jimufctna24 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Egg Shen said: ut either Eddie's a brilliant liar or he's the one telling the truth because hearing Eddie talk always seems to make sense of the whole thing. Agreed. If the "BT Sport" clause part of Eddie's story is accurate, then I am inclined to believe that Wilder's team was hustling him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted August 29, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 29, 2018 Yeah, he's undone a big chunk of the other side's argument as well with the 'you can't make the fight without a date and venue' thing, only for Warren to do just that with the Fury vs Wilder and Frampton vs Warrington fights. 'IT'S ON!' But there's no date and no venue, still, even though it's nearly 2 weeks later and Warren said there'd be an announcement within that week. Now Warren's on a milk carton because he promised something he didn't have finalised. Why was Frank even getting involved in the Joshua vs Wilder negotiations anyway? The whole thing is bizarre. Another thing is that Hearn gives lots of details when he's telling his version of events. And when you listen to what he's saying, it makes sense, unless you're just looking for reasons to say he's full of shite/AJ is trembling with fear or whatever. The things he's saying are logical. I'd started to have my doubts about Hearn's story when it looked like this Wilder vs Fury thing was happening but now I'm thinking it was all a load of bollocks from the off and nothing more than a publicity stunt. And consistently throughout this whole game of cat and mouse, Hearn has continued to publicly say that the offer is still on the table for AJ vs Wilder. He's said loads of times that he's open to talking about the terms they want changing. What are Wilder's side actively doing to get the fight made? I haven't even heard them address Hearn's comments that the offer is still there to make the fight. And I say all this as someone who finds Hearn a bit of a smarmy twat. I don't really want to believe him but it's the only side that's making any sense to me at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 29, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 29, 2018 Frank Warren tweeted today that Fury/Wilder is still on despite some reports going around that Fury has said he wants one more fight before it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkchopcash Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 The thing what annoys me about Hearn, is he tried to sign Fury to sacrifice him to Bellew. He wanted Fury to have one warm up then fight Bellew knowing he wouldnt be ready. Where as now he has had 2 fights he is saying he looks terrible and shouldnt be fighting Wilder, yet its ok for him to fight Bellew after one fight. I still believe AJ camp do not want the fight yet. Theres an interview with Barry Hearn on there as well saying they should do it two years down the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 30, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 30, 2018 Yeah, but Hearn wasnt to know that prior to signing Fury was he? In the video he says that Fury's plan was to have 7 fights before fighting AJ against poor opponents, thats why he didnt sign him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkchopcash Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 (edited) Hearn tried to sign the Bellew fight when Fury was 27 stone and just announced his comeback, thats appalling. Tbf Fury did agree by all accounts but thats a shitty move by Hearn. Vulture. Edited August 30, 2018 by Porkchopcash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 31, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 31, 2018 Well, he's a promoter and he's trying to make money for his fighters (and himself), you cant blame him for trying to set it up, especially when you have someone like Fury who was making some bold claims on social media. Im fairly certain Eddie Hearn would have let Fury take a fight or two before Bellew, he just didnt want to allow Fury to take a bunch of one one sided fights before doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted August 31, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 31, 2018 On 8/29/2018 at 1:46 PM, Egg Shen said: Eddie's talking about the schedule run just drums that home though, it's gonna be an insane couple of months, and that's just his shows! I was having this exact conversation with a mate at the weekend. Including MMA & GLORY, it's one of the most incredible run of big, exciting fights I can remember. It's easy to forget a lot of them because it seems every two weeks something exciting is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkchopcash Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 1st ep of 24/7 GGG/CANELO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 1, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 1, 2018 Thanks for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 1, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 1, 2018 How's the Joshua vs Povetkin undercard shaping up? I know Luke Campbell is rematching Yvan Mendy and Lawrence Okolie vs Matty Askin is on there. Anyone heard anything else? Guessing Conor Benn will probably end up on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 3, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2018 Thats pretty much it as far as announcements. There wont be much more on there now other than a few squash matches with it only being 3 weeks out. Probably a case of Matchroom being spread a little thin with the huge schedule and knowing that AJ sells the thing on his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkchopcash Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Thats a woeful card, i normally get every Matchroom ppv but wont be getting that one, hopefully the numbers and attendance are down to maybe make Hearn up his game a bit when it comes to the Joshua PPV’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 3, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2018 Attendance is down a little. Sold 60,000 last i heard. Think thats little to do with the card though and more that people are bit fed up with the Wilder situation. Id imagine a lot of people who want to go see Joshua are hanging on until April because they've been told that thats when he gets Wilder or a rematch with with Whyte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 3, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2018 I've seen rumours of Josh Kelly vs Brandon Rios for fhe undercard but that was just on Twitter and could well be bollocks. Also saw a few tweets about a David Price vs Sergey Kuzmin fight being in the works as well. Kuzmin is unbeaten at 12-0-1 and stopped Joe Joyce in a round in the amateurs. So potential/rumoured card at the moment is looking like; Anthony Joshua vs Alexander Povetkin Luke Campbell vs Yvan Mendy 2 Lawrence Okolie vs Matty Askin Josh Kelly vs Brandon Rios David Price vs Sergey Kuzmin Nowhere near as good as the Whyte vs Parker card in July, they're relying solely on AJ to carry this one but it should be a decent night's viewing. Probably too late to get a Conor Benn fight added now though. Show's less than 3 weeks away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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