Joshua-Klitschko II: Hearn waiting for Wladimir to decide on rematch

Joshua-Klitschko II: Hearn waiting for Wladimir to decide on rematch

Joshua-Klitschko II: Hearn waiting for Wladimir to decide on rematch

Joshua-Klitschko II: Hearn waiting for Wladimir to decide on rematch

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British promoter Eddie Hearn is waiting for Wladimir Klitschko to let him know if he plans on taking the rematch with his fighter Anthony Joshua for another mega-fight before the end of the year. The 41-year-old Wladimir is enjoying himself on a 2 week vacation following his 11th round knockout loss to Joshua last month on April 29 at Wembley Stadium in London, England.

Hearn seems to be in a real hurry to find out about Wladimir’s plans for some reason. There are some boxing fans who believe that Hearn isn’t eager for Joshua to fight Wladimir a second time, because he almost lost to him. In fact, there more than a few fans who think Klitschko would have gotten the victory if he’d simply been assertive when he had the 27-year-old Joshua badly hurt and exhausted to the point where he was out on his feet in rounds 6 and 7. Joshua was so tired that Wladimir could have blown air on him and he would have toppled over. It was the strangest though, because decided to not go for the knockout against Joshua.

“We have a mandatory challenger in Kubrat Pulev for the IBF. We have a situation with Wladimir Klitschko where we would like to make that fight again,” Hearn said to skysports.com. “Fans and broadcasters would like to do that fight again and Wladimir is currently on holiday for two weeks and he will make a decision on his return. If that’s a fight that Wladimir wants, I feel like that will be next for Anthony Joshua.”

It does appear that Wladimir is going to take the rematch with Joshua. Everything that Wladimir has said since the fight ended suggests that he’s going to push for the contractually obligated rematch. Hearn should be happy about it, because it will give Joshua a chance to learn something by being inside the ring with a talent like Wladimir. Joshua should consider himself lucky that Wladimir’s brother Vitali Klitschko still isn’t fighting, because I would favor him over Joshua 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

I think Vitali would have knocked Joshua out last April if he’d gotten him hurt the way that Wladimir did in the 6th. That’s the difference between Wladimir and Vitali. With Vitali, he’s not going to let a hurt opponent off the hook. He’s not going to assume that he’ll keep dominating the guy for the entire fight the way that Wladimir did. Vitali would have finished Joshua off. Even now, I think Vitali would have a good chance of beating Joshua if he made a comeback.

It’s interesting that Klitschko is letting Joshua and Hearn hang in the wind without telling them that he plans on invoking the rematch clause he has in the contract for their previous fight last month. Wladimir might as well get it over with and let them know so the boxing world can start getting amped for that fight.