Comments Thread For: Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte Eyed By Eddie Hearn

[Randall Cunning]

Povetkin is mandatory to Joshua, I am right in saying Whyte in mandatory to Wilder?

If so, it's tough/risky fight for both guys to take in the mean time.
I like it though, good fight IMO.

If we get Joshua/Miller and Wilder/Kownacki next, then Joshua/Wilder. Theres no denying if Whyte and Povetkin fight the winner gets first shot at the unified champion. What else are they supposed to do. Most rankings have them in the top 6, its a good fight

[Chrismart]

If we get Joshua/Miller and Wilder/Kownacki next, then Joshua/Wilder. Theres no denying if Whyte and Povetkin fight the winner gets first shot at the unified champion. What else are they supposed to do. Most rankings have them in the top 6, its a good fight

Yeah I'd like to see it mate, It's a fight interesting fight for sure.
Whyte is getting moved along quite nicely at the minute I feel.

[hova]

I'm not cheering anything its just what i see coming for AJ and Wilder ,I think Wilder should sign with Eddie and make big money,

AJ vs Miller & Povetkin vs Whyte is the next pay per view for Eddie I was calling this on Monday

You dont seem to get it ! They can make all the match ups they want . But in the end of the day wilder still has the belt . As far as money goes , If wilder was only after money he would have fought whyte not ortiz . More money and also an easier fight

[Johnston]

This is nonsense, povetkin should fight Joshua next

[Eff Pandas]

Dude I like this fight, just means Joshua aint fighting Povetkin next, whats to complain about that? Sounds like Povetkin said yes straight away when they offered it to him last night.

Hearn's building up Whyte nicely, hes a headliner of his own cards now. Haha but you Americans have some kind of deep hatred for him. At least he'll keep quiet about Whyte/Wilder for 5 minutes.

I definitely don't get the Whyte stuff. He's Big Baby with a smaller head & stomach. I think both are top ten guys, but cmon with some boxing fans acting like Whyte is some badass just cuz he's probably the #2 UK HW (til Fury is back). And randomly I'd like to see those two fight, Big Baby vs Whyte would be a fun competitive fight I feel like.

And Povetkin is a dummy if he gots a mandatory position that the WBA is saying he's got next on & is still fighting Whyte next. Whyte got the benefit of the doubt vs Del Boy (I thought he lost that fight) so Povetkin is gonna need to KO this cat to insure he gets a fair decision.

Unless Povetkin left those World of Boxing guys I bet they end up turning down that fight for some sorta reason cuz it makes zero sense for him when he's got a golden ticket for Joshua. They probably b^tched him out after the fight if he agreed to it during the post fight interview (I didn't see that whole thing).

[Eff Pandas]

Povetkin is mandatory to Joshua, I am right in saying Whyte in mandatory to Wilder?

If so, it's tough/risky fight for both guys to take in the mean time.
I like it though, good fight IMO.

Povetkin is supposedly the mandatory to Joshua & the WBA Guy said they are gonna force Joshua to fight Povetkin next or they will allow Joshua to fight Wilder only next. But I guess Whyte called out Povetkin & Povetkin said yea from the sounds of it. So idk if that changes things or not. I know the WBA Guy said what he said if Povetkin beat Price.

And Whyte is the #1 contender for the WBC belt Wilder holds, but he's not been mandated as the mandatory yet. Since Wilder fought a mandatory in November its unlikely they'd elevate Whyte to mandatory status any time soon. I'm guessing the earliest that'd happen is late this year if not sometime in 2019.

[Eff Pandas]

Povetkin has no need to fight Whyte, that’s just Hearn trying to plant seeds in the casuals heads.

Povetkin is represented by Andriy Ryabinsky, AJ vs Povetkin goes to purses and Hearn loses, fight goes to Russia or AJ is stripped.

Yea see this is my thoughts. Hearn trying some slick sh^t cuz Povetkin is a threat to anyone including Joshua. But I think Povetkin is handled by some smart cats with some $$$ so they aren't gonna let him throw away a mandatory fight with the biggest name in boxing (now that Canelo is all but out). That'd be ******.

Plus as you mention they can outbid Hearn & get that fight happening in Russia where Povetkin can be nuked up on PED's lol.

Yea I don't see no Povetkin vs Whyte happening unless he's not with the World of Boxing promotion anymore. I heard Ryabinsky took more of a bad seat than he previously had so maybe that changed things there too idk, but Povetkin has bad management if he fights anyone but Joshua next unless something is wrong about what the WBA Guy said. And its not like these ABC Groups don't bend with the tides or their angles they can use so who knows.

[tokon]

Got dropped by Price. I forget that Povetkin is 38. Would be a good tuneup for White. Still am not sure how good he is, though. Povetkin could surprise you.

I would favour Povetkin to beat Whyte who is mediocre at best.

This is merely another Hearn tactic to keep anyone dangerous away from Joshua as long as possible; just feed Whyte to them eg Wilder, Povetkin.

[JakeTheBoxer]

If it goes to Russia, I see Povetkin beating Joshua by UD.

[kimboslice7]

Two roid cheats going at it it would be alot of empty seats at that fight