Joshua v Miller - June 1st NYC

[TitoFan]

I'm happy about Wilder-Fury II...... and I'm happy about Joshua-Miller. Means Joshua isn't sitting on his ass posturing and waiting for the leaves to turn. He's fighting someone who's considered a top contender, and that should satisfy a lot of people. Personally, I don't rate Big Baby much.... and I think the fight result is a foregone conclusion. I'm glad Wilder and Fury got their rematch set up without either one fighting Joshua first. I'm of the group who believes AJ and his team f*cked around too much with Wilder, treating him as so much garbage. Fury stepped in and stole the limelight along with Wilder. For once AJ was left out in the cold. So good on him for fighting Miller now. I'm sure AJ-Wilder and/or AJ-Fury will happen soon enough.

[powerpuncher]

At the moment, this is about the best fight for AJ so I’m not upset about it. Now I will be very upset if doesn’t fight the Wilder and Fury winner after though.

[Master]

Well AJ missed his April date at Wembley and now has adapted his plan to fight in the USA. I am sure it is not his preferred option but he is still getting big money and a potential new market.

AJ is the best heavyweight in the world and yet more people will be interested in the Wilder v Fury 2 fight than his own. He has only himself to blame.

[Ron Swanson]

Well AJ missed his April date at Wembley and now has adapted his plan to fight in the USA. I am sure it is not his preferred option but he is still getting big money and a potential new market.

AJ is the best heavyweight in the world and yet more people will be interested in the Wilder v Fury 2 fight than his own. He has only himself to blame.

Your last paragraph is exactly my issue with him.

[Memphis]

AJ is the best heavyweight in the world and yet more people will be interested in the Wilder v Fury 2 fight than his own. He has only himself to blame.

Do people genuinely believe this though? I mean real people, not the divs on Facebook and Twitter who call people casuals because they're a bit more pragmatic about the whole it's all Eddie's fault narrative.

For sure Eddie could have made the Wilder fight in a heartbeat (assuming Wilder actually wants it of course, shock horror). Just adopt the Charles Martin approach and pay way more than you want to achieve what you want, simples.

There seems to be no blame attached to Wilder at all, he is whiter than white in all this and a victim of Eddie's underhand tactics.

Like it or not, even if you take the poorest offer (the alleged flat fee) that Eddie made to Wilder and his people, he knocked it back. He knocked back the most money, for the best (undisputed) fight and in turn accepted less money for a poorer (vague grasp on the lineal title) fight.

[Master]

AJ is the best heavyweight in the world and yet more people will be interested in the Wilder v Fury 2 fight than his own. He has only himself to blame.

Do people genuinely believe this though? I mean real people, not the divs on Facebook and Twitter who call people casuals because they're a bit more pragmatic about the whole it's all Eddie's fault narrative.

For sure Eddie could have made the Wilder fight in a heartbeat (assuming Wilder actually wants it of course, shock horror). Just adopt the Charles Martin approach and pay way more than you want to achieve what you want, simples.

There seems to be no blame attached to Wilder at all, he is whiter than white in all this and a victim of Eddie's underhand tactics.

Like it or not, even if you take the poorest offer (the alleged flat fee) that Eddie made to Wilder and his people, he knocked it back. He knocked back the most money, for the best (undisputed) fight and in turn accepted less money for a poorer (vague grasp on the lineal title) fight.

The majority of the blame is with AJ, he is The Man of the division who can make the fight happen at the click of his fingers like Thanos. However he is not willing to do it.

[Memphis]

AJ is the best heavyweight in the world and yet more people will be interested in the Wilder v Fury 2 fight than his own. He has only himself to blame.

Do people genuinely believe this though? I mean real people, not the divs on Facebook and Twitter who call people casuals because they're a bit more pragmatic about the whole it's all Eddie's fault narrative.

For sure Eddie could have made the Wilder fight in a heartbeat (assuming Wilder actually wants it of course, shock horror). Just adopt the Charles Martin approach and pay way more than you want to achieve what you want, simples.

There seems to be no blame attached to Wilder at all, he is whiter than white in all this and a victim of Eddie's underhand tactics.

Like it or not, even if you take the poorest offer (the alleged flat fee) that Eddie made to Wilder and his people, he knocked it back. He knocked back the most money, for the best (undisputed) fight and in turn accepted less money for a poorer (vague grasp on the lineal title) fight.

The majority of the blame is with AJ, he is The Man of the division who can make the fight happen at the click of his fingers like Thanos. However he is not willing to do it.

Can he though? From his position he/Eddie can offer more money than anyone else for sure, but that offer has to be accepted no? What makes you/people believe that this hasn't happened? We know for fact that Wilder was offered more money for a better fight against AJ, why would you knock that back for a lesser fight with lesser prestige and for less money?

[smashup]

The Hearns are responsible for the AJ v Wilder fight not being made. Barry Hearn still pulls the strings when it really comes down to it at Matchroom and he's been quoted multiple times saying that "We have a 7 year plan for AJ"

Do i think AJ should have taken that $50 million offer (if true) - Yes

Do i think AJ (just signed a new Matchroom/Sky/DAZN contract) had any say in that decision - No

One thing im certain of is that Joshua fears nobody and will be the King of the Trio.

Its all about the money at the end of the day.

[smashup]

When you think about it this has all turned out better for fight fans, AJ will beat the absolute shit out of Miller and look good doing it which sets things up perfectly for a mega unification fight with either Fury or Wilder.
If its Fury v AJ thats 100% going down at Wembley (90,000 fans and 10pm UK time 😎) 2 UK fighters, promoters and tv networks guarantee that.
If its Wilder it'll go down in Vegas or NYC.
We haven't had an epic year in the Heavyweight Division like this in around 25 - 30 years.

[Ron Swanson]

When you think about it this has all turned out better for fight fans, AJ will beat the absolute shit out of Miller and look good doing it which sets things up perfectly for a mega unification fight with either Fury or Wilder.
If its Fury v AJ thats 100% going down at Wembley (90,000 fans and 10pm UK time 😎) 2 UK fighters, promoters and tv networks guarantee that.
If its Wilder it'll go down in Vegas or NYC.
We haven't had an epic year in the Heavyweight Division like this in around 25 - 30 years.

Worse fights are better for fight fans?

AJ doesn’t need a showcase to fight Wilder or Fury next. He just has to choose to fight them.

[Kirkland Laing]

Why did dagestanboxing get banned? He's come up with some brilliant posts.

[Alpha]

AJ by KO.

[smashup]

Hearns planning a top undercard for this 👌🏼

The promoter told IFLTV: “I’m looking for a major fight for [Joshua] Buatsi there if he can come through [Liam] Conroy, I’d like to take Josh Kelly there.

“I’d like to do Tommy Coyle vs Chris Algieri, Ricky Burns vs Ray Beltran.”

“I’d like to do Kal Yafai vs [Donnie] Nietes in a unification fight, there’s some other world championship fights I’m looking at as well.

“I’m hoping as well that if Katie Taylor can get through [Rose] Volante, maybe we can do the undisputed with [Delfine] Persoon for all the belts.”


https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/4...ler-undercard/

[Freedom]

Miller and Joshua at today's press conference: Miller pushes Joshua

[powerpuncher]

I guess big baby just tested positive for 3 separate illegal substances. How can you be so stupid?