How long will Deontay Wilder avoid the top heavyweights?

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

Another coward wilder is dude is a bum and he himself knows it so he gonna prolong that step up for as long as he can.

[The Hammer]

Because the WBC had already said the negotiations were to begin in October. So Wilder choose a September fight and Povetkin choose to fight in November. I still don't understand why he would choose to fight in November when he's already been guaranteed a January fight. The Champion has up to one year to defend against the mandatory. Scheduling negotiations for October and having the fight in January was right on track. Wilder fighting Duhaupas in September kept everything on track. It didn't affect Povetkin one bit.

No, Wilder's second voluntary against Duhaupas delayed the fight with Povetkin.

Wilder was afraid after seeing Povetkin KO Perez, and started making unfounded accusations about Povetkin being on PEDs. Then he petitioned for a SECOND voluntary after Molina.

Povetkin and his promoter wanted the fight in August, September or October. But the de****able Sulaiman bowed to the whims of his master, Al Haymon, and said negotiations didn't need to start until October.

Povetkin didn't "choose" to fight on the date Nov 4, he would have preferred to fight sooner, that choice was made for him by his promoter and the availability of a large venue and the availability of other boxers on the card for the major boxing event.

No good reason why Wilder can't fight Povetkin in March or April, except he's afraid and

I remember when Povetkin-Wach was announced for Nov 4, I thought "Oh no, Wilder will use this as an excuse to avoid Povetkin longer and demand another voluntary in January" And sure enough, he did.

[BostonGuy]

I can't see a scenario where Deontay Wilder (presuming he beats Szpilka) does not fight Povetkin next. The WBC have ordered negotiations in January. The fight's gonna happen....

[Drunken Cat]

That's not what happened. After the WBC announced the negotiation period was to begin in October Povetkin said he wanted to take a break from boxing until the negotiations begin. Then he turned around and announced a fight with Wach before Wilder announced his fight with Duhaupas. When he announced his fight with Wach is when he said he wanted the Wilder fight now. Even though it was said in June that the negotiations won't start until October and the fight in January. Ya'll hate Wilder so much ya'll will ignore the facts just to claim he's ducking someone.

Povetkin wanted the fight in Sept/Oct, actually.

He'd been on the shelf a while, and opted to take a fight, like two weeks after Wilder's fight, when Wilder opted to fight another bum.

So what if he isn't ready for a January fight. Maybe he was injured in the fight and needs a little time to heal.

In good faith negotiations, they could have made a deal. But Wilder went for a 3rd optional defense. They are just milking it.

This puts Povetkin back on the shelf. But the WBC went along with it, for some reason.

Wilder can't run forever.

Unless Spilka deals with him, which he actually might.

[Drunken Cat]

I don't think he is. Someone put a timeline together in another thread. I'll try to find it and post the link

Edit: Here it goes...

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...2#post16305852

Nonsense. Wilder had announced he was fighting in September already, Duhapes was yet another late notice opponent. They drug out the announcement. Povetkin clearly knew he wasn't going to be the opponent in the fight. This guy says that Povetkin announced the Wach fight a week before Wilder announced his fight. That was simply because of the late notice on the opponent. The fight itself had already been announced. And it had already been known Povetkin wasn't going to get the fight. Povetkin then got setup to fight Wach, 2 weeks after Wilder's fight.

[billeau2]

Freedom is right on this.

"Freedom is just another name for nothing left to lose"... Sorry couldn't resist! Signed me and my bobby mcgee.

[Drunken Cat]

Because the WBC had already said the negotiations were to begin in October. So Wilder choose a September fight and Povetkin choose to fight in November. I still don't understand why he would choose to fight in November when he's already been guaranteed a January fight. The Champion has up to one year to defend against the mandatory. Scheduling negotiations for October and having the fight in January was right on track. Wilder fighting Duhaupas in September kept everything on track. It didn't affect Povetkin one bit.

The champion has up to a year to fight a mandatory?

That's a new one for me.

I'm pretty sure you just completely made that up.

[Drunken Cat]

Another coward wilder is dude is a bum and he himself knows it so he gonna prolong that step up for as long as he can.

His people know it, so they are steering him very carefully.

He likely thinks he's a great fighter.

[Rip Chudd]

Nonsense. Wilder had announced he was fighting in September already, Duhapes was yet another late notice opponent. They drug out the announcement. Povetkin clearly knew he wasn't going to be the opponent in the fight. This guy says that Povetkin announced the Wach fight a week before Wilder announced his fight. That was simply because of the late notice on the opponent. The fight itself had already been announced. And it had already been known Povetkin wasn't going to get the fight. Povetkin then got setup to fight Wach, 2 weeks after Wilder's fight.

Ok so post links or sources for this, cause if not it's all speculation.

[Beercules]

https://instagram.com/p/_pXajdDFrE/