Maybe. I mean, Mexican fans don’t seem to care what their fighters do. I know tons of Mexicans still supported Margarito after the glove incident. I would hope British fans are a bit more level headed and turn on a cheater. I mean, I feel like Brits should be hating on AJ after this whole thing for ducking Wilder. We will see though...
Exactly (on the first part you said). But my point is Joshua is nowhere near Ginger and/or Margacheato territory. True.... I'd expect some impatience from fans for not grabbing a fight with Wilder right now (if he really wants to unify), but you can't put this in the same stratosphere as the other transgressions mentioned. Now if this perceived ducking turned into a constant thing..... I would expect some real anger from the UK fans. I think the reason AJ probably gets a free pass right now is that he ended a LONG drought of British HW champions in what let's face it, is boxing's glamour division. He shouldn't waste that goodwill.
From what I'm reading from Wilder's side Joshua just wanted all the advantages. Fight in Britain, pick the judges and ref, the rematch clause/contract written the way they want it. Well so what. Joshua is the lineal champ. He's the attraction. He's just asking for what generations of American fighters have had handed to them for years as a matter of course with nobody complaining. Fights in America, not just three American judges but three Vegas judges normally, American (Vegas) ref and so on. Wilder can keep fighting for million dollar purses and Joshua can keep filling stadiums and making tens of millions a fight.
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