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fmgod wrote:Joshua will win easy, can see it being over inside 3, it will sell Miller can talk, people will buy into the UK vs USA nonsense.

Yep - Joshua getting his big opportunity stateside will be one narrative
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Miller needs to be put out of the Heavyweight equation so this fight is necessary. Once he's out of the way the options become more limited, but you can guarantee that it will be Pulev after Miller, and that's going to be a load of bulls**t.
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Nesticles wrote:You would have to be off your face to pay £20 to watch Joshua knock out Miller at 4am
4am? It'll be speed then. :wink:
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Fury press conference - announces broadcasting deal with ESPN for the US and extension to his BT contract for UK broadcasting.
No developments on the Wilder 2 fight though, which is a shame.

Worrying though that the top 3 heavyweights are now all with different broadcasters;

Joshua: DAZN/Sky
Wilder: Showtime
Fury: ESPN/BT

Are they ever going to fight?
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Fury has just signed a 5 fight deal with ESPN/BT.

Now holds the keys to the heavyweight division with that sort of money behind him.

Joshua, unified champion, must be wondering what Hearne is actually bringing to the table for him.
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JuniorBilly wrote:
Are they ever going to fight?
££££ will dictate that the best fights the best at some point.

Wilder probably won't fight Joshua imo - because it won't be an undisputed fight for much longer.

Fury will take the gold and green, Whyte will win his final eliminator against Breazeale...and

...we'll get the winner of Fury/Whyte V Joshua in 2020....that's how I see it.
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wizzo_66 wrote:Fury has just signed a 5 fight deal with ESPN/BT.

Now holds the keys to the heavyweight division with that sort of money behind him.

Joshua, unified champion, must be wondering what Hearne is actually bringing to the table for him.
Doubt it - AJ's deal with DAZN/SKY is on a par with ESPN/BTSport surely?
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Billy Joe Saunders moves up to super-middleweight. Hmm.
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That division is there for the taking, once Smith goes up to Light Heavyweight, the Middleweight division is a much harder one, Saunders knows it's time. That said, can he cope with the extra height that some of his opponents will have, given that he's not a particularly powerful puncher and relies more on his movement and punch output?
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JuniorBilly wrote:
Doubt it - AJ's deal with DAZN/SKY is on a par with ESPN/BTSport surely?
The money behind the sports arm of BT and ESPN is miles ahead of Sky.
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Assuming Fury largely has done this to help him negotiate better deals for Wilder and potentially Joshua

Hopefully the Wilder rematch gets agreed next regardless of network/promotion issues. If it goes to purse bids I doubt that fight happens next.
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If Miller can punch as hard as he shoves, then AJ could be in for a tough fight.
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That Miller Joshua thing last night was embrassing WWF, anyone who buys into that needs their head checked, panto season was over a few months ago

There is an even a Joshua quote basically saying the fight is pointless

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fmgod wrote:That Miller Joshua thing last night was embrassing WWF, anyone who buys into that needs their head checked, panto season was over a few months ago
In fairness for the reasons mentioned Millers best bet is to act like a twat in the build up and rattle Joshua, which he looks capable of from the press conference.

That being said, I still think he has no chance and it’s easy to push someone who is standing bolt upright with their hands behind their back.

The most interesting aspect of this fight for me will be seeing if Miller can coax the real Joshua out in build up, not the PC robot Hearn has built him into.
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It's odd

Miller is a good guy(watch some of his videos with disabled children) acting bad
Joshua is a bad guy acting good

Joshua seems felon though, he got away with the whole racist comments like it never happened, his comments on Mugabe too
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fmgod wrote:It's odd

Miller is a good guy(watch some of his videos with disabled children) acting bad
Joshua is a bad guy acting good

Joshua seems felon though, he got away with the whole racist comments like it never happened, his comments on Mugabe too
It’s one of the reasons Whyte hates him. Whyte can come across a bit of a dockhead and unnecessarily aggressive at times, but that’s just him. Joshua tries to pretend to be this humble, placid guy, but if you look in to his past I struggle to believe it’s not at least partially an act.
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wizzo_66 wrote:Joshua, unified champion, must be wondering what Hearne is actually bringing to the table for him.
What? :lol:
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Sky cut out the interesting steroid comments by Miller, say how did Joshua got pro x weight then a year later put on 20lbs of muscle :lol:
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This is so Alan Partridge

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Then it was confirmed DeGale was the one who didn't want him on the broadcast team and it's now been reversed :lol:
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