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In Part One of our exclusive interview with Russian business mogul Andrey Ryabinsky, we touched on a number of topics, including: the economy of prizefighting in Russia; the state of the cruiserweight division (where Ryabinsky’s World of Boxing promotional company represents most of the division’s top talent) and unification bouts versus multiple champions in a weight class.
However, World of Boxing's arguably biggest attraction is located north to the cruiserweight limit. Alexander Povetkin, a former heavyweight champion and Russia's only Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist, remains among the division’s top contenders (ranked #1 by both TBRB and the WBC), seeking to challenge reigning WBC heavyweight titlist Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) in one of the most awaited heavyweight showdowns of the present.
Povetkin (29-1, 21KOs) joined the World of Boxing Family shortly after his Oct. ’13 heavyweight unification bout with World champion Wladimir Klitschko. Ryabinsky played an integral part — by means of a significant financial investment — in bringing the championship event to Russia, and Povetkin officially signed with WoB just four months later.
From there, the World of Boxing has provided the means for the top Russian heavyweight to get back to his very best.
Three big wins have followed — all coming by knockout, including a 91-second destruction of Top 10 heavyweight Mike Perez in his most recent victory this past May. The win confirmed Povetkin’s place as mandatory challenger to the unbeaten Wilder.
Getting the title fight, however, has proven to be a separate challenge.
BoxingScene.com discusses in great detail with Ryabinsky the current situation surrounding the ongoing negotiations and a number of other Povetkin-related topics during the second part of our interview. [Click Here To Read More]
However, World of Boxing's arguably biggest attraction is located north to the cruiserweight limit. Alexander Povetkin, a former heavyweight champion and Russia's only Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist, remains among the division’s top contenders (ranked #1 by both TBRB and the WBC), seeking to challenge reigning WBC heavyweight titlist Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) in one of the most awaited heavyweight showdowns of the present.
Povetkin (29-1, 21KOs) joined the World of Boxing Family shortly after his Oct. ’13 heavyweight unification bout with World champion Wladimir Klitschko. Ryabinsky played an integral part — by means of a significant financial investment — in bringing the championship event to Russia, and Povetkin officially signed with WoB just four months later.
From there, the World of Boxing has provided the means for the top Russian heavyweight to get back to his very best.
Three big wins have followed — all coming by knockout, including a 91-second destruction of Top 10 heavyweight Mike Perez in his most recent victory this past May. The win confirmed Povetkin’s place as mandatory challenger to the unbeaten Wilder.
Getting the title fight, however, has proven to be a separate challenge.
BoxingScene.com discusses in great detail with Ryabinsky the current situation surrounding the ongoing negotiations and a number of other Povetkin-related topics during the second part of our interview. [Click Here To Read More]
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