Alexander Povetkin: record, next fight and profile →
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs), says a showdown with WBC champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) is looking more likely for February of next year. The two sides are negotiating, but their discussions are dragging out - with neither side budging on the fight location.
Anthony Joshua’s next fight will without question take place in the UK, according to the boxer's promoter Eddie Hearn. Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) unified the IBF, WBA, IBO and WBO heavyweight titles back in March with a twelve round unanimous decision over Joseph Parker at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.
Olympic gold medal winner Alexander Povetkin of Russia is expecting to fight WBA, IBO, WBO, IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for the world titles in the fall. Povetkin is the mandatory challenger under the World Boxing Association. A few weeks ago, the WBA ordered the two sides to negotiate and gave the teams 30 days to negotiate.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs), says a deal is very close for a fight with Alexander Povetkin, who is the mandatory challenger under the World Boxing Association.
Eddie Hearn, who promotes WBC, WBA, IBF, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs), is hoping to finalize his boxer's next fight in two week's time. The two main players are WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and WBA mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin. Hearn is currently negotiating with both parties.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, WBA, IBO, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs), says the negotiations are still ongoing with Alexander Povetkin (34-1, 24 KOs) of Russia. Povetkin is the mandatory challenger under the WBA and the sanctioning body has already ordered Joshua to face him.
IBF, WBO, WBA, IBO heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) is crossing his fingers that a unification takes place with WBC champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) in the coming future. The biggest fight in boxing is being negotiated between the two sides, with the hope that it takes place in the fall.
Olympic bronze medal winner David Price is ready to get back on the horse and return to the ring in the coming months. Last month, Price suffered a vicious fifth round knockout at the hands of Olympic gold medal winner Alexander Povetkin. Before nearly 80,000 fans at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Price met Povetkin as part of the Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker undercard.
Alexander Povetkin (34-1, 24 KOs) is expecting to become the next opponent for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world champion Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs). Povetkin is the mandatory challenger under the WBA and WBO. The WBA recently ordered the two fighters to negotiate a deal or risk the possibility of heading to a purse bid.
According to the team behind Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin, they have claimed a $4.3 million court victory over WBC champion Deontay Wilder over a cancelled fight back in 2016. According to representatives from Forward Legal, working for Povetkin and his promoter company, Mir Boksa (World of Boxing), a New York court has awarded the Russian boxer’s team $4.3 million, which was frozen in an escrow account after the canceled bout in May 2016, R-Sport reports on Friday. Escrow accounts involve third parties handling funds during the process of a transaction between two parties.