10-26-2016, 05:03 AM
Hearn should take Bryant Jennings offer straight away at this stage. That's a respectable opponent who has shown durability against top guys and has a US interest.
But I don't think Hearn has messed up at all. He can't help injuries, fighters wanting a fortune to fight AJ or just plain old ducking. The only thing hearn could of done is set up the Parker fight, but I think he's saving that. They are both young and have time on their side to face each other. Wlad has maybe one more fight left in him and they were talking about AJ-Wlad taking £30mil. You can't pass up a chance to make that happen, but as a result the Parker ship has sailed, along with others.
Also, UK fans don't want to see AJ-Price. A rematch between Whyte and AJ would have more pulling power with fans than AJ-Price. Price has faced nobody yet to shake the reputation of being chinless, so putting him in with AJ would be a bad move for Hearn. He'd get alot of backlash for that.
But I don't think Hearn has messed up at all. He can't help injuries, fighters wanting a fortune to fight AJ or just plain old ducking. The only thing hearn could of done is set up the Parker fight, but I think he's saving that. They are both young and have time on their side to face each other. Wlad has maybe one more fight left in him and they were talking about AJ-Wlad taking £30mil. You can't pass up a chance to make that happen, but as a result the Parker ship has sailed, along with others.
Also, UK fans don't want to see AJ-Price. A rematch between Whyte and AJ would have more pulling power with fans than AJ-Price. Price has faced nobody yet to shake the reputation of being chinless, so putting him in with AJ would be a bad move for Hearn. He'd get alot of backlash for that.