Great news alert: Wilder vs Joshua looks like it'll happen this year

[Queen B]

Eddie Hearn already negotiating with Showtime for either September or December.

• September if Wilder and Joshua fight each other next

• December if Wilder and Joshua decide to have another fight in the summer first. Even if they go with the December option, they want the deal signed before the summer fight, similar to Jack vs DeGale

If they fight in December, we'll likely see Wilder vs Breazeale and Joshua vs Big Baby Miller

"I spoke to Stephen Espinoza to talk about mapping it out, and he said [a Joshua-Wilder fight] works best for him in September or December."

Hearn said if Joshua and Wilder each fight this summer, he would want to go into both of those bouts with a contract already signed for them to meet at the end of the year should they emerge from those interim fights unscathed.

"I said we either fight in July or August and then we see what happens, but I want to do a deal now," Hearn said. "Even if we both fight this summer, I am looking to reach an agreement on this fight prior to our next fight, where we have already signed to fight Wilder in December. Because of the fan demand, it's important that the fight is actually made now even if they fight one more fight."

"The question is do we have a fight in the summer and then box Wilder in December or do we go straight into the fight in September or October. That is one of the things I will be speaking with Joshua and Rob about. But the only way I think we should have an interim fight is if the Wilder fight is signed.

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/...uss-fight-deontay-wilder-champ-anthony-joshua

 

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[PUO3]

After all the shit talk Id like to see Wilder fight Whyte honestly lol.

Regardless, that is awesome news.

 

[MadSquabbles500]

The sooner they fight, the better. Its April, they can make an August date.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Great news! I hope it happens in September. I don't really have much interest in Wilder/Breazeale.

Do you think they will do the fight in UK or America?.

 

[Jonny Ninja]

If it’s the end of the year then I’d like to see Joshua vs povetkin and wilder vs whyte first

 

[Jonny Ninja]

Great news! I hope it happens in September. I don't really have much interest in Wilder/Breazeale.

Do you think they will do the fight in UK or America?.

It’ll be in Britain. Joshua has already said he wants it over here to repay the support from his fans, and wilder will probably have little say in the matter

 

[benebox]

Please don't have warm-up fights. Imagine if they both lost.

 

[Philtard]

After all the shit talk Id like to see Wilder fight Whyte honestly lol.

Regardless, that is awesome news.

You fuckin wot m8?

Lol.

Wilder whytes a good fight though. Buy fuck that over wilder aj

 

[Philtard]

Great news! I hope it happens in September. I don't really have much interest in Wilder/Breazeale.

Do you think they will do the fight in UK or America?.

At this point I think it has to be the UK.

 

[The Can Opener]

Called in halfway through Joshua/Parker.

When the big name fighters shits the bed he has to fight someone exciting and dangerous next.

 

[Boxer]

Please don't have warm-up fights. Imagine if they both lost.

Yeah I don't get that either.

Its all racked up, both just had a fight which were risks in itself.

The mega fight is there to be made so why not just go for August - September and get it done.

Any injury from a pre fight screws up everything, why risk it when both are now clear to fight?

 

[Boxiana]

Hearn taking care of business, and he’ll still get booed at the fight lol.

 

[PUO3]

You fuckin wot m8?

Lol.

Wilder whytes a good fight though. Buy fuck that over wilder aj

Im not saying Id rather see Whyte. No way.

 

[PUO3]

Yeah I don't get that either.

Its all racked up, both just had a fight which were risks in itself.

The mega fight is there to be made so why not just go for August - September and get it done.

Any injury from a pre fight screws up everything, why risk it when both are now clear to fight?

This. Too risky.

 

[Queen B]

Oscar salty about Canelo.

He wants to promote this event

 

[aries]

If it’s the end of the year then I’d like to see Joshua vs povetkin and wilder vs whyte first

Those would be some nice match ups. But I'm just happy at the news that Wilder and Joshua is a go.

 

[aries]

Oscar salty about Canelo.

He wants to promote this event

Fucking Oscar, was he drunk when he posted 'mediocre raiding on Showtime'. Good way to go about getting business.

 

[Boxer]

Oscar salty about Canelo.

He wants to promote this event

Yeah Oscar the promoter is not a good look for him.

Unlike Dana White or Eddie Hearn who can play the pantomime villain and still come across as somewhat endearing, Delahoya just ends up looking like a C U next Tuesday.

He was sore as hell when Floyd fought Connor and now he's trying to steal peoples HW's.

He gives me the impression that if there's big money happening in boxing he seems to think its his god given right to have the money going to him or he slates it ........ funny though if it was his fight he'd be pumping it up like a man with a blow up doll and hard on.

 

[Kenjamito]

he'd be pumping it up like a man with a blow up doll and hard on.

Lol, I’ve got to remember to use that sometime.