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BoxNation will broadcast exclusively live in the UK Deontay Wilder’s WBC World Heavyweight title defence against Alexander Povetkin from Moscow, Russia, on Saturday 21st May.
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BoxNation will broadcast exclusively live in the UK Deontay Wilder’s WBC World Heavyweight title defence against Alexander Povetkin from Moscow, Russia, on Saturday 21st May.

IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury believes Olympic gold medal winner Alexander Povtekin is too small to overcome WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs).

The upcoming heavyweight title clash between Deontay Wilder and Alexander Povetkin officially has a home. Promoter Andrey Ryabinskiy announced on Monday - locally in Russia and internationally via social media - that a specific venue has been secured, as the two will collide May 21 at Megasport Arena (nee Khodynka Ice Palace) in Moscow, Russia.

According to Andrei Ryabinsky, promoter for Olympic gold medal winner and former WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin, the upcoming mandatory clash with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is a 50-50 fight.

World Boxing Council heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35KOs) is confident of successfully defending his crown, factually emulating the plot of the fabled Rocky Balboa, when he travels to Russia to face mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin.

WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35KOs) believes his upcoming opponent, Olympic gold medal winner and former WBA champion Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs), is being overhyped a little bit.

Alexander Zimin, the former trainer of Olympic gold medal winner Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs), believes his former pupil will have few issues when he challenges WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35KOs) in a mandatory fight.

WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35KOs) would love to have a unification in his next fight with IBO/WBA/WBO champion Tyson Fury.

Deontay Wilder hasn’t exactly set the heavyweight world alight since yanking the WBC belt from the waist of Bermane Stiverne 14 months ago. He has looked some distance from than the fearsome, big-hitting monster we saw when he was moving towards his title shot. His three defences against hand-picked opposition that at best could be described as ordinary have failed to set pulses racing.

According to Russian promoter Andrei Ryabinsky, 30-year-old cruiserweight contender Dmitry Kudryashov (18-1, 18KOs) of Russian will return on May 21 in Moscow, as part of the undercard to the heavyweight battle between WBC champion Deontay Wilder and mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin.