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KiwiRider wrote: ↑21 Sep 2018, 15:45

gilgamesh wrote: ↑21 Sep 2018, 15:37

tony1234 wrote: ↑21 Sep 2018, 15:33 The hype train is derailed, if he is KO'd he can say he was caught cold etc but if he gets outpointed or outfought then it would be tough to build him up again as the unbeaten record and invincibility has gone.

He could come back from a Fury or Wilder loss but coming back from a defeat by Povetkin would be hard work.

ZERO chance of him being outpointed. KO'd, yeah that can happen, but Povetkin outboxing him? No f*cking way that even come closes to happening.

Povitkin ain't gonna land the jab much either.

lillywhite14 wrote: ↑21 Sep 2018, 13:07 I’m in the minority there then who thinks it would be shite for the sport?

Povetkin, proven drug cheat, beats the best chance of an elite level heavyweight for a generation? Fvck Eddie, I dont like him as much as the next man but I want a top tier heavyweight, and more importantly, massive heavyweight fights between Joshua/Wilder/Fury.

As for financial trouble....Joshua is apparently going to bag himself £20m for this fight! He starts losing and the big paydays other fighters are hoping for against him, completely disappear.
Safe to say Joshua wont suffer too much financially if he does lose. He’ll earn more in this fight than Fury and Wilder will earn combined fighting each other. He’s different level when it comes to the £££

gilgamesh wrote: ↑21 Sep 2018, 15:48
It's not even just the short arms thing. His Ring IQ sucks. Here lately he'll throw like 30 or 40 left hooks for every right hand even though his right hand is his money punch, and is far more accurate. He usually bounces left hooks off of gloves or misses oodles of 'em just for the hell of it first.

Against that Rabchenko guy the right hand was there ALL. NIGHT. LONG, and he just wouldn't throw it.

I don't think he's a particularly smart fighter, couple that with his physical disadvantage, and that's why I say he has ZERO chance of outpointing AJ.

dalcumly wrote: ↑21 Sep 2018, 14:43 yes, Joshua is never going to be poor but when you're no longer the heavyweight champion and your invincibility bubble has burst where's the new contract with Under Armour etc. Where's the appearance money on this show and that show. There's an awful lot of people on the Joshua payroll.
By the way, and not being an accountant, can someone answer me this . If Joshua earns £20 million from this fight, does 25% not go to his manager and a further 10% goes to his trainer? That could equate to about £7 million being whacked off. If someone earns more than £100,000 a year do they not pay tax at 40%. I would guess that Joshua's pay out of £20 will be about £7 million. Great reward, and making him very rich ,but people with this amount of money don't live like you and I. They don't haggle with the car salesman to get a few hundred knocked off the 3 year old Mondeo. They don't have a fortnight's holiday in Benidorm and they don't rent a flat for a few hundred a month.
He will have accountants and lawyers who will advise and wealth management consultants , but they all need agents fees.
Towards the end of Henry Cooper's career, he was probably the most famous sportsman in the UK, and very wealthy. He became a 'member' at Lloyds. When the Torry Canyon sunk with a full cargo the insurance was covered by Henry's group at Llyods. He was bankrupted and had to sell his 3 Lonsdale Belts to survive.
When you live like a king, you need to keep earning, and a defeat to Povetkin would hurt. Just ask Mike Tyson.

lefthook82 wrote: ↑22 Sep 2018, 05:25 Rematch but it's a mute point t as he is getting flattened