Comments Thread For: Povetkin vs. Duhaupas Showdown Will Happen, Says Ryabinsky

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Yo know a sport is ****ed and unregulated as **** (obviously) when a dude pops for steroids a second time around and not only does he find a replacement in less than 24 hours but is ALLOWED TO FIGHT REGARDLESS!

[Lou Cipher]

Proof that Russia embraces ped cheating. Why is he even allowed to fight? Stivern was gonna get screwed so bad. Those score cards were already filled out

[joe strong]

Wow. Major props to Duahupas for taking this fight when he had a big fight of his own coming up, he might be the gutsiest dude in all of boxing. I hope he walks right off the plane with his gloves on and beats the living piss out of Povetkin. WAR REPTILE!!!

Edit: Wasn't Takam/Duhaupas going to be a lesser eliminator as well? Maybe Takam can fight Stiverne instead now. If Duhaupas beats Povetkin, winner of Takam/Stiverne fights Duhaupas for the mando spot. If Duhaupas loses you can just make Takam/Stiverne the final eliminator.

He will be getting paid a lot more to keep this event going. If the main event doesn't happen neither does the event. I read Duhaupas was heading to Russia a few days ago. Takam fight was taken down off boxrec. The Takam fight was not an eliminator but both are top 10 so it had big implications on the WBC rankings. The winner was in line for a big fight. Possibly in a final eliminator vs Dillian Whyte? I suspect Stiverne pulled out because he is either now Wilder's mandatory or he faces Whyte in the final eliminator next.

[Madison Boxing]

to be honest i can see the moral reasons why stiverne pulled out and its povetkin who has to take the blame but theres fans who bought tickets who were looking forward to the fight and he should have fought in my opinion. fair play for duhuapus for stepping in, thats what a real fighter does, they get offered a big fight and they take it, win lose or draw i give my respect to him.

[Squ□redCircle34]

Russian boxing should just have an open PED policy. Let the fighters be juiced to the gills and they fight independent of the orgs. Probably put on some entertaining fights between super-humans.

Yeah and have the Ruskies vs Ruskies club each other to death while we all watch!

Nothing like superhuman combat in a cold atmosphere!

[BigZ44]

He will be getting paid a lot more to keep this event going. If the main event doesn't happen neither does the event. I read Duhaupas was heading to Russia a few days ago. Takam fight was taken down off boxrec. The Takam fight was not an eliminator but both are top 10 so it had big implications on the WBC rankings. The winner was in line for a big fight. Possibly in a final eliminator vs Dillian Whyte? I suspect Stiverne pulled out because he is either now Wilder's mandatory or he faces Whyte in the final eliminator next.

Alright, thanks Joe. While I'm not enthralled by the idea of Wilder/Stiverne 2, I really hope we get a Whyte/Chisora rematch. So I'll live with the bad rematch if we get the good one because of it. If Duhaupas wins this fight, he deserves a fight against Stiverne for the mando spot. Not saying it will happen, just what should happen. If he were to lose, then I will accept Stiverne being elevated to mandatory status. I guess Takam was the one that really lost out in this situation, maybe he can get a fight with someone else in the WBC top 15.

[Eastcoast]

Yeah and have the Ruskies vs Ruskies club each other to death while we all watch!

Nothing like superhuman combat in a cold atmosphere!

Juiced up boxers would be one of the 'softer' things on Russian tv next year.

Russian reality TV show Game2: Winter to 'allow' **** and murder in Siberia

A new Russian reality show where crimes are “allowed” will begin next year.

Game2: Winter will strand 30 contestants in the -40F (-40C) Siberian wilderness for nine months with the surviving winner receiving a $1.6m prize. It will stream 24/7 online.

“Each contestant gives consent that they could be maimed, even killed,” reads an advert. “2000 cameras, 900 hectares and 30 lives. Everything is allowed. Fighting, alcohol, murder, ****, smoking, anything.”

Contestants will each sign a waiver acknowledging that they might be ****d or killed but the rules also state that police are free to arrest anyone who commits a crime on the show. “You must understand that the police will come and take you away,” the rules state. “We are on the territory of Russia, and obey the laws of the Russian Federation.”

Contestants will be placed in a landscape where bears and wolves are likely to be living. According to the Siberian Times, knives will be allowed yet guns are forbidden. The show is the brainchild of entrepreneur Yevgeny Pyatkovsky who says he “will refuse any claim of participants even if they were to be killed or ****d”.

There won’t be a crew but rather 2,000 cameras dotted around the area. Each contestant will also have their own personal recording device. Willing participants need to be 18 and “mentally sane” to compete.

“The show promises to be international,” Pyatkovsky said. “Five countries have already expressed the desire to broadcast it for their audiences.”

He claims that 60 people have already applied, including one American.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...r-game2-winter

[Eff Pandas]

Russia is for real about having a culture of PED usage lmfao. This is f#cking nuts. This is worse then then any of the "Mexican meat" situations where they decided to let fights go forth despite a positive test for a banned substance.

But since this happened in Russia idk that anything really happens to Povetkin as far as punishment. I mean the WBC will likely drop him from the rankings & "suspend" him for whatever that means for the WBC, but commissions are the one letting fights happen or not & I don't see anyone in Russia giving a f#ck what the WBC thinks.

[Eastcoast]

Russia is for real about having a culture of PED usage lmfao. This is f#cking nuts. This is worse then then any of the "Mexican meat" situations where they decided to let fights go forth despite a positive test for a banned substance.

But since this happened in Russia idk that anything really happens to Povetkin as far as punishment. I mean the WBC will likely drop him from the rankings & "suspend" him for whatever that means for the WBC, but commissions are the one letting fights happen or not & I don't see anyone in Russia giving a f#ck what the WBC thinks.

Meantime Felix Sturm is going off to jail, lol!

[Eff Pandas]

to be honest i can see the moral reasons why stiverne pulled out and its povetkin who has to take the blame but theres fans who bought tickets who were looking forward to the fight and he should have fought in my opinion. fair play for duhuapus for stepping in, thats what a real fighter does, they get offered a big fight and they take it, win lose or draw i give my respect to him.

I got no problem with a show must go on attitude I just have a problem with any guy who's been popped for a banned substance fighting. I suspect thats what most people would have a problem with vs the super late notice new opponent. If they wanna have Povetkin boxing a bear or have this be some unsanctioned non-professional toughman type fight vs whoever fair enough, but this fight shouldn't be considered a professional boxing match (& my mistake if this isn't going to count towards Povetkin's pro boxing record & I missed that information somehow).

I'm very loose on PED **** as I've discussed & debated many times, but either banned substances are cool or they aren't & if they aren't Povetkin shouldn't be fighting anyone in a professional boxing match.