Anthony Joshua vs Eric Molina Announcement

[Boxerbeetle]

Not a terrible fight on its own merits, but obviously not PPV-worthy. I reckon it'll bomb tbh, only a couple of weeks before Christmas.

[crusader]

Another bleh fight for AJ (Tyson Fury would probably call it another bum city fight), although I do like Yafai-Concepcion and Whyte-Chisora.

[Keko]

uninteresting

[Rob3_142]

Are you serious? Molina - Joshua is an 'ok' fight? Do you work for sky?

Molina's fight against Wilder was exciting...

Yes but his fights against Arreola, Jordan and his win over Grano were not that exciting!!!'

I just watched the Arreola fight. He looked very lightweight, although he looked pretty resilient against Wilder. I just don't see it lasting that long.

[mickey1975]

I can't see this doing big numbers. Everyone on my Fb page thinks it's a farce. Even the AJ fanboys.

[Killer Blow]

Aj v Molina - OK fight. Not great but a small step up from whyte,martin and breazeale.

Chisora v whyte - potential fireworks fight, potential stinker. Chisora should win if motivated.

I can imagine Ortiz will be v some tin can same goes for quigg.

The other fights, OK fights not amazing but better than the headline.

PPV not a chance

Are you serious? Molina - Joshua is an 'ok' fight? Do you work for sky?

Scary thing is that Molina was probably the best fighter in the IBF rankings that was available for December.

Good thing - Keeps Joshua busy
Bad thing - Proves that a fat cruiserweight who has never beaten a half decent fighter can have two shots at the world title.

Joshua KO within 90 seconds

Who in the IBF rankings is Molina better than other than Price and Martin?

[freddydoesdallas]

Pile of shite and I won't be forking out for this. If I can be arsed I'll take a walk round the local for it.

Same old shite with Hearn, over promise and underdelivered. Most on here are aware of it but he's conning the casuals time and again which costs us

[Dixonian]

Molina struggled against an ancient Tomasz Adamek last time out. He won't last longer than four rounds against Joshua.

[canonball1234]

Looking forward more to the undercard than the main fight

[Stuarty]

Shìt fight but better than Price i suppose. Still won't be forking out for it! Sky and Eddie must do better for box office because there's no value in this as a PPV. I'll go to a mates or try Kodi.

[boxingknockout]

Molina's fight against Wilder was exciting...

Yes but his fights against Arreola, Jordan and his win over Grano were not that exciting!!!'

Have you seen his fight against Jordan?

It was brilliant.

No bro. You got a link?

Anyway look at Molina vs Arreola... it's awful. Like 2 guys drunk on Tecate and having had 16 tacos fighting SMH

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MOkGyNabScs

[the_doctor]

he's conning the casuals time and again which costs us

He's not conning the "casuals" if what they want to see is Joshua batter someone.

Anyone who watched the Martin fight and enjoyed it, then watched the Breazeale fight and enjoyed it will be hoping for more of the same.

[freddydoesdallas]

he's conning the casuals time and again which costs us

He's not conning the "casuals" if what they want to see is Joshua batter someone.

Anyone who watched the Martin fight and enjoyed it, then watched the Breazeale fight and enjoyed it will be hoping for more of the same.

He is conning them by constantly talking about Joshua fighting the best out there then delivering shite.

[lefty]

Pretty dire. I hope Ortiz gets matched with someone half decent but I won't hold my breath. I would have preferred Whyte-Ortiz to be honest but purely so that Ortiz could establish himself with the UK casuals aswell as the hardcore fans.

[Rob3_142]

he's conning the casuals time and again which costs us

He's not conning the "casuals" if what they want to see is Joshua batter someone.

Anyone who watched the Martin fight and enjoyed it, then watched the Breazeale fight and enjoyed it will be hoping for more of the same.

He is conning them by constantly talking about Joshua fighting the best out there then delivering shite.

It would take the casuals 5 minutes to find out how legitimate the claim of 'best' is. It's like any advertising, it's geared towards people who will eat it up. As long as boxing is a business, which it will forever, it will sell this kind of stuff to the highest bidder. Watch the stadium still sell out in 6 minutes.

[freddydoesdallas]

He's not conning the "casuals" if what they want to see is Joshua batter someone.

Anyone who watched the Martin fight and enjoyed it, then watched the Breazeale fight and enjoyed it will be hoping for more of the same.

He is conning them by constantly talking about Joshua fighting the best out there then delivering shite.

It would take the casuals 5 minutes to find out how legitimate the claim of 'best' is. It's like any advertising, it's geared towards people who will eat it up. As long as boxing is a business, which it will forever, it will sell this kind of stuff to the highest bidder. Watch the stadium still sell out in 6 minutes.

That's the biggest con. Selling tickets to stubhub is the worst

[jameswilson]

Pretty dire. I hope Ortiz gets matched with someone half decent but I won't hold my breath. I would have preferred Whyte-Ortiz to be honest but purely so that Ortiz could establish himself with the UK casuals aswell as the hardcore fans.

We both know how sh1t fights involving WBA belts can be. But who knows.

As with the main event it's very late notice so it's almost pointless holding any hope out.

[Boxerbeetle]

Pretty dire. I hope Ortiz gets matched with someone half decent but I won't hold my breath. I would have preferred Whyte-Ortiz to be honest but purely so that Ortiz could establish himself with the UK casuals aswell as the hardcore fans.

We both know how sh1t fights involving WBA belts can be. But who knows.

As with the main event it's very late notice so it's almost pointless holding any hope out.

Ortiz vs Price, anyone?

[Rob3_142]

He is conning them by constantly talking about Joshua fighting the best out there then delivering shite.

It would take the casuals 5 minutes to find out how legitimate the claim of 'best' is. It's like any advertising, it's geared towards people who will eat it up. As long as boxing is a business, which it will forever, it will sell this kind of stuff to the highest bidder. Watch the stadium still sell out in 6 minutes.

That's the biggest con. Selling tickets to stubhub is the worst

This is what I hate the most, but as long as it's allowed, it will continue on. People will still buy second hand tickets for much inflated prices, and until the rules change, which they need to, it will continue.

What we need is half empty stadiums as a result of StubHub. However it just won't happen.

[jameswilson]

Pretty dire. I hope Ortiz gets matched with someone half decent but I won't hold my breath. I would have preferred Whyte-Ortiz to be honest but purely so that Ortiz could establish himself with the UK casuals aswell as the hardcore fans.

We both know how sh1t fights involving WBA belts can be. But who knows.

As with the main event it's very late notice so it's almost pointless holding any hope out.

Ortiz vs Price, anyone?

Price is holding out for a 7 figure payday. He is going to fight absolute tripe until he either gets it or has to retire.

[Boxing Prospect]

Yafai vs Concepcion is great

[Mighty Atom]

Are you serious? Molina - Joshua is an 'ok' fight? Do you work for sky?

Scary thing is that Molina was probably the best fighter in the IBF rankings that was available for December.

Good thing - Keeps Joshua busy
Bad thing - Proves that a fat cruiserweight who has never beaten a half decent fighter can have two shots at the world title.

Joshua KO within 90 seconds

Who in the IBF rankings is Molina better than other than Price and Martin?

The rest aren't available for various reasons....

[Mighty Atom]

So Joshua-Klitschko when it happens will be for WBA super World heavyweight title.
Browne fights Briggs for the WBA regular heavyweight title.
And Ortiz will defend his WBA interim heavyweight title in Manchester.
Least that's what seems to be happening.
Putrid stinking mess of a situation....

[Tarkus]

I would give Molina a realistic chance against any of Joshua's previous opponents. Its not as bad a fight as some make it out to be. Especially considering its on a short notice, 3 top guys refused to take the fight, and everybody else is busy.

Concepcion/Yafai is a pretty good title fight.

Whyte/Chisora is very interesting crossroads fight.

What I dont like is having Ortiz on the card only one month after his Malik Scot fight. Thats just silly.

Looking forward to this card. I dont see what is there to complain about. It seems to me lot of fans complain for the sake of complaining.

[ChessBoxer]

The main support overshadows the main event in this one for me another easy night for AJ