Deontay Wilder vs Dominic Breazeale 18th May 2019 Sky Sports

**Master** · 05-19-2019 11:39 AM

Another thing too is that he’s thinking like a businessman. I applaud him for that. He’s taking his entire career and putting it in his own hands. He bet on himself. We know someone else who has done that (chuckles) named Floyd Mayweather. I’m not comparing the two, but it’s the mindset. I think the risk that he’s taking, I applaud that because he’s not relying on anybody else but himself. He’s going in there and getting it done. I have nothing but respect for that all day. He’s looking to take his brand to an entirely different level. He’s working extremely hard at all of this to be able to crossover into that mainstream world. He’s seen the Floyd Mayweather blueprint. It’s not going to work for everybody, but he’s in a great position to execute.

SN: You have been a big part of Mayweather’s career and making the megafights with Manny Pacquiao, Conor McGregor, and Miguel Cotto. A lot of people want to see Fury, Joshua and Wilder have a round-robin tournament after they get through these next fights here in the next month and see who the best is. Do you feel they are going to fight and in the case of Wilder-Fury, fight again?

LE: I think it will eventually happen. We all know what happened. Let’s call it what it is. We had Wilder-Fury II just about dialed up, and Bob Arum came in and disrupted the whole thing and f---ed it all up by design. I’m not mad because I don’t have anything to do with it and promoting any of the guys. But it’s typical Bob. I think those fights will get made. All roads lead to Deontay Wilder. They really do.

Joshua has done a tremendous job capturing a massive audience in the U.K. They are diehard fans. To be a superstar, you have to come over to America. Lennox Lewis is an excellent example of that. Joshua is an exceptional fighter, but I think by design they (Joshua’s team) has taken their time and wanting him to get better. They’re flaws in his game, and I’m not saying that to be disrespectful in any way. They wanted him to take some fights and get him to be better, and he’s doing that. When those two fight, it will be a knockdown, drag down brawl. I think Deontay Wilder knocks him out like he will do to Fury in the rematch.

SN: Is Joshua-Wilder the biggest fight in boxing?

LE: Yes, it is because Floyd Mayweather isn’t fighting (laughs). He put the heavyweights on the shelf when he became the highest grossing athlete in all of sports with everything he accomplished over the years. Floyd and Manny Pacquiao have been the two most prominent names in boxing for the last decade and a half and being involved in the biggest fight in the history of the sport with Floyd controlling the entire landscape. Deontay is looking to be that new guy. He has all the tools necessary to become the guy and the face of the sport. Canelo by his exceptional run he’s been on is the face of boxing right now. But Deontay is approaching that because he’s a heavyweight and the sport for many years relied on Floyd and Manny and another guy who I won’t mention because I hate saying his name, as the mainstream attractions. It’s going to Deontay awhile, but he’s getting on that right track.

SN: Let’s focus on someone in your stable at Mayweather Promotions who is fighting on the main card this Saturday, Juan Heraldez. How good is he going to be?

LE: This is going to be the coming out for Juan Heraldez. He’s been telling me that he’s wanted this opportunity for a long time. Everything is about timing. Now is his time. I think he will come out on Saturday night and make a significant statement to all the other 140-pound fighters out there that he has arrived. He’s a young man who is quickly becoming a major attraction. When I say that, his mindset and everything he’s working on, this is his opportunity. He’s in with a very tough guy in Argenis Mendez, who is coming off a tough fight against Anthony Peterson. This is the right fight to make at the right time. I think if you are looking for something exceptional on Saturday, look no further than Juan Heraldez. After this fight, he wants all the smoke at 140 pounds. I think he’s ready to face (WBO champion) Maurice Hooker and (WBC champ) Jose Ramirez today. He told me he isn’t looking at them, as he wants the guy everyone says is the boogeyman in the division Regis Prograis. I love that confidence in a young fighter.

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X · 05-19-2019 03:18 PM

*yawn* ..... three premiere heavyweights - one is fighting a fat passer by, one I'd fighting a guy who is not even a household name in his own home, and one is fighting a big lump who can't actually fight.

**p4pking** · 05-19-2019 10:52 PM

Anyone watching this? Russell and Martinez coming out. Havent seen Kiko in ages but assume he wont have enough left to make this all that interesting. Russell has fought once a year for like 5 straight, didnt realize that.

**TitoFan** · 05-19-2019 11:00 PM

I suspect the usual suspects will come straggling in soon enough.

I'm watching, but Martinez honestly has nothing to offer up here.

**Kirkland Laing** · 05-19-2019 11:15 PM

Well that was a fucking pointless fight. We probably won't see Russell for another year now. He's supposed to be a free agent now but the problem is to get the fights he wants he's going to have to sign a long term deal with somebody.

Good evening everybody by the way.