Comments Thread For: Klitschko-Povetkin Expected By The IBF, Not David Haye

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This is BS the organizations are trying to force him to give up his belts. Klitschko has been ready to fight Povetkin since day one why has'nt the organization forced this before. They waited for the right moment so that Wlad would rather fight Haye over Povetkin allowing Povetkin to get the belt without fighting Klitschko. This is very greasy and just plain and simple wrong. They are doing whatever they can to prevent a unified champ. I hope everyone forgive Wlad if he just fight Povetkin first so he does'nt have to get rid of the belt. It's not fair Povetkin has dodged a title shot for almost 3 years. Now they want the belt to be handed to him. Is this how the sport works? Really? Obviously I was duped and I signed up to be a fan of the wrong sport.

[edgarg]

Wlad should drop the belt if he wants Haye that bad and Haye should drop that worthless WBA title if he really wants Wladimir. No excuses from either side, let's get this fight made!

There's probably as much chance of Klitschko and Haye dropping their belts as there is that Hopkins and Mayweather will win awards for being the most modest men in boxing.

To do this would ruin the Klitschko dream-which is a serious one- of holding all four titles in the one family, and also Haye wouldn't be able to "casually" bring into conversation the matter of "me world title"...........

If Klitschko fights Povetkin, which is not certain, since he can request a postponement in order to fight a unifier, not to mention that Atlas and Povetkin are not eager for this fight,
then, Haye should honour his return clause with Valuev.

Valuev, if he punches a little more, could easily win the return, which would effectively wave "bye-bye" to Haye.

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Wlad should drop the belt if he wants Haye that bad and Haye should drop that worthless WBA title if he really wants Wladimir. No excuses from either side, let's get this fight made!

So then Povetkin gets his way? The guy does'nt fight the champ and avoids his mandatory defense for 3 years but still gets the belt just givin to him. Povetkin is scared to fight Klits so why just give him the belt?

[ChopperRead]

As long as the Povetkin happens quickly, there's no reason Wlad wouldn't be able to still fight Haye later this year, say, Povetkin in July/August and Haye in October/November.

Funny, neither Haye nor Povetkin nor anyone else seems very anxious to fight Wladimir. Wlad gets criticized by a lot of Internet tough guys, but in the real world no-one seems to want to get hit by him too badly.

[ChopperRead]

So then Povetkin gets his way? The guy does'nt fight the champ and avoids his mandatory defense for 3 years but still gets the belt just givin to him. Povetkin is scared to fight Klits so why just give him the belt?

Makes me wonder when Teddy Atlas is going to cut Povetkin loose.

Atlas was always claiming he could train someone like Povetkin to
easily beat a Klitschko, but all of a sudden he doesn't seem so confident.

[The_Demon]

lol @ this match

[Dave Rado]

true... but wlad has the right, to move his IBF mandatory aside, if he is doing a championship unification fight, which he clearly is.

There is no such right under the IBF's rules. Under their rules, unifications have to be approved by them in advance. They have to be given reasonable notice - which, given that the Povetkin fight is due to go to purse bids shortly and Wlad and Haye haven't even started to negotiate, and Wlad hasn't sent a request for a unification to the IBF, the IBF has every right to say they haven't been given reasonable notice.

Secondly, even if they are given reasonable notice, under their rules, they still have to approve the request (in other words, their approval is discretionary, and is not a right); and while they usually do approve unification requests where the notice is reasonable, they have every right not to do so in this case, because, as the article says, Wlad hasn't had a mandatory defence of his IBF title since 2007 - and at the time of the Chambers fight he made a formal commitment to the IBF that he would fight their mandatory next.

[EuropeFightFan]

Wladimir could fit both Povetkin and Haye in this year, but we all know what fight of those two we want to see

[Dave Rado]

As long as the Povetkin happens quickly, there's no reason Wlad wouldn't be able to still fight Haye later this year, say, Povetkin in July/August and Haye in October/November.

Haye doesn't want to fight until late in the year anyway (his low activity is appalling), so that's exactly what should happen - as long as Povetkin wants to fight Wlad, which is uncertain, but Povetkin should be flushed out and forced to either make the fight with Wlad or give up his mandatory status.

[Dave Rado]

if wlad is forced to fight povetkin, and IBF declines his fight with haye...

then there is going to be alot of hayenuthuggeers saying wlad ducked out....

Wlad can fight Povetkin in June and Haye in September/October. Haye doesn't want to fight before then anyway. I don't see what the problem is (as long as Povetkin doesn't chicken out).