Wilder: No Drug Would Save Povetkin From an Ass Whipping!

By Edward Chaykovsky

WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35KOs) is still in shock with the recent turns of events which saw his mandatory fight with Alexander Povetkin get canceled.

Wilder was scheduled to defend his title against Povetkin, an Olympic gold medal winner and former WBA champion, this coming Saturday night in Moscow, Russia. The World Boxing Council officially put a stop to the contest after Povetkin tested positive for the banned substance meldonium.

"I’m just lost for words,” Wilder said to Premier Boxing Champions. “It’s some bullsh*t for me as the champion to have gone through what I’ve gone through."

“I’ve done all the right things. I traveled to England, and I've put my body through so much and I’ve sacrificed so much, all just to come to a dead end and because of someone else’s actions. This shows they were scared from the get-go. They feared me. They didn’t want [me] to come to Russia to knock him out in front of his president and his people.”

Wilder is still hungry to get his hands on Povetkin. The Russian fighter was viewed as the most dangerous opponent in Wilder's career, but the champion never saw him as such a threat. He was very confident of coming back home with his world title around his waist.

“I still want to whip his ass,’’ Wilder said. “There ain’t no drug that he can take that could stop the ass whipping I had waiting for him. Povetkin was never dangerous to me."

“I was ready to show the world what Deontay Wilder is capable of, but he stole my opportunity away from me—not only from me, but from the fans of boxing in his own country. We did everything right, we accepted everything and we were patient with these cowards. I’m sorry for the fans, because the fans really lost.”