This prospect will be the goods!

[the ollie reed fan club]

Jon, Joseph has only sparred Wlad out of the 3 mentioned Jon. And he cut him over both eyes. Wlad went crazy as I told you. Johnathon Banks told Joe's team that when Joshua was in for an earlier camp he was very very defensive minded against Wlad, to the point where he hardly threw a punch. I think it's one of the reasons Wlad is keen to take a fight against him.

ATN, they realistically were always gonna fight Price 1st to build Joe's profile in the UK ahead of his mandatory against AJ. Then the WBO title became available and they took the opportunity as it makes smart business. A fight against AJ only nets Joe a 75/25 split as a challenger. If he wins the WBO strap then he fights AJ he can get much closer to a 50/50 as it's a unification as you mentioned plus the fight is that much bigger if both guys have a strap. The other side of the deal is Arum only agreed to make the Ruiz fight if he gets a piece of Joe moving forward. Smart move by The Bobfather. The tie-up with Top Rank hasn't been made public yet but I think they are revealing it tomorrow at a presser. I'm going along and admit to being intrigued by the chance to meet Arum.