Wilder won't fight again until fall

[Eff Pandas]

Well that clears up his canceled remark. Seems like he's saying the WBC needs to make a call on there rules being broken & til they decide that the fight is canceled not postponed. Which makes sense & seems less dramatic then the BoxingScene headlined link last night.

And damn at spending 6 figures on the training camp. I see why this guy is heated, he's probably the one who fronted that & was getting reimbursed when that $4M+ check came in thats no longer coming in. Hell man at least give Wilder that win bonus since Povetkin f#cked this up as something for the good faith effort on him & his teams part.

[-Antonio-]

This is why I'm slowly starting to prefer UFC over boxing. If Wilder were in the UFC he'd be fighting in 4-6 weeks against a top opponent.

[bigdunny1]

This is why I'm slowly starting to prefer UFC over boxing. If Wilder were in the UFC he'd be fighting in 4-6 weeks against a top opponent.

Yeah why are they not even entertaining bringing in a replacement so he doesn't waste his training camp? Obviously it will not be an elite fighter but getting a fighter last minute happens a lot in UFC and more and more does not happening in boxing. SMH Porter should of fought a replacement when Thurman pulled out too.

[saintpat]

Yeah why are they not even entertaining bringing in a replacement so he doesn't waste his training camp? Obviously it will not be an elite fighter but getting a fighter last minute happens a lot in UFC and more and more does not happening in boxing. SMH Porter should of fought a replacement when Thurman pulled out too.

Did the promoter of the fight offer him a replacement opponent?

The Russian promoter is the one holding the card. Wilder's team can't say, "Hey, we just called the No. 11 contender and he's available, so we'll be showing up at your ring on May 21 to fight - you'll pay Wilder what he was going to get paid vs. Povetkin and the challenger gets Povetkin's purse."

Doesn't work that way.

If Wilder's team were promoting it, they could find a sub and make purse negotiations, etc. But the Russian is the promoter and it would have been up to him to make an offer for a substitute.

[UNBIASED BOXING]

Szpilka, his last defense, was top 10.

Duhaupas, while relatively unknown at the time, is in the top 10 now (was 14th then I think) after his win over Helenius - he also beat Charr before and lost to roid cheat Terper by a very narrow decision. He's a contender.

Molina was a first defense, and he's rebounded with a nice win - not top 10, but still a fringe contender.

What the hell?

Szpilka was never a top 10. He got dominated by Bryant Jennings and defeated 5 bums--- none of which were even rated anywhere of value (except maybe Adamek who was old/past his prime).

Duhaupas? Wtf, man? Top 10 now? This is ridiculous. Helenius was unproven. Manuel Charr is nothing special. He lost to Erkan Teper.

Molina? He's nowhere close to the top 10. A win over a 40 year old Adamek is not a, "nice win", just as RJJ getting KO'd doesn't make any of the fighters beating him a top contender in their division.

[firstborn]

the amount of blood, sweat and tears that goes into a hard camp for an important fight is colossus

he must be gutted

You're absolutely right! I've been fortunate enough to observe a few local pro's train for fights and it's amazing they actually make it through in one piece.....