Will Wilder go to Russia

[Tarkus]

I haven't understood this fight from the start. Why the fight was such a rock solid mandatory that had to be done is one thing but why in the world the champion be required to lose his home field advantage and defend the title on the challengers home turf halfway across the earth?

Wilder has been fighting poofers since grabbing the belt, why is he having such a hard time getting around this scrap?

Thats how it works, if they cant agree then it goes to the bid winner. The same thing happened to Klitschko. Normally it was not a problem but now the fights are been taken in dodgy places like Grozny they will need to reevaluate the bid practice. Perhaps there should be a condition that the champion can demand the fight to take place at his home country.

[caldo2025]

I haven't understood this fight from the start. Why the fight was such a rock solid mandatory that had to be done is one thing but why in the world the champion be required to lose his home field advantage and defend the title on the challengers home turf halfway across the earth?

Wilder has been fighting poofers since grabbing the belt, why is he having such a hard time getting around this scrap?

Thats how it works, if they cant agree then it goes to the bid winner. The same thing happened to Klitschko. Normally it was not a problem but now the fights are been taken in dodgy places like Grozny they will need to reevaluate the bid practice. Perhaps there should be a condition that the champion can demand the fight to take place at his home country.

That's interesting. I've never really understood how these purse bids work so that's on me I guess to figure out. It just seems nuts that a kid from the ghetto in Alabama makes good and becomes Champion and then has to fight against his will in some crazy country. Meanwhile Canelo was "ordered" to make a fight with GGG days after winning the belt but now that fight is not happening in 2016 if at all. My brains scrambled with what Mandatory means in Boxing.

[brilo33]

only one american went to russia, some say he was Italian, but they did stop the cold war,

[marvelous marv]

You are giving Fres Oquendo way too much credit.