Comments Thread For: WBA Gives Joshua 24 Hours to Close Deal for Povetkin Fight

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The WBA ordered Anthony Joshua on Tuesday to make a deal to fight mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin within 24 hours.
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[Boxingfan8888]

Wilder and his team are ridiculous here, they clearly had zero desire to fight Joshua and dragged it out until the bodies forced Joshua to move on


Why does wilder need two weeks to sign a contract and not even respond in time

The fight would have been on and wilder signed, all his fault, it’s him not signing to fight, Joshua has agreed to the contract they sent

Wilder needs to understand he isn’t the draw here, he’s there because of Joshua and Joshua alone

[FLY TY]

Since when is the "Super" champ forced to fight a mandatory?

[2fast2strong]

Of course the deal is already in place and I’m sure Alexander has already signed, the deal is only waiting to be announced.

It’s a great fight until we get AJ vs Wilder, IMO.

I don’t know why everyone thinks AJ is just going to walk through the Russian, I wouldn’t count out an upset myself.

[khal-d]

Since when is the "Super" champ forced to fight a mandatory?

Precisely! He's the Super champion, and he's negotiating a unification! The WBA are by far the worst of any sanctioning body, as fans we have to completely discredit this organization and find a way to either relegate them to IBO level (or below, maybe WBF?) or get Mendoza and his corrupt minions out.

[FLY TY]

Precisely! He's the Super champion, and he's negotiating a unification! The WBA are by far the worst of any sanctioning body, as fans we have to completely discredit this organization and find a way to either relegate them to IBO level (or below, maybe WBF?) or get Mendoza and his corrupt minions out.

Hearn called in a "favor."

I posted yesterday that Hearn would come out and say they took too long...he got the WBA to do it for him.

[Boksfan]

Donkey Wilder and Alabama fraud protection program is working, look at Donkey protectors going crazy

[club fighter]

If Povetkin sparks his azz (which he might really do) that would take to cookie out of this whole thing, but one thing is for sure.... Wilder will crush the Russian or the Brit.

[khal-d]

Hearn called in a "favor."

I posted yesterday that Hearn would come out and say they took too long...he got the WBA to do it for him.

That's what you think. You might be right, but it's what you THINK.

What I do know, is that the WBA, not Hearn, took concrete steps to derail Joshua-Wilder.

The WBA forced the issue here, not even by enforcing their own rules (Super champions not forced to fight mandatories, that's for the Regular title holder).

[RapidSon]

Wilder made a statement about the contract not being fair while AJ was beating around the bush...now here we are. They intentionally prolonged negotions to bring in more revenue later guys. Boxing fans ought to see this coming c'mon.