Do We Applaud?

[Roland]

Eddie Hearn says Dillian Whyte is Anthony Joshua's most likely opponent at Wembley next April as a fight with Deontay Wilder "looks impossible".

Good management! Better to have 2 easy fights and get paid the same as a fearful beating might well happen.

 

Some say it ruins the sport … gone are the days when champs - mostly - fought good and suitable opponents. Ones rated in fact.

Many so -called 'Legends' earned a healthy - and deserved Bank accounts ducking and diving those too good and deserving a shot of the title.

 

Ok we can go back to the days of Jack Dempsey and reason he would fight certain foes. the most ridiculous was 'He's a back man and supposedly hit his wife'! True.. Ok maybe the 6 or so 'black fighters' paid the price in some way for the great Jack Johnson'!

 

 

But to look at the foes who were fought when way past their best, those coming back from a long retirement, whilst deserved opponents were kept at bay.

 

 

Junior Witter for instance won a title from British / European, and world yet Hatton say I'm not making him rich by fighting him lol. So when Witter offered to fight him for nothing, or all his money to go to a charity, he never replied lol. Mind when my son - in - law, who went to America to see him fight etc and met him there and other times, he was most disappointed when going to Cambridge to hear him, the first words out of Hatton's' mouth was 'Don't ask about Junior Witter'.

 

Carl Froch sat on side for 4 years asking Joe Calzaghe for a fight... refused.

Now when Joe wanted one more fight to equal Rocky Marciano's record, and then another to realise his boyhood dream - lol as often stated - he was order to fight Froch! But retired instead! Then afterward bad mouthed Froch from afar. Yes Froch who had sat patiently for a title shot and NEVER ever gave a bad word against him!

the list is endless.

 

The great Ali gave all and sundry a chance. Many like Zora Folly, Big Cat Williams etc. a chance. For he said that though they were past their best, the deserves a shot... and a big pay day. Like when he fought Old man Moore.

I know many 'Greats' who fought other greats like you all do! Both domestic and world wide. indeed I - like you all, could ring of loads.

 

So when I/we see such good management - at the cost of the sport, do we applaud, and sigh?

Would we do the same?

[Delboy]

Whyte could cause an upset

[Roland]

Aye, true and he isn't over wrought, that's for sure …. mind he isn't a Wilder!