Comments Thread For: Povetkin Questions Whether Wilder Actually Intended To Fight Him

[sbbigmike]

prime Iron Mike wouldnt give a F.

a prime american heavyweight champion sporting a 36-0 35KO record shouldnt either...

lost a lot of respect for Wilder.

Actually Tyson refused to fight Evan Fields without extra roid testing; similar to this situation fighters in the sport typically is in the know of who's dirty and not.

[Jedi Vader]

the point is larry,

if you are such a bad ass fighter, if you are a prime american heavyweight champion, if you are carrying a 36-0, 35 KO, record, you shoulndt give a fck if your opponent did some mild doping.

Wilder needs to carry himself like a boxer who is 36-0, with 35 KOs.

Im not excusing povetkin, he's russian and they have a history of doping.

Im just disappointed that Wilder got scared and used it as an excuse to back out of a fight.

YOU ARE 36-0 W/ 35 KOs.

ACT LIKE IT.

Idiocy at it's very finest.

[Mighty_Windir]

[-Antonio-]

Wilder's camp took that fight because they had to. If you really think his camp wanted to fight Povetkin then look no further than who they have him facing now.

They want to ride this ship for as long as they can. An undefeated american heavyweight champion? Yeah he wont face a real threat for a while.

[Mighty_Windir]

This is ridiculous, i am far from a Wilder fan but DAMN!!!! I HAVE NEVER SEEN A PERSON TEST POSITIVE AND BLAME THE OTHER FIGHTER, AND WHAT MAKES IT WORSE THERE ARE POSTERS ON HERE WHO ACTUALLY TAKE POVETKINS SIDE!!!!

Mind boggling huh? No sense at all, I understand being biased sometimes, but this is off the charts now, I have no words

[big_james10]

I think if Povetkin did not have the positive druge test, Wilder would have come up with some lame injury (ala Keith Thurman) to delay the fight. Then, after Povetkin took a stay busy fight, Wilder would have demanded another voluntary fight of his own.

I don't think Wilder will ever fight Povetkin. I think he will continue to fight bums, like Arreola, until one of those bums gets lucky and clocks Wilder on the chin and KO's him.

[joe strong]

Martin was undefeated and a belt holder so he wasn't a bum. Arreola can bring all he wants he's,still a BUM. The only time he wasn't a bum was September of 2009 when he was undefeated and ranked 1 by the WBC. But Vitali, a real champ won easily. Who's Wilder going to fight after Arreola, you ? Wouldn't surprise me at all

He took on tough guys like Kevin Johnson (oh he was 21-0 who fought nodody), albert sosnowski, 39 year old 280lbs Shannon briggs, Danny Williams... Hahahahaha! dropped out of how many title fights against Rahman & Maskaev? Busted for steroids in the amateurs, lost to the best 2 fighters he faced & quit like a gutless clown in one of them. Oh no he couldn't take the pain for 6 more minutes. Real champion... yeah right. You call Arreola & Charr bums but not when they fought Vitali though... You have called all these guys bums in the past but when they fought Vitali they were legit. Listen to yourself! Martin was undefeated fighter & got a gift title handed to him. He never landed a punch & his best win was over joey Dawejko. Yet you say he wasn't a bum. He fought worse competition then Wilder yet Wilder is the bum squad. You are such a hypocrite...

[eco1]

As much as i dislike Wilder i must say this is ****** on Povetkin.

Bum Squad vs Idiot squad.

[Can'tHoldMeBack]

What's wrong with yall? He didn't cheat. Anything below 1 microgram was legal, and he took 7% that much. 7%. He wasn't even 10% of the way towards cheating. He was way closer to zero than he was to doing anything against the rules. He did not fail the drug test, Wilder just pretended he did to get out of the fight. If yall hate Povetkin because he's white, just say so, but don't make **** up. Stick with the facts otherwise what's the point even talking about it?

Anything below 1 microgram was only in play for people that tested positive before March, pedvetkin tested positive end of April making that argument a moot point

[Can'tHoldMeBack]

If Martin was such a bum, Wilder would be fighting him instead of Arreola but he's not. Wilder could have chosen Ortiz. But anybody with half a brain knows why he choose Arreola instead. Wilder won't fight Ortiz cause Ortiz will beat his sorry ass. BUM SQUAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wilder can't fight Ortiz because one Ortiz is already signed to a fight just waiting on date from HBO to eliminate WBA belts to just one in division, secondly Ortiz is not ranked by WBC, and thirdly once Ortiz is done with the fight he already has signed contract for has to fight oquendo than winner has to fight fury/klits winner