Povetkin is now Joshua's mandatory. Can AJ put him away? Could Povetkin give Joshua some problems with his pressure?
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Povetkin is now Joshua's mandatory. Can AJ put him away? Could Povetkin give Joshua some problems with his pressure?
They should fight in July.
All this waiting around bollocks is doing my head in..can someone compare how often heavyweight champions were fighting 20 years ago compared to today?
Povetkin looked poor, it was 2013 when he went the distance against Wlad. Without his PED he looks old and slow.
Hope he gets permanently banned or knocked out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Cheat.
If we cannot get a Wilder/Joshua fight NEXT, then this is the best fight for Joshua as is Whyte is the best fight for Wilder outside of Andy Ruiz or Joseph Parker.Quote:
Originally Posted by VG_Addict
He didn't look it to me. Nearly decapitated Price. Looked better than Ortiz to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Most fighters, not even top ones, stop Price.Quote:
Originally Posted by ykdadamajaHe didn't look it to me. Nearly decapitated Price. Looked better than Ortiz to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Ortiz would beat Povetkin.
Doubt it.Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterMost fighters, not even top ones, stop Price.Quote:
Originally Posted by ykdadamajaHe didn't look it to me. Nearly decapitated Price. Looked better than Ortiz to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Ortiz would beat Povetkin.
@impQuote:
Originally Posted by imp
Lennox Lewis fought:
twice in 94
three times in 95
once in 96
three times in 97
twice in 98
It's a complete fallacy that champions today don't fight as much as those of 50 years ago (rose-tinted selective memory).
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Originally Posted by Fenster
Shame.Quote:
Originally Posted by Batman@impQuote:
Originally Posted by imp
Lennox Lewis fought:
twice in 94
three times in 95
once in 96
three times in 97
twice in 98
3 times a year would or should be enough for any heavyweight champion.
This whole thing is a fake set up. Povetkin is in Mexico eating tainted beef and will be disqualified from the match.
Joshua might be heading to Russia :S..... Unless povetkin manager has run out of money... I don't think Joshua will ditch one of the belts so soon.
AJ can beat Povetkin to keep all the belts together. He had a sparring session last week.
I dont mind this. If it was Wilder next it would unlikely be the summer. So no reason he cant fight Wilder end of the year.
Thing that annoys me is that everyone wants to see the Wilder fight, they want a unified heavyweight champion yet the belts throw these mandatory challengers in and potentially delay the real fight, what happens once after this one, someone will probably demand that he fights the 10th ranked fighter or risk losing his belt, I think that Eddie Hearn has already said that he will most likely have to drop one of the belts but he is just hoping they can get the Wilder fight sorted before it comes to that.
Maybe its a push to get a huge payout from hearn as step aside cash?
Who gets the $$$ for the step aside cash?Quote:
Originally Posted by oakleyno1
Povetkin won’t be taking any step aside cash. The Russians will be trying to win purse bids and take AJ to one of the Eastern bloc countries.
If Povetkin has anything left, those guys have got some serious cash.
When he fought Klitschko, their purse bid blew everything out of the window! And that was when K2 promotions used to win every purse bid going.
I’ll bet Hearn is shitting himself.
NO, Eddie would be happy if AJ gets £20 million and he gets his cut on top of that going to Russia. AJ can be the British Rocky. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Primo Carnera
Explain to me, how does Hearn get “his cut”?Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterNO, Eddie would be happy if AJ gets £20 million and he gets his cut on top of that going to Russia. AJ can be the British Rocky. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Primo Carnera
Promoter Vladimir Hryunov won the right to promote Klitschko vs. Povwetkin with a purse bid of $23,333,330 and Russian businessman Andrey Ryabinsky putting up the money. Failed bids made were from K2 Promotions ($7,130,000) and Povetkin's promoter Sauerland Event ($6,014,444). It allowed Ryabinsky to dictate the location of the fight and guaranteed the fighters the biggest purses of their careers. Based on being entitled to 75 percent of the winning bid, Klitschko got $17,499,997, while Povetkin received $5,833,333.[60] The Klitschko camp were said to be surprised by the bid.[61]
Hearn isn't getting doodly squat
I don't know about the wba. Don't they still have 101 yr old Fres Oquendo waiting on his court ordered title shot? They also have Miller and Duhaupas about to square off in title eliminator. I can't for the life of me see Josuha going to Russia and here we are again waiting on a reigning champ to cater to a cheat. Could be seeing AJ drop that strap depending on bigger talks.
M8 u seem to have forgotten the wba has two world titles in some weight classes..... Fast fres is fighting Manuel charr at the start of may for the normal wba title, joshua has the super title... It really is quite bizarre, fans need to stop recognizing the minor one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spicoli
I think team joshua were well aware this was going to happen though. Povetkin coming over to Cardiff to damage price then getting whyte to call out povetkin post fight, and Hearn also pushing for Wilder v whyte... Whyte is a great pawn for Hearn. I would expect this fight to happen, Wilder seems to be going up against brezeale soon, joshua won't want to ditch a belt when he has chance to gain all four big ones in the big money fight.... Of course having all four belts isn't something amazing but it is a pretty cool gimmick to have with the amount of weird mandatories the sanctioning bodies are funded by.
I have no objections to this. Could be a very good fight.
Once AJ defends the title against Povetkin and unifies it against Wilder, I could see AJ relinquish the titles if it proves to be too problematic.Quote:
Originally Posted by palmerq
The Povetkin/Price fight was a fraud and a sham. So if Price had won did it mean he would be in line to fight for a title? :rolleyes:
Povetkin deserves a title shot on his own steam. But to say that if, by the luck of all of the Gods and lucky charms in the universe, Price would have won that fight that he would have gotten a crack at a world title, is like saying Audley Harrison deserved his shot against Haye for the WBA title after losses to Rogan and all else, even Sprott.
Before the fight , it was officially given the status of a final eliminator, so if Price had won , Yes he would’ve been AJ’s mandatory. TBH people have done a lot less to earn a shot than beat Povetkin, so it would’ve been relatively fair.Quote:
Originally Posted by ykdadamaja
But as we know, Price never won and was never likely to, so it’s all conjecture really.
As I was explained last year this whole "must defend the title" sham is just that, a sham. Drop a belt, fight Wilder, pick up a belt, same amount of belts. Here we are the next year and you all are still buying this. It's a little sad. Could have fought Wilder instead of Pulev, must defend the belt, turned out to be Takam, must defend the belt.
Same number of belts again! It's the fights that matter! Povetkin looked absolute shiite!
I favor AJ, Povetkin will be more dangerous than Parker tho.
Did you not see Povetkin rocked by David Price and look very poor?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha
If not Wilder I have no objections to this either.
I can still see Haye getting a shot if he comes through next month you know....
Yea Price can punch tho, AJ will have every advantage, I can see Povetkin taking risks and trying to land his right.Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterDid you not see Povetkin rocked by David Price and look very poor?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha
Who is “still buying this”? Why do you constantly think people are burying their heads in the sand?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron Swanson
I know when it suits you , you put a lot of stock in what fighters say, so........
Joshua SAID he wants all the belts FACT. Hearn SAID that with the amount of belts AJ has, as time goes on, the bodies will impose mandatories on him and if he wants to keep the belts , he has to honour them. This will make it harder to make the Wilder fight. FACT.
Now this may be a difficult juggling exercise , but that’s what they want. Nobody is “buying” anything. Are you seriously trying to say Joshua is SCARED of Wilder! ;D;D;D
I agree with Ron Swanson
I reckon Povetkin could trouble Joshua. He’s got decent movement, good head movement and doesn’t worry about getting hit in order to get in distance to throw that big right hook.Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterDid you not see Povetkin rocked by David Price and look very poor?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha
Joshua might take some time to work him out, although clearly Joshua isn’t David Price.
You’re putting too much stock into Price rocking him. Price caught him, he was off balance , hence the falling backwards, but Povetkin was fine.
So that’s it, settled. I was right. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust