Comments Thread For: Povetkin vs. Stiverne Ordered For WBC Interim, Wilder Title Shot

[anonymous2.0]

It gives Povetkin a tune up fight against a credible/winnable opponent and it helps hype the Wilder fight even further.

[nycsmooth]

A decent fight for this division I may be going w/ Stiverne...

[Fetta]

Decent fight. Now lets hope the cheating Russian can stay clean

[-PBP-]

The WBC actually got it right this time, IMO. If he gets back in line and earns his title shot the clean way, then give him the shot at the title again.

[jkirk039]

Exactly what I was hoping they'd do. Great for boxing

[bojangles1987]

Kind of weird that he's fighting Stiverne here. Hopefully Povetkin wins and we don't Wilder/Stiverne II.

[Larry the boss]

Solid fight.......

[jup11223]

good fight.looking forward to it

[The Hammer]

I just saw this excellent post on another site:

http://boxrec.com/forum/posting.php?...f=22&p=4463641

• Deontay Wilder will be allowed to retain ownership of the WBC heavyweight title for at least two years, without having ever faced a mandatory challenger

• Alexander Povetkin has been the “mandatory challenger” to Deontay Wilder’s world title for fifteen months, but now he has to defend his “mandatory challenger” status

• The “mandatory challenger” has to make a “mandatory” defence of his status before the world champion is obliged to perform a mandatory

Here’s a detailed list of reasons why I find the whole situation bizarrely unfair to Povetkin - based on the following points:

• Deontay Wilder won his WBC heavyweight title on the 17th January, 2015

• Povetkin became the mandatory challenger to Wilder’s WBC title on the 22nd May, 2015

• Deontay Wilder hasn’t engaged in a mandatory defence of his world title

• The WBC deprived Povetkin the opportunity to fight for Wilder’s belt at the last-minute

• Wilder was authorised to engage in another voluntary defence of his title against an over-matched opponent

• Povetkin was accused of “failing” a drug test and subsequently received widespread accusations of being a PED “cheat”

• WADA clears Povetkin’s name

• Instead of conceding their mistake, the WBC claims that Povetkin escaped a ban because they couldn’t prove any wrongdoing

• The WBC compels Povetkin to engage in a bout to retain his “mandatory” challenger status

• All Bermaine Stiverne has to do is to defeat a journeyman with a losing record to be granted an opportunity to gain the WBC interim belt and deprive Povetkin of his mandatory challenger status

[r1onnie2]

Pretty decent fight, I wouldn't mind seeing it.