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Povetkin's promoter confirmed this morning the Povetkin-Wilder fight will happen in Russia

https://twitter.com/ryabinskiy/status/7 ... 9780503553

Hopefully it goes ahead....it's a fight I've wanted to see for years. If Deontay wins he proves a lot of people wrong.

crusader wrote:Hopefully it goes ahead....it's a fight I've wanted to see for years. If Deontay wins he proves a lot of people wrong.

He proves the majority of this board wrong by walking the aisle, much less in Russia.

good news! ...I don't have to stay up all night to watch it

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

crusader wrote:Hopefully it goes ahead....it's a fight I've wanted to see for years. If Deontay wins he proves a lot of people wrong.

He proves the majority of this board wrong by walking the aisle, much less in Russia.

That can't be! I've lost all faith in the UFC Nostradumbass.

Tanzio wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

crusader wrote:Hopefully it goes ahead....it's a fight I've wanted to see for years. If Deontay wins he proves a lot of people wrong.

He proves the majority of this board wrong by walking the aisle, much less in Russia.

That can't be! I've lost all faith in the UFC Nostradumbass.

I wish there would have been a betting line on Wilder taking this fight. He wants it.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

Tanzio wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:
He proves the majority of this board wrong by walking the aisle, much less in Russia.

That can't be! I've lost all faith in the UFC Nostradumbass.

I wish there would have been a betting line on Wilder taking this fight. He wants it.

I'll believe it when he actually gets into the ring and not a second before.

Baby Face Finster wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

Tanzio wrote: That can't be! I've lost all faith in the UFC Nostradumbass.

I wish there would have been a betting line on Wilder taking this fight. He wants it.

I'll believe it when he actually gets into the ring and not a second before.

It's not like it's Golovkin or Kovalev.

Baby Face Finster wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

Tanzio wrote: That can't be! I've lost all faith in the UFC Nostradumbass.

I wish there would have been a betting line on Wilder taking this fight. He wants it.

I'll believe it when he actually gets into the ring and not a second before.

Exactly too much can happen between now and then. Wilder just tweeted that he has lost his passport.

Lancenix wrote:Exactly too much can happen between now and then. Wilder just tweeted that he has lost his passport.

Freedom2013 wrote:

Lancenix wrote:Exactly too much can happen between now and then. Wilder just tweeted that he has lost his passport.

Has he vacated?

Tanzio wrote:

Freedom2013 wrote:

Lancenix wrote:Exactly too much can happen between now and then. Wilder just tweeted that he has lost his passport.

Has he vacated?

Not yet. A lot of time..... lots of time.

Lancenix wrote:

Tanzio wrote:

Freedom2013 wrote:

Has he vacated?

Not yet. A lot of time..... lots of time.

He has not vacated. He is fighting Povetkin in Russia. He is not a coward.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

Tanzio wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:
He proves the majority of this board wrong by walking the aisle, much less in Russia.

That can't be! I've lost all faith in the UFC Nostradumbass.

I wish there would have been a betting line on Wilder taking this fight. He wants it.

Who do you like in the fight Saad? I personally think Wilder gets sparked on outta there.

I really can't have an educated opinion. I haven't watched povetkin in ages. Maybe since Huck. I'll watch this tho. Wilder is fun.

On christmas day?

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

Tanzio wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:
He proves the majority of this board wrong by walking the aisle, much less in Russia.

That can't be! I've lost all faith in the UFC Nostradumbass.

I wish there would have been a betting line on Wilder taking this fight. He wants it.

I don't doubt he does, there's a lot of money to be made in this fight, and like all fighters he is all about the $$$.
I just hope Haymons people allow him to take the risk. They haven't shown a great deal of faith in him so far, hopefully they show a bit now.
Stylewise, it should be a decent fight.

Russia would be good in Grozny would be even better.
I still slightly favour Povetkin though.

Ricky_ wrote:On christmas day?

'We fight in the Soviet Union or we fight nowhere'

I don't think it would be in Grozny since Povetkin is not Muslim and has no connection to Chechnya. Thank god, since I do not need to see that POS Kadyrov running around ringside and giving fighters pep talks and massages between rounds.

jujigatame wrote:I don't think it would be in Grozny since Povetkin is not Muslim and has no connection to Chechnya. Thank god, since I do not need to see that POS Kadyrov running around ringside and giving fighters pep talks and massages between rounds.

He's got his nutri bullet ready again though to make them both shakes.

Well that's thoughtful of him.

jujigatame wrote:I don't think it would be in Grozny since Povetkin is not Muslim and has no connection to Chechnya. Thank god, since I do not need to see that POS Kadyrov running around ringside and giving fighters pep talks and massages between rounds.

What if Russians decide to do it in Sevastopol which most of the world including the U.S. still recognizes as a Ukranian territory ? That would make a decision whether to go there even trickier for Wilder.

ikorolev wrote:

jujigatame wrote:I don't think it would be in Grozny since Povetkin is not Muslim and has no connection to Chechnya. Thank god, since I do not need to see that POS Kadyrov running around ringside and giving fighters pep talks and massages between rounds.

What if Russians decide to do it in Sevastopol which most of the world including the U.S. still recognizes as a Ukranian territory ? That would make a decision whether to go there even trickier for Wilder.

...no one is looking for unnecessary confrontation, it will be in Moscow for a lot of reasons...

ikorolev wrote:

jujigatame wrote:I don't think it would be in Grozny since Povetkin is not Muslim and has no connection to Chechnya. Thank god, since I do not need to see that POS Kadyrov running around ringside and giving fighters pep talks and massages between rounds.

What if Russians decide to do it in Sevastopol which most of the world including the U.S. still recognizes as a Ukranian territory ? That would make a decision whether to go there even trickier for Wilder.

maybe if we're lucky there could be a massacre or another passenger
plane getting shot down or some incident that causes the fight to get
canceled. i doubt it would have any effect on wilder showing up, though.