malbaker86
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I'm talking when you get a gauge from how the boxing media and fans are looking at it. Not the betting odds
they mostly correlate with each other though...I'm talking when you get a gauge from how the boxing media and fans are looking at it. Not the betting odds
they mostly correlate with each other though...
you rarely see a fight the fans and the media thinks of as 50-50 but bookies still makes on of the fighters a 3-4 to 1 underdog
mostly correlates with what the experts think thoughIf you say so
Joshua needs to lose weight for the sake of his stamina. Did anyone else think he was throwing noticeably slower vs. Takam than what we've seen in the past?
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32KOs) is still very much a work in progress, says his co-manager Shelly Finkel. After last Saturday's world title win over Bermane Stiverne, the hype began growing for a fight between Wilder and WBO/WBA/IBO/IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko.
Finkel, who manages Wilder with Al Haymon and Jay Deas, also works closely with Klitschko.
He says there is no need to rush Wilder into big fights against the best of the division; that despite a world title he still needs time to grow and groom his skills.
“Look, (Wilder) is a baby winning the title. It was his first title fight, they'll be a time for unification, they'll be a time for all those things, he could go and Povetkin (the No. 2 contender) in Russia and make $10 million,” Finkel said to the Tuscaloosa News. “It's not the right thing yet. Give him a couple of fights, maybe bring something back to Alabama. Let him develop just like any other athlete. They don't take someone who is a great college prospect and throw him right in. And this kid is a great prospect.”
One fight that could happen this year is a match against unbeaten EBU/British champion Tyson Fury.
by a bunch of nobodies, thoEvery HW has been rocked before.
Just a couple years ago your promoter was calling you a baby and a prospect, telling the world that you (a champion) will not be rushed into a fight with Wlad...you were 33-0
“2016 it happens, it happens. That’s a title not if it’s going to happen but when it’s going to happen. If you ask me, that’s something on his behalf that should happen earlier rather than later. Because he’s getting older. I’m still a young guy. There’s still a lot of things that I can adjust to, I can get good at, I’m still growing. There’s nothing he’s going to change from this point on. He’s still got the same style, he’s still got the same movement, there’s nothing going to change.”
He continued, “While [Klitschko] is having his mandatories, I think me and Jennings having an all-USA clash, I think that would be a great fight before the Klitschko fight.”
Deontay Wilder: 'Wladimir Klitschko should fight me sooner rather later. Because he's getting old' - Boxing News
"I'm looking forward to seeing that happen in 2016," Wilder said of a bout with Klitschko.
Deontay Wilder hints at Eric Molina fight, sends Wladimir Klitschko message, Manny Pacquiao 'ought to be ashamed'
"He’s an unbelievable, inspirational person. He was patient. 30-odd fights, got his hands on the WBC. I’m following suit. I’m making my way to the U.S. with Showtime backing me, as well. He can pick up whatever he wants from that, but it’s so different when you’re in the ring with each other. One day, we’ll get to experience what each other’s about."
"Most definitely [I would want to fight Joshua]. Any fighter who has some excitement behind them, that the fans love, I definitely want them. That's what keeps the heavyweight division alive and gives the fans what they want to see," Wilder told BBC Sport.
Wilder Warns Joshua: He Will Have to Go Through Me! - Boxing News
were those Deontay Wilder's words? Do you have any gifs of Wilder looking nervous when the name Wlad came up? Has Wlad ever even called Wilder out like Wilder has been doing, since 2015, of Anthony Joshua?
Before Wlad even fought Joshua....Wilder said he'd fight him the following year.
Across the pond however
Joshua won his belt in 2016, was called out by Wilder in 2016, before Joshua even faced Wlad
Wilder to Joshua: Let's do it now!
And even back then in 2016, Joshua didn't want no problems:
And said this year, the fight with Wilder could happen as late as in 2020
I mean, even as far back as 2015, Wilder was looking for Joshua
Get your facts together b....Wilder aint duck nobody and especially not someone who's been calling him out for over 2 years now
:bombzquad: #BombZquad
he wasn't so eager to fight champions though.