Comments Thread For: Povetkin's Promoter Feels Wilder Will Vacate and Fight Martin

[MrRolltide91]

I doubt it....

[djt117]

In a sudden turn of events, promoter Andrei Ryabinski of World of Boxing - who promote Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs) - now believes WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) is going to vacate his world title to pursue another championship path.

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If he vacates I'm switching from big Wilder fan to big Wilder hater.

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I wouldn't be surprised. Wilder is all talk.

[kafkod]

Don't understand why he would vacate. A unification trumps a mandatory. If he wants to fight Martin next he should'nt have to vacate.

That is true usually. It could be that Martin won the IBF belt too late, AFTER the WBC had already ordered negotiations between Haymon and Ryabinski to begin.

[kafkod]

This is a coward move by wilder absolutely pathetic

I know what you mean, but if this happens, it will be Haymon's doing, not Wilder's.

I actually feel a little sorry for Wilder. I think he's up for fighting Povetkin, or anybody.

[kafkod]

I thought they might actually let him fight Povetkin and just use Martin as a rebuild/back-up plan. You know, after Wilder loses he could easily just go and get the IBF from Martin. But NOPE, even that is expecting too much from Haymon boxing.

The PBC HW champ needs that 0.

[Lou Cipher]

Sounds about right

[Arthur Daley]

Wilder whats none of Povetkin, none. He knows he'd be knocked out.

[kafkod]

He's going to fight Povetkin and it will take place in America


Wilder is the A side and Povetkins team needs to understand that.

read the article, if he it goes to purse bid and the russian promoter wins he will take the fight to russia.

Purse bids should only happen when Haymon has more money than the other side.

[LoadedWraps]

In a sudden turn of events, promoter Andrei Ryabinski of World of Boxing - who promote Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs) - now believes WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) is going to vacate his world title to pursue another championship path.

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I would be surprised if this happened.

I would rather see a fighter get outstanding defenses out of the way and then attempt to unify, generally, btw.

Why would Wilder drop the WBC belt though, he speaks of it as if it's his baby, and it's a superior belt to the IBF title anyway, imo.

Fight Povetkin, if you win, you are crowned the real deal, and there is even more hype for both the Martin and Fury fights. Sounds like a no brainer to me.

My ideal scenario is Wilder beats Povetkin in a title defense, then takes Martins belt in a unification bout, while Fury puts Wlad in an ambulance and then fights Ortiz.