getting stripped.
Calzaghe got stripped of the IBF belt for not facing the mandatory in much the same circumstances (mandatory opponent wouldn’t be a big a draw as the “hyped opponent”).
He’s just got to keep beating mandatorys between then and now, or he will run the risk of getting stripped.
Calzaghe got stripped of the IBF belt for not facing the mandatory in much the same circumstances (mandatory opponent wouldn’t be a big a draw as the “hyped opponent”).
The problem comes when two different organisations call their mandatory's at the same time, that's when he'll either have to vacate one of the belts or make a deal with one of them to fight at a later date. Given how much money Joshua fights generate it does make things a little easier for him because as I mentioned earlier, opponents would rather wait and fight Joshua than him vacate and they fight somebody else for 10% as much.
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Wilders record is at risk of leaving him as one of the worst paper champions in the history of heavyweight boxing. He is now desperate to fight AJ as if he wins (without a doubt he has a punches chance) it makes him a legimate champion, despite his record, if he loses it will still be by far his biggest pay day.
Fact is Wilder has been half-****** his way through his career and AJ has surpassed him in only 5 years.
Just saw the highlights of the AJ vs WK fight randomly pop up on Facebook. AJ took some absolute bombs in that fight and still managed to weather them. (just about) Don’t really have much of a point of this post just that he seems to be able to slug it out when he needs to aswell as the technical clever stuff last night. Personally I’d like him to smash Fury just to shut him up but that’s just me. 
I know lots of people love to knock him and I too was one of those that really doubted whether he was the real deal before the Wlad fight. You only have to look at David Price to see that some fighters can be hyped up as the next big thing, blowing away bums in the first round and then come unstuck when they step up. AJ has answered every question asked of him every time he steps up a level - he got clipped vs Whyte but he dug in and took him out, he was all at sea vs Wlad but he found a way to stay in the fight and won it late on and then yesterday, he was up against a durable fighter who many said would cause Joshua problems down the stretch so he came in lighter and boxed a clever fight and if anything it was him, not Parker that got stronger as the fight went on.Just saw the highlights of the AJ vs WK fight randomly pop up on Facebook. AJ took some absolute bombs in that fight and still managed to weather them. (just about) Don’t really have much of a point of this post just that he seems to be able to slug it out when he needs to aswell as the technical clever stuff last night. Personally I’d like him to smash Fury just to shut him up but that’s just me.
I don't want to keep agreeing with Hearn but as he keeps saying, AJ's had 21 fights! Where were Wlad, Lewis or even Tyson after 21 fights, let alone Wilder or Fury? As all those first 3 know, in heavyweight boxing anything can happen and maybe Joshua will come unstuck in a fight vs Wilder or Fury but the way people knock him on what he's achieved to date is bonkers if you ask me.
I think there's a more disgusting and underlying reason behind this from what I've heard from those who always talk negative about him. Even if he gets through Wilder & Fury people will still say the same things about him unfortunately.
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And what’s that?
I don't think there's anything sinister behind it. There's just something very English about wanting to knock somebody that's doing well for themselves, we much prefer a loser than a winner. It's no different to the people that would knock Beckham when he was at his peak celebrity status - people didn't like the fame he was enjoying so would look for any excuse to knock him and hoped to see him fail.
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The word disgusting was what I wondering about. I'd agree with your point, a lot of my overseas friends always say the same thing about us Brits
Unfortunately it is and I've witnessed it on a few occasions ;/