By Allan Fox: Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn was amused by Deontay Wilder’s request of a 50-50 split of the revenue for a unification fight against Anthony Joshua in 2018. Hearn says he was “speechless” after hearing of Wilder’s wish for an even split of the money for the Joshua fight.
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn doesn’t think the Anthony Joshua vs. Deontay Wilder unification fight will be taking place next in early 2018. Hearn says Joshua could face WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker next. The Wilder fight would take place in the summer.
By Juan Flores WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder wants an even split of the revenue for his unification fight with IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for their proposed fight in 2018.
Fight tipped to take place next summer – Joshua 2/9 favourite with odds of 4/9 for Wilder to be KO’d
– AJ favourite to win SPOTY 2017 award (2/9)
With Eddie Hearn claiming that a fight between Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder is a certainty in 2018, the excitement is building for a meeting between the American WBC Heavyweight champion and the man he branded a “little girl” this week.
By Eric Thomas: Eddie Hearn says he had a “positive” first meeting with the management for Deontay Wilder on Thursday in New York to discuss a unification fight with Anthony Joshua for 2018.
By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Eddie Hearn wants Deontay Wilder and his team to stay away from fantasy numbers when it comes time for them to begin negotiations for the Anthony Joshua fight today. Hearn doesn’t want to miss putting the Wilder-Joshua fight together by Wilder’s side pricing themselves out for the fight.
By Jeff Aranow: In an experiment to test how popular heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is to the average American, Eddie Hearn, the promoter for IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, asked a couple of pedestrians on the street of New York if they’d ever heard of Wilder. Not surprisingly, the pedestrians said they don’t know who Wilder is.
By Juan Flores: IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn confirms that he’ll be meeting this week with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber’ Wilder’s advisers Al Haymon and Shelly Finkel to plan a unification fight for 2018.
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn says no one from heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s team approached him to start negotiations for a fight against his star fighter Anthony Joshua. Hearn says it was he who contacted Wilder’s team about having him fight his stable fighter Dillian Whyte on February 3.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder doesn’t bring much value to a fight against IBF/WBA champion Anthony Joshua, according to promoter Eddie Hearn. He says there’s no comparison between the two heavyweights as far as commercial value goes. As such, Hearn says that they’ll have to pay Wilder far more than his worth for him to accept a unification fight against Joshua.