Comments Thread For: Hearn: Madness To Do Joshua-Povetkin With Wilder Looming

[Travycat]

Eddie’s my favorite promoter, but big eye rolls all the way around on that quote.

[Arthur Daley]

Chickened out ?

So I guess your all for fighters using PEDs then.

99% are on ped's. Besides, when a fat mess like Stiverne was fraudulently made Wilder's mando, failed drug tests didn't seem to bother him so much.

[chaosisme]

Eddie’s my favorite promoter, but big eye rolls all the way around on that quote.

He is pretty tall. About the same height as Lenox Lewis.

[P4Pdunny]

Good win if AJ can pull this off

[angkag]

Hearn talking through bis butt. He wanted the povetkin fight as low-risk and another stadium-filler fight without the risk Wilder poses. Now he's pretending it wasn't his plan A all along. Reminds me of a used car salesman telling us how crazy his prices are.

[BoxingTech718]

Pedvekin without his roids is no threat

[champion4ever]

The pressure is definitely on AJ to win this fight spectacularly. He should win this one hands down. However it is either KO or bust for him. If he carries Pedvetkin across the finish line like he did Takam with a (controversial stoppage) and Parker by playing it safe and cautiously, it should be considered a loss.

I say that because Sasha is nearly 40 years of age and his better years are now behind him. Moreover, he is washed up and past his prime.

For those reasons I mentioned; There is no excuse for Joshua not putting him away early. As I previously stated, the fight shouldn't go past four rounds. However if it does, then one is going to have start questioning whether Joshua's boxing fundamentals and skills are either overhyped, overrated, or is he is just experiencing a lack of dedication and commitment to the sport, since his knockout victory of Wladimir Klitschko because has hasn't looked the same since?

If he doesn't knock out Pedvetkin, then there is no way he'll be prepared to defeat a Deontay Wilder who has overall more ability than Alexander. For example: He is younger, faster, taller with a much longer reach and hits a hell of lot harder.

Lastly, The Hearn's didn't postpone the Wilder fight in order for it to marinate. No, they postponed it because they knew their guy wasn't ready for a dangerous fighter of the stature of the "Bronze Bomber" and he may never will.

[Ray*]

It is dangerous but I haven’t really seen much of Povetkin these days to see if he is still capable, any HW is dangerous if they land their punches. But with David price leaving his face open for a free shot you can ultimately judge Povetkin on that.

[Ake-Dawg]

99% are on ped's. Besides, when a fat mess like Stiverne was fraudulently made Wilder's mando, failed drug tests didn't seem to bother him so much.

If 99% of all fighters are on them why are Povetkin and a handful of others the only ones getting caught?

[bluemax]

i Knew Joshua was a fake!

What a joke but not surprising. If Wilder was smart he would not even talk about Joshua anymore. Let Joshua stay tucked in safely in England fighting retired or small second rate opposition. Maybe Joshua can get a rematch with Klitchko in a year or two providing Klitchko fights and loses a warn-up fight first just to be safe. At least the running is over and Joshua can continue putting on a show for his English fans fighting second raters. Maybe Frank Bruno can come out of retirement or is he still too much of a risk for this fake champion?