Anthony Joshua to fight Charles Martin for IBF title

[Primo Carnera]

Ross the fact it sold out so quickly spikes peoples interest.

"Wow it sold out in 90 seconds Ive gotta see what the hypes about."

What you , Fenster and Al have said is 100% right, but you can't expect a numb nuts like Ross , or an anti profit making, bandwagon jumper like Master to comprehend this.
If it were fat Mick talking about Tyson, they'd be pronouncing this as the rebirth of Christ ffs! ������

The big huge massive difference is Mick would be talking about the best heavyweight by miles on the planet and not a couple of novices that hes charging you top whack for

Hahaha!

You lot are deluded.....

You started this by questioning Hearn as to why he should talk about the sell out at the press conference.
Your statement above is absolute proof that Hearn is doing an amazing job! Selling a fight between 2 journeymen or "good amateurs"
As big as he has is promotional genius is it not? 👏👏👏👏

So, @ross, didn't fancy replying to this one then? 😂😂😂😂

Ross? Rooooossssssss? Ground control to Ross? Can you hear me Ross? Hahahahaha

Ok, yet again , your lack of a reply denotes that I was right and you've realised that. I'll accept that. Have a good day. 😎😎😎

[ross]

Seeing as youv gone to the effort of replying to yourself 3 times.....

You are Hearns audience.

Naive.

I am not.

The fight is between 2 novices who would both be considered not ready for Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko and the only way either of them ever had a chance of winning a world title was for a title to be stripped. Like I said, if you want to join in getting excited over that, ok. It doesnt make the heavyweight division any clearer, especially to those who will swallow this

[erics44]

Seeing as youv gone to the effort of replying to yourself 3 times.....

You are Hearns audience.

Naive.

I am not.

The fight is between 2 novices who would both be considered not ready for Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko and the only way either of them ever had a chance of winning a world title was for a title to be stripped. Like I said, if you want to join in getting excited over that, ok. It doesnt make the heavyweight division any clearer, especially to those who will swallow this

its a pitty mate because what Tyson Fury has done in his last fight is outstanding, much bigger and better than anything either martin or josh has done by miles

im particularly pleased about it, as I am a firm believer that it is the klits that have ruined HW boxing over the last 10 years and not the opposition (or lack of it)

but it seems that Josh is a bigger draw than fury, as is haye, people want to see these two fight more than they want to see fury

and to be honest, having said all that, im looking forward to josh v martin much more than klit fury 2

and if haye gets a decent opponent then probably that fight too

[Fenster]

Haye-AJ for the "world" title is the biggest/richest fight in boxing... unless Floyd comes back to get decapitated by Golovkin.

[ross]

Again you are talking world but mean Britain.

Id say Fury v Wilder would sell more world wide than Joshua v Haye.

[Fenster]

No I mean worldwide, I know what I mean.

Wilder is not a bigger draw in the States than what Haye/AJ are in the UK. He's not a PPV fighter or as big a ticket seller. Wilder's last fight - which was on free TV - averaged under 500,000 viewers (your hero jumping in the ring got more attention than any interest in Wilder).

AJ-Haye would pack out Wembley, Fury-Wilder can't compete with that.

[ross]

In your modest opinion.....

[smashup]

Enough of the constant bitching on here.!!
It's embarrassing to the site ffs.

Back on track.........

Great to see Conor Benn (Nigels son) finally turn pro and be added to this and Hearn has him onboard to add to his already amazing stable of fighters.
He's in great hands trainer wise too with Tony and Peter Sims and from the footage I've seen on youtube is a vicious hard hitting brawler just like his daddy :-)
One to watch develop for the future for sure.

http://www.boxingscene.com/joshua-ma...-debut--101575

[smashup]

This is an Easy ko win for AJ trust me.

[Primo Carnera]

Seeing as youv gone to the effort of replying to yourself 3 times.....

You are Hearns audience.

Naive.

I am not.

The fight is between 2 novices who would both be considered not ready for Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko and the only way either of them ever had a chance of winning a world title was for a title to be stripped. Like I said, if you want to join in getting excited over that, ok. It doesnt make the heavyweight division any clearer, especially to those who will swallow this

Oh, you are such a plum Ross. I replied 3 times to myself to highlight the fact that you didn't have an answer. as for this "following Hearns Naïve" nonsense, all I was doing was answering your ridiculous rant about Hearn at the press conference . I didn't say I agreed with it, I didn't say Joshua is the next coming of Christ, I didn't say Joshua will spark Martin out early, I didn't even say I will be buying it PPV!!!!!!
But what I , and most other people who can be bothered to respond to you said was that Joshua is the cash cow of the division (potentially with Haye not far behind.)
This doesn't mean he's better than Fury or Wilder, it doesn't mean he would beat them, but what it does mean is that he is marketed better and has the potential to earn 5, maybe 10 times more than them . Obviously to do that , he needs to keep winning .
You are right , a lot of people will pay way too much money to watch certain fighters and Joshua earning £3Million for a British title fight is crazy. But it is a FACT, and you just have to get fucking used to it.
btw, if you think Fury/Wilder generates more revenue than a potential AJ/Haye matchup assuming AJ was World Champ, you are dreaming (wet dreams about Fury probably!)

[ross]

You need to learn to condense

[ross]

I find it amusing and roll my eyes that this is now some kind of dick measuring contest based on ticket sales as opposed to actuall skill level which even you Primo have just admitted that Johua would probably lose to Fury.

Lets also not forget that Wlad Klitschko just had his biggest audience against and payday against Tyson. So either Klitschko or Fury are the cash cows at the moment. Lets see what their rematch does in ticket sales, if the fight actually happens. Looking like it could be a stadium in the UK at the moment.

Joshua is fine being hyped and people jumping on what they hope is going to be a successful career. Wait till he fights actual world class fighters. One loss and that fan base will jump the sinking ship. Is Martin genuine world class? Is he fuck. Joshua is getting hyped as a destroyer but the second he cant destroy someone that interest dies down.

[Primo Carnera]

I find it amusing and roll my eyes that this is now some kind of dick measuring contest based on ticket sales as opposed to actuall skill level which even you Primo have just admitted that Johua would probably lose to Fury.

Lets also not forget that Wlad Klitschko just had his biggest audience against and payday against Tyson. So either Klitschko or Fury are the cash cows at the moment. Lets see what their rematch does in ticket sales, if the fight actually happens. Looking like it could be a stadium in the UK at the moment.

Joshua is fine being hyped and people jumping on what they hope is going to be a successful career. Wait till he fights actual world class fighters. One loss and that fan base will jump the sinking ship. Is Martin genuine world class? Is he fuck. Joshua is getting hyped as a destroyer but the second he cant destroy someone that interest dies down.

When did I admit that? (is that condensed enough for you?)