Comments Thread For: Dillian Whyte Embraces Pulev - But Still Wants Povetkin Clash

[Oshio]

Dillian Whyte is a fighter, not a Lily-livered individual. He fights the best. His CV is more telling than that of some current champions

[landotter]

So, in summary, everyone waiting on the alphabet orgs to state what mandatories they will enforce before we see any movement.

Primarily:

1) WBC to order Whyte's mandatory with Wilder
- Hearn's belief that Whyte will be ordered to take a final eliminator instead

2) WBA to order Povetkins mandatory with Joshua
- Whyte stating 'no chance' WBA will order that at the moment (err, why not ?)

3) Meantime IBF ordered Whyte/Pulev as eliminator for Joshua
- Whyte seeming more interested in the WBC route, else Povetkin eliminator, ie WBA route
- basically Whyte wanting the two routes he currently doesn't have over the one that he does (Pulev)

Hearn is obviously in the background playing whack-a-mole, but can't see any game-plan that makes Wilder/Joshua more likely.

My brain kind of hurts.

[landotter]

Whyte is fearless whatever else you say about him much better than than the rest of the "I'll only fight Joshua brigade". Having only one meal ticket is hurting the division.

I do respect him. He is a fighter in every sense of the word. I like Pulev a ton as well, so this fight really interests me more than one with Povetkin who I feel we know what his ceiling is. Pulev has quite a bit of potential yet, and if he gets past Whyte we know he is a true player. Otherwise, Whyte will have earned his shot at one of the big two HW or whomever is left standing after the unification, without a doubt.