03-29-2018, 11:59 AM
03-29-2018, 12:39 PM
Both are solid - Gonna be dope as fudge fight!!!
VP
03-29-2018, 12:54 PM
To be honest, he looks like an educated boy...has the look of a doctor with those spectacles.
VP
03-31-2018, 10:00 AM
Big fight night today. I won't watch it live...not worth this.
AJ the man !!
AJ the man !!
VP
03-31-2018, 11:03 PM
We won...unimpressive though.
Deontay Wilder next???
Deontay Wilder next???
04-01-2018, 01:09 AM
What a borefest that was. Want my monay back. Jabathon.
04-11-2018, 02:05 AM
Biggest heavyweight fight in a long time if it happens
Quote:Deontay Wilder has been offered a flat fee of £8.8 million to fight Anthony Joshua and unify the heavyweight division, with the American set to give his answer within the next 48 hours.
The Daily Telegraph understands that Joshua and his promoter, Eddie Hearn, have sent a contract to Wilder and his representatives but that it does not state where the fight will be, when it will be, or even whether it will be Joshua’s next fight.
Joshua, who added the WBO strap to his IBF, WBA and IBO titles with a victory over Joseph Parker 11 days ago in Cardiff, has claimed his team has submitted three offers to Wilder this week for a fight that would gross at least £60 mlion and possibly far more.
However, the American’s management team, through co-manager Shelly Finkel, refuted this yesterday, claiming that this is “the first offer”, which was a “flat fee with no place, date or venue, nor even whether it was the next fight”.
In what would effectively be a fee for Wilder and a huge payday for Joshua, the two teams will discuss a 50/50 split for a second contest between the pair, regardless of whether Joshua loses. The Briton’s split of the purse for his fight with Parker was 67-33.
A unification contest between the two unbeaten heavyweights has been estimated at being worth in the region of £75 million, doubling up to £150 million for two meetings of the giant heavyweights.
The rematch clause permits 32-year-old Wilder a second fight to take place in the US following a stadium showdown likely at either Wembley or Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.
Wilder’s camp have repeatedly stated they would be willing to fight Joshua in the UK for a 60/40 split in favour of the Briton.
“It was a take-it-or-leave-it offer,” Finkel told The Telegraph. “We will respond appropriately in the next day or so with our counter offer. If Joshua is serious, we will take the fight.
“Deontay wants this fight. He doesn’t want anyone else.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/2018/04/11/deontay-wilder-offered-flat-fee-88m-fight-anthony-joshua-will/
04-11-2018, 07:58 PM
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) does not believe WBA, IBF, IBO, WBO champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) is looking to face him in a unification in the near future.
Wilder truly believes that Joshua, and promoter Eddie Hearn, are scared of doing the fight.
The two sides are in talks at the moment - with Wilder's team claiming that Hearn sent them a $12.5 million flat fee offer - which Wilder co-manager Shelly Finkel says was a "take it or leave it" offer.
Wilder, who last month retained his title with a knockout victory over unbeaten Cuban Luis Ortiz, is pushing hard to get Joshua in the ring.
Joshua has several options on the table.
The WBA recently ordered him to make a mandatory defense against Alexander Povetkin, who is also the WBO's top contender. There is also the idea of fighting in the United States against Jarrell Miller - if he wins his upcoming return later this month.
“They are scared of me. He needs to take that ‘F*** Fear’ patch off his trunks because that doesn’t apply to him,” Wilder told Viceland’s Desus and Mero.
“It’s been almost two years now [Joshua has been ducking]. There are a lot of things in my career, in terms of calling the best out, I’ve been doing that from the beginning. I’ve always got the short end of the stick because when they look at me they recognise a real person, a real fighter.
“I’m a real hitter, they recognise that. With that being said, in boxing nowadays, nobody wants to lose their ‘0’ because now it has transformed into this business type of thing. The more you stay undefeated, the more you look good and people want to do things with you.
“When you have a loss, in the mindset now, people don’t think there is a way of coming back but if you look back in past days of fights, you’ve seen some of the best have fought. Ali, one of the greatest, he lost. It’s all about falling and getting back up. A lot of these guys, man, they are just jokes. Anthony Joshua is one of those guys. Hear it from my mouth, he is a joke.”
https://www.boxingscene.com/deontay-wilder-anthony-joshua-joke-hes-scared--127078
Wilder truly believes that Joshua, and promoter Eddie Hearn, are scared of doing the fight.
The two sides are in talks at the moment - with Wilder's team claiming that Hearn sent them a $12.5 million flat fee offer - which Wilder co-manager Shelly Finkel says was a "take it or leave it" offer.
Wilder, who last month retained his title with a knockout victory over unbeaten Cuban Luis Ortiz, is pushing hard to get Joshua in the ring.
Joshua has several options on the table.
The WBA recently ordered him to make a mandatory defense against Alexander Povetkin, who is also the WBO's top contender. There is also the idea of fighting in the United States against Jarrell Miller - if he wins his upcoming return later this month.
“They are scared of me. He needs to take that ‘F*** Fear’ patch off his trunks because that doesn’t apply to him,” Wilder told Viceland’s Desus and Mero.
“It’s been almost two years now [Joshua has been ducking]. There are a lot of things in my career, in terms of calling the best out, I’ve been doing that from the beginning. I’ve always got the short end of the stick because when they look at me they recognise a real person, a real fighter.
“I’m a real hitter, they recognise that. With that being said, in boxing nowadays, nobody wants to lose their ‘0’ because now it has transformed into this business type of thing. The more you stay undefeated, the more you look good and people want to do things with you.
“When you have a loss, in the mindset now, people don’t think there is a way of coming back but if you look back in past days of fights, you’ve seen some of the best have fought. Ali, one of the greatest, he lost. It’s all about falling and getting back up. A lot of these guys, man, they are just jokes. Anthony Joshua is one of those guys. Hear it from my mouth, he is a joke.”
https://www.boxingscene.com/deontay-wilder-anthony-joshua-joke-hes-scared--127078
04-17-2018, 03:48 AM
World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has shared a message for Deontay Wilder ahead of their potential summer fight.
The 28-year-old Londoner - who recently beat Joseph Parker unanimously on points - only needs Wilder’s WBC heavyweight crown to become undisputed king of the division.
Wladimir Klitschko is the only man to ever drop Joshua in the ring and the 42-year-old Ukrainian believes the American could be a difficult opponent.
“It would be a dangerous fight for Anthony Joshua,” Klitschko told the Sunday Times. “I’m not saying he wouldn’t win it but Wilder has something.
“Due to his weight, he is extremely fast. He has good power in his hands and he’s extremely fast.
“Maybe he’s kind of wild in his technique but those punches are coming from who knows where.
“He is hard to defend against — where is that punch going to land or which side is it coming from?”
Joshua currently holds the WBA, IBF, IBO and WBO belts, whilst Wilder has held the WBC belt since 2015.
They are reportedly close to agreeing a summer fight in a UK stadium - and the 32-year-old American has been given a stern warning.
“He’ll do a great job of promoting and selling himself and I’ll do a great job of knocking him out,” said Joshua, as per independent.ie.
“People talk a good game, but it’s about backing it up in the ring. People like to trash talk, but I do it in a more fun way unless it gets personal and then I’ll give as good as I get.
"I like to beat them in the ring. I’ve never heard of a record for winning press conferences or stare downs.”
Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn told fans that Team Joshua are doing everything they can to fight Wilder next.
"I believe it will happen in the next one or two fights and, trust me, we'll be doing everything we can to make it happen in the next fight," Hearn said last week.
"It is really down to Wilder. Of course, there are negotiations to be done but again, if you believe you can win, it's not as if we are offering you peanuts – it's five times your biggest payday."
If Hearn is able to get these two in the ring, it would be the biggest fight of 2018.
http://www.givemesport.com/1295354-anthony-joshua-sends-his-most-chilling-warning-yet-to-deontay-wilder-ahead-of-fight
The 28-year-old Londoner - who recently beat Joseph Parker unanimously on points - only needs Wilder’s WBC heavyweight crown to become undisputed king of the division.
Wladimir Klitschko is the only man to ever drop Joshua in the ring and the 42-year-old Ukrainian believes the American could be a difficult opponent.
“It would be a dangerous fight for Anthony Joshua,” Klitschko told the Sunday Times. “I’m not saying he wouldn’t win it but Wilder has something.
“Due to his weight, he is extremely fast. He has good power in his hands and he’s extremely fast.
“Maybe he’s kind of wild in his technique but those punches are coming from who knows where.
“He is hard to defend against — where is that punch going to land or which side is it coming from?”
Joshua currently holds the WBA, IBF, IBO and WBO belts, whilst Wilder has held the WBC belt since 2015.
They are reportedly close to agreeing a summer fight in a UK stadium - and the 32-year-old American has been given a stern warning.
“He’ll do a great job of promoting and selling himself and I’ll do a great job of knocking him out,” said Joshua, as per independent.ie.
“People talk a good game, but it’s about backing it up in the ring. People like to trash talk, but I do it in a more fun way unless it gets personal and then I’ll give as good as I get.
"I like to beat them in the ring. I’ve never heard of a record for winning press conferences or stare downs.”
Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn told fans that Team Joshua are doing everything they can to fight Wilder next.
"I believe it will happen in the next one or two fights and, trust me, we'll be doing everything we can to make it happen in the next fight," Hearn said last week.
"It is really down to Wilder. Of course, there are negotiations to be done but again, if you believe you can win, it's not as if we are offering you peanuts – it's five times your biggest payday."
If Hearn is able to get these two in the ring, it would be the biggest fight of 2018.
http://www.givemesport.com/1295354-anthony-joshua-sends-his-most-chilling-warning-yet-to-deontay-wilder-ahead-of-fight
VP
09-22-2018, 01:39 PM