Next for Deontay Wilder ?

[gilgamesh]

sure a shit fight to watch, but fury flawlessly executed a perfect gameplan and did everything he had to do to dethrone klit who was the heavyweight ruler of an whole frikkin era.

I think most people could've executed a great game plan against Klitschko that night. All you had to do was show up, and breathe. You can't lose to a guy that won't fight.

[Redback Rasta]

sure a shit fight to watch, but fury flawlessly executed a perfect gameplan and did everything he had to do to dethrone klit who was the heavyweight ruler of an whole frikkin era.

I think most people could've executed a great game plan against Klitschko that night. All you had to do was show up, and breathe. You can't lose to a guy that won't fight.

Fury hypnotized him and amputated his soul.

[The Gratest]

Fury's hypnotized quite a few over the years. Never released them from his power either, the bugger.

[The Asleep Lamps]

I liked Fury fine until he chose to face the last couple guys over Usyk. I thought with Joshua out of the picture after his Wilder drama, that we were finally going to get an undisputed champion but no. And will he retire after Ngannou rather than face Usyk assuming Usyk wins again on Saturday? Roy Jones seems to think that Fury Usyk will be an ugly fight also.

[Thomastearns]

Fury's hypnotized quite a few over the years. Never released them from his power either, the bugger.

It is amazing how he always wins the press conferences.

Unfortunately most of his opponents are not as adept at verbal sparring as Fury is.

There is definitely something in this. Even an educated man such as Klitschko looked tongue tied in the build up to their fight.

Perhaps this is another sticking point in any Fury v Usyk showdown?

Usyk is not one to fazed in the slightest by anything Fury might say and neither is he going give Fury every conceivable concession going in.

For all of Wilder's bluster, I think we all understand he's just a big softy at heart.

[Redback Rasta]

Fury's hypnotized quite a few over the years. Never released them from his power either, the bugger.

It is amazing how he always wins the press conferences.

Unfortunately most of his opponents are not as adept at verbal sparring as Fury is.

There is definitely something in this. Even an educated man such as Klitschko looked tongue tied in the build up to their fight.

Perhaps this is another sticking point in any Fury v Usyk showdown?

Usyk is not one to fazed in the slightest by anything Fury might say and neither is he going give Fury every conceivable concession going in.

For all of Wilder's bluster, I think we all understand he's just a big softy at heart.

If you are fighting Fury, unless you are as full of b.s. as someone like 'Big Baby' Miller, you are best not to engage with Fury pre-fight.

Whyte was smart to not engage with Fury when they fought. I know the given reason was Whyte wasn't making as much as he wanted to, so he refused to promote the fight but it saved him from Fury getting into his head too much. As for their actual contest in the ring, Well, just levels. Master vs apprentice stuff.

[margaret thatcher]

ya, yell big stiff dosser over and over, genius !

[The Gratest]

It was actually the fan bois I was referring to, not the opponents, case in point.

[Thomastearns]

Anthony Joshua v Deontay Wilder: Terms agreed for heavyweight fight, says promoter Eddie Hearn

Terms have been agreed for Anthony Joshua to fight Deontay Wilder - but the Briton may walk away if contracts are not agreed soon, Eddie Hearn says.

Promoter Hearn said Joshua could fight Tyson Fury instead, while a third go at Andy Ruiz Jr is also on the cards.

Former two-time heavyweight champion Joshua has been strongly linked with fighting Wilder with a December date in Saudi Arabia touted in recent months.

"We've agreed the money, we've agreed everything," said Hearn.

Speaking to BBC 5 Live Boxing, Hearn, who has promoted Joshua since he made his professional debut in 2013, said: "We're waiting on the official contract, but we won't wait forever."

He said Saudi Arabia as a potential location had been complicated by "a change of environment in Saudi Arabia with the operators in boxing".

Joshua, 33, has picked up two victories this year over Jermaine Franklin and Robert Helenius respectively, following consecutive defeats to unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk.

"He [Joshua] is just training away but he wants Wilder," added Hearn, who said the 2012 Olympic gold medallist wants to remain active.

"If it can't be made, he wants to stay active. If he fights in December, that'll be three fights in eight months which is incredible for him."

However, Hearn believes a super fight between Joshua and WBC heavyweight champion Fury could still be in contention, should a deal with Skills Challenge Entertainment, who Hearn has been negotiating with for the Wilder fight, fall through.


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What does all of this actually mean?

Irresponsible journalism?

Or are we finally about to see this titanic clash?

Once it would have been sensational matchup but even now it could be the perfect Christmas present for boxing fans the world over.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/66769876

[gregregegg]

i dont think Those agreed terms arnt fresh, so a journolist kicking it up again is a bit cheeky. Terms have been agreed for months.

[Evander]

From what I'm hearing Joshua v Wilder is off.
Sounds like they're trying to salvage it by talking about looking for different venues because the Saudis pulled out.
Possibility Joshua will follow Tyson Fury's October fight with a December date and set up a blockbuster Fury v Joshua meeting in the first quarter of 2024.

[Redback Rasta]

Terms agreed and no contracts equates to no progress since we last heard anything.

[gregregegg]

Wilder vs aj in Saudi supposedly dead. Can’t see that fight happening right now.

Wilder should call out usyk, 3 belts there and I think usyk would take it, surely good money in that.

[Finkel]

Usyk would get stripped by the IBF. So can't see that even being on the table. Wilder should call out winner of Zhang v Joyce if he wants to position himself for a fight with Usyk. Of course, if he doesn't fancy such a hard fight, then perhaps he can go the WBA route and call out the winner of Charr v Miller for the regular strap ( = mandatory?)

Something tells me Wilder would opt for the winner of Charr v Miller, than Zhang v Joyce

[Evander]

Could be wrong but I don't think so.
Zhang v Joyce 2 is bigger than Miller v Charr surely.

[gregregegg]

Could be wrong but I don't think so.
Zhang v Joyce 2 is bigger than Miller v Charr surely.

The fight is bigger, but the WBA “world title”is a hell of a drug.

Miller vs wilder for the WBA world title would be a very sellable fight.

[Evander]

Could be wrong but I don't think so.
Zhang v Joyce 2 is bigger than Miller v Charr surely.

The fight is bigger, but the WBA “world title”is a hell of a drug.

Miller vs wilder for the WBA world title would be a very sellable fight.

That would be a hard sell not an easy one.
No one knows Miller.

[gregregegg]

Could be wrong but I don't think so.
Zhang v Joyce 2 is bigger than Miller v Charr surely.

The fight is bigger, but the WBA “world title”is a hell of a drug.

Miller vs wilder for the WBA world title would be a very sellable fight.

That would be a hard sell not an easy one.
No one knows Miller.

Wouldn’t do AJ numbers, but big undefeated “world champ” who’s loud at press conferences… it’s very sellable compared to most outside of the top 10

[Evander]

The fight is bigger, but the WBA “world title”is a hell of a drug.

Miller vs wilder for the WBA world title would be a very sellable fight.

That would be a hard sell not an easy one.
No one knows Miller.

Wouldn’t do AJ numbers, but big undefeated “world champ” who’s loud at press conferences… it’s very sellable compared to most outside of the top 10

I could get more people outside the waffle house if it were free.

[Evander]

Wilder is getting pushed to the side by the looks of it.

[Redback Rasta]

Wilder is getting pushed to the side by the looks of it.

He's just another player in the inactivity of the division.

[Syntax Error]

I've wanted to see Wilder V Ruiz forever.

Neither of them have got a fight lined up and they have each had back and forth on unsocial media, yet they can't arrange a fight between them.

Boxing can be do frustrating at times.

[Redback Rasta]

I've wanted to see Wilder V Ruiz forever.

Neither of them have got a fight lined up and they have each had back and forth on unsocial media, yet they can't arrange a fight between them.

Boxing can be do frustrating at times.

and apart from whatever money they might have received the winner would also have become Fury's mandatory.

[Redback Rasta]

Duplicate post. This site can be a pain at times using a phone.

[Syntax Error]

I've wanted to see Wilder V Ruiz forever.

Neither of them have got a fight lined up and they have each had back and forth on unsocial media, yet they can't arrange a fight between them.

Boxing can be do frustrating at times.

and apart from whatever money they might have received the winner would also have become Fury's mandatory.

Spot on, it's such a natural fight and a huge one to boot.

It's a genuine 50/50 fight too, although I ought to shut up about 50/50 fights as I thought Inoue/Fulton and Crawford/Spence were going to be 50/50 fights and they turned out to be 90/10 fights!