{"id":295900,"date":"2023-11-08T20:25:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T20:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=295900"},"modified":"2023-11-08T20:25:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T20:25:44","slug":"heavyweight-boxing-has-become-embarrassing-daly-tells-the-hook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/boxing\/heavyweight-boxing-has-become-embarrassing-daly-tells-the-hook\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavyweight boxing has become &apos;EMBARRASSING&apos;, Daly tells The Hook"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Heavyweight boxing has become &#8216;EMBARRASSING&#8217;, Charlotte Daly tells The Hook, as she claims too many stars are being &#8216;greedy&#8217;&#8230; with fights involving Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Oleskandr Usyk and Deontay Wilder continuing to stall<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s Charlotte Daly has hit out at the heavyweight division this year\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>She says it has gone from being our &#8216;bread and butter&#8217; to being &#8217;embarrassing&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Anthony Joshua is the Emma Raducanu of boxing: Listen to why on The Hook<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Heavyweight boxing has become &#8217;embarrassing&#8217; after a number of top fighters failed to secure highly-anticipated bouts &#8211; while others have been &#8216;greedy&#8217; in pursuit of a bigger purse, Mail Sport&#8217;s Charlotte Daly has told The Hook.<\/p>\n<p>Boxing fans have been craving to see the likes of Anthony Joshua fight rivals\u00a0Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury &#8211; while the Gypsy King has seen negotiations with Oleksandr Usyk over an undisputed title fight break down on a number of occasions.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also had a year that has seen Anthony Joshua&#8217;s fight against Dillian Whyte collapse on fight week and Wilder&#8217;s talks with Andy Ruiz collapse having failed to come to an agreement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>AJ&#8217;s failure to secure a bout with Wilder was a particular bugbear for Daly, who said the division had been &#8216;disappointing&#8217; after a number of controversies and issues popped up to stop the biggest fights from happening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She added that boxing&#8217;s top division has gone from being the sport&#8217;s &#8216;bread and butter&#8217; to being &#8216;an embarrassment&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/19\/77511713-12721365-Mail_Sport_s_Charlotte_Daly_could_not_hide_her_disappointment_wi-a-36_1699470568438.jpg\" height=\"433\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport&#8217;s Charlotte Daly could not hide her disappointment with the state of the heavyweight division this year<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/19\/77513533-12721365-Stars_like_Deontay_Wilder_and_Andy_Ruiz_Jr_have_failed_to_agree_-a-37_1699470568491.jpg\" height=\"470\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/19\/77513929-12721365-Daly_hit_out_at_greed_from_the_biggest_stars-a-35_1699470568436.jpg\" height=\"470\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Stars like Deontay Wilder and Andy Ruiz Jr have failed to agree on a fight this year as Daly hit out at &#8216;greed&#8217; from the biggest stars<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think it&#8217;s really disappointing because this year has not been exciting for the heavyweight division as it has for the lighter weight classes,&#8217; she told Mail Sport&#8217;s boxing podcast The Hook.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think the division gets in its own way because of contractual disputes and then\u00a0even failed drugs tests now are coming into play as another factor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think years ago, the heavyweight division was kind of the bread and butter of boxing and now it&#8217;s become somewhat embarrassing. I think that fight with Ngannou, whether you liked it or not, has caused a lot of the backlog.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Boxers are being greedy because they want the biggest purse and the biggest money and that&#8217;s all they&#8217;re focused on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They were also doing a proposed eliminator between the number one and number two, Deontay Wilder and Andy Ruiz, but that never happened because they couldn&#8217;t come to an agreement. Why not? Because Ruiz said he wanted a 50-50 purse split and Deontay Wilder was saying he wanted 70-30. Again, that&#8217;s greed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/19\/77514111-12721365-Anthony_Joshua_is_also_waiting_to_set_up_his_next_fight_in_Decem-a-38_1699470568756.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Joshua is also waiting to set up his next fight in December after a frustrating year\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So you find yourself in a situation where you&#8217;ve got Deontay Wilder and Andy Ruiz not fighting each other, you&#8217;ve got Tyson Fury going off and fighting Francis Ngannou in a crossover bout, you&#8217;ve got AJ not agreeing terms with Wilder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s multiple little things that all add up and then have a knock-on effect to other boxers within the division that&#8217;s causing so many issues.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Fury &#8211; who secured a split decision victory over Ngannou last month &#8211; is now expected to face Usyk in February next year.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua, meanwhile, is still without an opponent for his protracted December fight after being linked to facing Filip Hrgovic, Otto Wallin or Agit Kabayel.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12721365\/Heavyweight-boxing-EMBARRASSING-Charlotte-Daly-tells-Hook-claims-stars-greedy-fights-involving-Anthony-Joshua-Tyson-Fury-Oleskandr-Usyk-Deontay-Wilder-continuing-stall.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heavyweight boxing has become &#8216;EMBARRASSING&#8217;, Charlotte Daly tells The Hook, as she claims too many stars are being &#8216;greedy&#8217;&#8230; 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