Heavyweight boxing and the sport lost out on a fight in Joshua vs Wilder that should have happened and will forever go down as a missed opportunity for the entire sport.

When they were both undefeated, that’s when it needed to happen.

If boxing had Saudi Arabia back then it would have sorted it surely.

Alas, Tony Bellew is spot on here on X:

“This is what happens when politics get in the way of GREAT fights! We have been robbed of a true classic here!! I wish Deontay Wilder well and hope he now thinks about his wealth and ultimately his HEALTH! When there is a huge fight there to be made, MAKE IT!”

Here, here.

Fact is not always truth.

Alas, the only truth in this evil world is God, and everything else reconciles and attempts to conform to God.

However, both the above is indeed fact and true.

Boxing lost out on a great fight there.

The good news is the fights are now finally happening in the sport.

Where the best fight the best.

In their primes.

Or even before that.

When they are up and coming and undefeated.

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