Y AJ may fight POVETKIN next !

[Ilya Muromets]

Fightnews.com:

WBA orders Joshua-Povetkin

The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee ordered the start of negotiations between WBA heavyweight super champion Anthony Joshua and WBA intercontinental champion Alexander Povetkin to agree on a fight for the body’s belt at more than 200 pounds.

Povetkin won the right to be Joshua’s official challenger in December last year, when in an elimination fight he beat Christian Hammer by unanimous decision. In addition, he comes from beating David Price by knockout. Moreover, the fact that he has already been world champion of the division and won a gold medal in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, endorse the decision based on article 18 of the WBA rules.

The WBA Championships Committee took into account that Joshua is a unified champion, who also holds the IBF, WBO and IBO titles. However, according to the rotation agreement, he must fulfill his mandatory commitments with the WBA.

The resolution was delivered to the parties on April 5th and they have 30 days, as of that date, to reach an agreement. Otherwise, the fight will be called to a purse bid.

[oogiebe]

This is probably the fight of the year, I expect it to be awesome. I'm definetly going to watch it!

Yes, this is the fight I want to see, and not that phony loud mouth Wilder who has already chickened out on a fight with Povetkin, and was only able to avoid getting properly KO'd by Ortiz by the timely intervention of the ringside "doctor" (let's see the medical degree!) and the clown dressed up in the referee costume (let's see the referee degree!).

Povetkin by KO in round one. You heard it here first! Don't forget!

BUT...I doubt that they will let the fight happen. They'll find some excuse. Maybe they'll have Doctor Margaret and her NeVADA crew "find" something again. The USSA and USSK don't want the big bad Russians to break up their private tea party.

My advice to you is to up the drugs.

[jamamb]

would be another good win for aj

if he wins then in 5 years and 22 fights pro helll have beaten:

wlad
povetkin
parker
whyte
takam
breazeale
molina, martin, johnson, etc

thats at minimum 6 guys who were or are now top 10, with at least 3 of them being top 5 in a lot of places. its been years since a hw has gotten a resume this strong this fast/in so few fights. look at the resumes of the other top hws at the same point.

[asdfjkl]

And he was planning to fight Ortiz, Wilder and Pulev on top of it, but they ducked him to fight no hopers!

For me, if AJ wins against Povetkin as well, he's undisputed.

[Ilya Muromets]

This is probably the fight of the year, I expect it to be awesome. I'm definetly going to watch it!

Yes, this is the fight I want to see, and not that phony loud mouth Wilder who has already chickened out on a fight with Povetkin, and was only able to avoid getting properly KO'd by Ortiz by the timely intervention of the ringside "doctor" (let's see the medical degree!) and the clown dressed up in the referee costume (let's see the referee degree!).

Povetkin by KO in round one. You heard it here first! Don't forget!

BUT...I doubt that they will let the fight happen. They'll find some excuse. Maybe they'll have Doctor Margaret and her NeVADA crew "find" something again. The USSA and USSK don't want the big bad Russians to break up their private tea party.

My advice to you is to up the drugs.

You will see, if they let the fight happen, which i doubt, for one reason or another, possibly even the minor (in cosmic terms) inconvenience of WW3 and the planet getting blown up and irradiated, which certain parties seem to want very much to happen.

[Bard of Boxrec]

You haven't watched Boxing long have you?

Knockouts don't result in guys leaving on stretchers all that often.

The op is a troll and not a funny one. His original position was that Povetkin is a hard man who is unlikely to be stopped by Joshua . Now he comes out with this . lol .

[Luis Fernando12]

You haven't watched Boxing long have you?

Knockouts don't result in guys leaving on stretchers all that often.

The op is a troll and not a funny one. His original position was that Povetkin is a hard man who is unlikely to be stopped by Joshua . Now he comes out with this . lol .

I was trying to convince myself of a way in which Povetkin could survive.

[Mexi-Box]

would be another good win for aj

if he wins then in 5 years and 22 fights pro helll have beaten:

wlad
povetkin
parker
whyte
takam
breazeale
molina, martin, johnson, etc

thats at minimum 6 guys who were or are now top 10, with at least 3 of them being top 5 in a lot of places. its been years since a hw has gotten a resume this strong this fast/in so few fights. look at the resumes of the other top hws at the same point.

It's also been a horrible division. Stop quoting BoxRec resumes, clown.

[jamamb]

lol then give examples proving me wrong

[Mexi-Box]

lol then give examples proving me wrong

Give examples of what? Unless you're new to boxing, everyone knows the division is currently in shambles. I guess it's easily missed if your boxing knowledge comes from looking up BoxRec records/resumes.

[Luis Fernando12]

In every new heavyweight boxing era with new heavyweight boxers, the heavyweight division usually looks 'weak'. Until of course, we look back after the era is over and another new era starts. That's usually the norm!

[Mexi-Box]

In every new heavyweight boxing era with new heavyweight boxers, the heavyweight division usually looks 'weak'. Until of course, we look back after the era is over and another new era starts. That's usually the norm!

Let's put it this way, the current #1 HW in the world went life and death with a semi-retired fighter that was beaten easier and closer to his prime by Fury.

[jamamb]

its in shambles , but no examples of fighters with better resumes at the same stage? lmao, if the division sucks that much surely they shouldnt be hard to find without needing to go back decades and decades

[jamamb]

In every new heavyweight boxing era with new heavyweight boxers, the heavyweight division usually looks 'weak'. Until of course, we look back after the era is over and another new era starts. That's usually the norm!

Let's put it this way, the current #1 HW in the world went life and death with a semi-retired fighter that was beaten easier and closer to his prime by Fury.

and yet you go on about jack vs edwards like its nothing

[Mexi-Box]

its in shambles , but no examples of fighters with better resumes at the same stage? lmao, if the division sucks that much surely they shouldnt be hard to find without needing to go back decades and decades

AJ's best win is against a guy that was semi-retired and coming off a loss. If only other fighters had it so easily... Context matters, but it doesn't matter to someone who lives off BoxRec resumes.

[Mexi-Box]

In every new heavyweight boxing era with new heavyweight boxers, the heavyweight division usually looks 'weak'. Until of course, we look back after the era is over and another new era starts. That's usually the norm!

Let's put it this way, the current #1 HW in the world went life and death with a semi-retired fighter that was beaten easier and closer to his prime by Fury.

and yet you go on about jack vs edwards like its nothing

Come find me when you can string together a better sentence.

[jamamb]

you cant even get the boxrec warrior stuff right dummy

i watch the fights, but even someone just checking records could still see wlad lost his previous fight and had been inactive, are you so stupid that you dont realize that lol

boxrec warrior stuff would like saying shumenev was better then campillo in there rematch because boxrec has a win for shumenov. not inactivity or losses, you idiot

[jamamb]

Let's put it this way, the current #1 HW in the world went life and death with a semi-retired fighter that was beaten easier and closer to his prime by Fury.

and yet you go on about jack vs edwards like its nothing

Come find me when you can string together a better sentence.

what a crap response

'omg aj had issues before koing wlad! he must suck! but dont you dare mention jack getting flattened by the great derrick edwards!"

[Badhusker]

Povetkin vs Wlad 2.0

Same tie ups, headlocks, etc. Boring decision for AJ.

[Luis Fernando12]

In every new heavyweight boxing era with new heavyweight boxers, the heavyweight division usually looks 'weak'. Until of course, we look back after the era is over and another new era starts. That's usually the norm!

Let's put it this way, the current #1 HW in the world went life and death with a semi-retired fighter that was beaten easier and closer to his prime by Fury.

Fair point. But the same can be said of many previous eras too. Wladimir Klitschko himself lost to less than stellar opposition, before redeeming himself and then becoming an all time great. At that point, one could also claim that Wlad's era was also weak. Until of course, the era ended. Which is when we could get an accurate understanding of the quality of his era.

We have to wait and give Joshua some time, along with the current era before we can logically evaluate the quality of the current era. Otherwise, it'd be a premature dismissal.

[Badhusker]

And he was planning to fight Ortiz, Wilder and Pulev on top of it, but they ducked him to fight no hopers!

For me, if AJ wins against Povetkin as well, he's undisputed.

MODS, CAN YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT THOS IDIOT???

[oogiebe]

And he was planning to fight Ortiz, Wilder and Pulev on top of it, but they ducked him to fight no hopers!

For me, if AJ wins against Povetkin as well, he's undisputed.

MODS, CAN YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT THOS IDIOT???

LMFAO!!!

[Mimmy]

And he was planning to fight Ortiz, Wilder and Pulev on top of it, but they ducked him to fight no hopers!

For me, if AJ wins against Povetkin as well, he's undisputed.

MODS, CAN YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT THOS IDIOT???

To start with whats the issue?

Calling someone an idiot because of what exactly.

[asdfjkl]

And he was planning to fight Ortiz, Wilder and Pulev on top of it, but they ducked him to fight no hopers!

For me, if AJ wins against Povetkin as well, he's undisputed.

MODS, CAN YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT THOS IDIOT???

I rather see mods doing something against idiots like you.

[pablothunder]

Povetkin will lose...probably by KO, but it won't be the most one sided beatdown that's ever been handed out. It'll be competitive, and it'll take a while before Joshua can bring the hammer down. Hell I wouldn't be too shocked if he just can't stop Povetkin. Wlad couldn't and Wlad dropped him 4 or 5 times.

Pov's not just some useless lump ya know. You don't get ranked Top 5 in the world by accident.

Couldn't agree more Gil.
Whatever the result, its not a mismatch. The result will clarify matters and be a deciding factor in a pro's career story.
Povetkin isn't ranked where he is for nothing.