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10th December, Joshua v ?

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#1 ·
Who do you think will get the fight?
 
#116 ·
Im suprised jennings is getting support on here.

He came out and said he would fight joshua on dec 10th last week and now he has been offered the opportunity he doesn't want to know.

We have seen people win world titles on a few days notice before,this is a full 6 weeks out and a title shot on a PPV show.
 
#139 ·
All I can think of is that they've called Jennings' bluff here. Yea, ticking over is completely different to putting yourself through the mill every single day but he would have enough time for 5 weeks solid training from now. He should have a decent fitness base to build on so should get himself up to scratch physically by fight night. Mentally, however, he may need to feel that he has had a full camp and has left no stone unturned for him to have the confidence to perform. His team could have easily contacted Eddie a month ago and said "we want this fight" and his eyes would have probably lit up as a ready made acceptable opponent.

Still, it's a bit weird that he's turned this down, maybe he's been sounded out for somebody else?! In boxing, anything can happen to n extent so who's to say he doesn't have a tune up fight, throw his shoulder out and then require surgery and a year out?!

I really hope it isn't Molina. The whole thing has been a farce from the start and everybody involved should be embarrassed and ashamed.
 
#146 ·
Says a lot about the state of the division. Molina is ranked 13 with Boxrec, 11 with Fightnews.

I personally don't mind Molina given where Josh is at with his career, and with big fights clearly in the pipeline for when stadiums are available. The issue as always is that I won't pay £16.95 until he has a true test. (At best a few friends will get together and we will all split, as an excuse to get a night away from the other halves!) And of course the other issue is Hearn talking too openly about his Wlad plans, and setting that expectation.
 
#147 ·
Molina shouldn't have got 1 title shot,let alone 2.

Beating a shot Tomas adamek is grounds for a title challenge?

I'll bet even eddie will struggle to convince punters with this one.how do you sell this fight to the public?
 
#159 ·
I don't know how to feel about Molina. He's more deserving than Price but they are both such terrible fights that almost doesn't matter. I had resigned myself to the Price fight happening and was prepared to accept it as a comedy event rather than a serious boxing match. In a strange way I was looking forward to hearing how Hearn would try and sell it as a competitive fight and every scouse boxer pretending his has a great chance. Laughing at the picture of Price in a suit for the 27th time and his inevitable timid performance before Joshua knocked him out with the first meaningful shot he landed. Molina isn't even funny it's just shit.
 
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#168 ·
I'm not going to bash Hearn and AJ too hard, they we're clearly shooting for the Wlad match which didn't come off through no fault of their own. You're not going to get much better than Molina on 5 weeks notice, especially when everyone and their cat is trying to get a shot at one of the vacant titles floating around.
 
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