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

[BreakingBox]

I will laugh so hard if this goes to purse bid and Ryanbinsky wins it and takes the fight to Russia.

[Ake-Dawg]

Yes, Povetkin is a mandatory and the WBA will strip AJ within 24 hours if he doesn't sign to fight either Wilder or Povetkin. Wilder stood to earn about 8x his best payday, but would rather play games and take on another no-hoper (Breazeale) for $2M. Like I said, if AJ loses to Povetkin, Wilder loses his biggest payday AND a chance at establishing some sort of legacy by beating an undefeated AJ.

So exactly what were the "games" that Team Wilder played? Negotiating a poor offer (flat fee for a unification/undisputed fight)?

You keep repeating the same thing but haven't provided any reasoning or facts behind it. Make an attempt to have your "playing games" sound like more than just an opinion you pulled out of your backside because you dislike Wilder.

[BreakingBox]

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

First, Hearn killed three days by sending the contract late, then Hearn delayed again another 3 days giving clarification to something in the contract. Lastly, Finkel stated that there isn't a date or venue in the contract. Why sign a contract with a date and venue being unknown, especially the date. Without a date, that could give Joshua leverage to fight someone else first, while locking in the flat fee for Wilder and building the fight even further. The more the fight gets built, the more money Wilder should get. So, no date, no signature, just my 2 cents.

[BigZ44]

Fine. So tired of the back and forth crap between Wilder and Joshua's camps. Just fight your mandatory's in the meantime and come back to the table afterwards. Wilder vs Breazeale is still a good fight and Joshua vs Povetkin is a great fight, so there's really nothing to complain about, the guys won't be fighting bums

[Ake-Dawg]

Sky sports broke this news and the quotes used align perfectly with the last two public statements that Hearn has made regarding the Wilder Joshua fight.

[EnglishOxide]

So you understand that is Hearn who is ducking the fight. Good to see

I was making a joke, you ****wit.

Finkel was planning on sending an UNSIGNED contract back on Friday and requesting a new one with 2 *********s.

If that ain't stalling I don't know what is. WBA have had enough and have given AJ too much time already.

[Jewish-Reptile]

Turns out AJ is gonna need that passport after all.

Good luck trying to get Ryabinsky and Povetkin to ty and delay the purse bid, and I’ll wish you even better luck trying to win a purse bid against this guy..... lol.

[FLY TY]

Wrong.. the WBA committee president may determine factors including the length between mandatory title defences for a super champion.

Except for this guy^^^^



And every other WBA champ.......apparently.

[Jewish-Reptile]

I was making a joke, you ****wit.

Finkel was planning on sending an UNSIGNED contract back on Friday and requesting a new one with 2 *********s.

If that ain't stalling I don't know what is. WBA have had enough and have given AJ too much time already.

AJ and his team have taken Povetkin for a mug, clearly they never wanted to face him hence throwing Price in front of him first in the hope the bin dipping Liverpudlian plumber would stop him.

[yammy25]

Except for this guy^^^^



And every other WBA champ.......apparently.

Not an exception.. they just determined he not be stripped as is their right to do so. The regular champ is fighting the mandatory in PAC.. who are they Gona give the super belt to?? Or were they gonna get rid of it and then give it matthysse or PAC if they unified against another holder ?

The state of the WBA championship scene has been a mess for years now. It changes dependant on the scope of the division in question and I don't agree with the fluctuations between champions at all. All I'm doing is stating their rules.. however jaded they may be and we all know they have margins to change as they see fit