Would Hearn keep AJ away from Povetkin?

[Outwest Exp 355]

How is Povetkin low risk? He has the richest promoter in boxing by a mile.

[Redd Foxx]

How is Povetkin low risk? He has the richest promoter in boxing by a mile.

Who said he was "low risk"? (I'm legitimately asking)

[Scipio2009]

Would Eddie Hearn make Alexander Povetkin a voluntary defense for Joshua? Likely not.

Would Eddie Hearn avoid making/settling a mandatory defense obligation against Povetkin? Not in a million years.

No matter how you cut it, a fight against Povetkin is, at worse, a 50/50 proposition (depending on what Povetkin looks like against Hammer, Joshua may even end up being favored). A calculated risk, tbh.

Compare that to Joseph Parker and Povetkin, who I don't see his handlers ever start talking about fighting

[Scipio2009]

I think whatll happen is, after Joshua/Wilder, Joshua wins he'll fight the money fight every time from then on. Hearns already said theyll drop belts, after theyve fully unified, if a mandatories called that fans dont want. For example theyll drop the WBA if Charr is ordered and Fury is ready to fight.

That'd be utterly ******, so I doubt that Eddie Hearn actually said that ('Hearns' may have, but whoever that is has no say here).

Anthony Joshua, undisputed heavyweight champion, has bigger cache than just Anthony Joshua, the new lineal champion who let someone else run around with a belt.

[Randall Cunning]

That'd be utterly ******, so I doubt that Eddie Hearn actually said that ('Hearns' may have, but whoever that is has no say here).

Anthony Joshua, undisputed heavyweight champion, has bigger cache than just Anthony Joshua, the new lineal champion who let someone else run around with a belt.

He beats Wilder he'll be the biggest star in the sport, wont matter what belts he has. Noone will tell him who he has to fight. One of the bodies tells him he has to fight Charr or some other mandatory and Furys ready to fight, why not drop the belt?

[Derranged]

I never understood what the big deal was about Povetkin. AJ and Wilder knock him out.

I realize that wasn't the question. Not sure if Hearn would let the fight happen or not.

[keith_head]

Do you guys think Eddie will try to steer clear of this one? Super-high risk, with very little reward.

Disagree that it's very little reward. Povetkin has huge money behind him and a lot of Russian fans.

[jmrf4435]

First, this isn't Aj bashing, you insecure freaks. I'm sure AJ isn't scared of anyone. But, I doubt Hearn would be too eager to see it. Povetkin a cheating douche but I actually thought he was going to beat Wilder and it's entirely possible that he could violently KO AJ.

Do you guys think Eddie will try to steer clear of this one? Super-high risk, with very little reward.

Povetkin would give both a good fight. Too many fighters have been busted for PED's.

I don't ever hear you complain about lamont peterson or luiz ortiz...

[Madison Boxing]

povetkins one of the most overrated fighters on this forum. he went life and death with marco huck and got absolutely slaughtered against klitschko. Not only was he never that good in the first place, but now hes coming up to his 40th birthday. Hes no threat to joshua whatsoever.

[BrometheusBob.]

I say Ortiz - Povetkin for the undisputed heavyweight PED champ