Comments Thread For: Povetkin Has No Problem Having a 'Rumble' With Anthony Joshua

[Nomadic]

there is a 15 million dollar contract sitting on wilders desk waiting for ink son....april 15th to be exact ...ohh yeah i forget wilder is waiting on fury to mark up his value..
Guess what pal its a fight that aint going to happen and wilder will be facing big tittied wilder instead for 2 million dollars..thats the bottom line gumbo

There was a 50M in Vegas on AJoke's desk for this fall.

[Nomadic]

Everyone keep saying AJ looked bad in his last two fight. Maybe that's just who he is. He only beat an old ass Vladimir and he got dropped in that fight too. Have to question, when has he looked good?

[LoadedWraps]

Unless Joshua utilises a Wladimir tactic for 12 rounds, this could be a very entertaining fight.

I expect it to be a very good fight tbh. Povetkin is both somewhat forgotten and underrated, he's a disciplined and fundamentally sound fighter, and veteran of the pro ranks. I consider him the 5th best HW behind Wlad, Fury, AJ, and Wilder, who just barely makes my list with the Ortiz win. That list isnt in order btw.

I think AJ is the weakest link of the top 3 names and he may well be further exposed against Povetkin.

[Johnston]

It'll be gratifying to see hearns face when Joshua loses, should've just taken that wilder fight.

[nick_viking]

Everyone keep saying AJ looked bad in his last two fight. Maybe that's just who he is. He only beat an old ass Vladimir and he got dropped in that fight too. Have to question, when has he looked good?

He KO’d everyone he fought up until Parker. Some of the performances were very good, but against limited opposition. He smashed Molina, stopped Johnson early, beat up Whyte, Breazeale and Martin... can’t argue too much with any of those performances. He was dominant in all of them.

Wlad fight was a ropey performance, but a great fight for the fans. It might not have been peak Wlad, but he was motivated and in shape, and experience counts for an awful lot. I think getting off the canvas could be a huge plus for Joshua too.

Takam was the first poor performance - Joshua struggled to adjust to the late change of opponent, which could point to a lack of boxing IQ. He still won pretty much every round, but the poor stoppage overshadowed the fight.

Parker was an odd one, Joshua got a lot of help from the ref, and seemed reluctant to exchange. Made me wonder if the Wlad fight had made him rethink his style.

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

Everyone keep saying AJ looked bad in his last two fight. Maybe that's just who he is. He only beat an old ass Vladimir and he got dropped in that fight too. Have to question, when has he looked good?

Joshua looked good against Charles Martin.
If Martin puts up a poor performance in his upcoming fight
then even the Martin Victory wont look that great for AJ's
resume.

[Oshio]

Hate really blinds objectivity. Truth is, Joshua-Povetkin is a big fight for boxing considering their current ranking across 3 sanctioning bodies

[Laligalaliga]

I want this fight to pick up steam, but everyone knows that if Joshua the trinket belt holder of false titles picked Headvetkin, then that means they think that Headvetkin is washed. I hope it's a good fight, I really do. Joshua is such a ****en coward to me that I can't find anything good to say about him anymore. I really can't.

You don't need to say any good thing about him, it's unnecessary.
It doesn't stop him from being the unified champ that he is so whatever you think is irrelevant.
Go watch ggg/canelo.

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

There was a 50M in Vegas on AJoke's desk for this fall.

Brits always point to Joshua's previous earnings when
defending him for not taking the Wilder fight, but Joshua's
bank only proves that Brits are willing to vastly overpay
their homegrown talent in comparison to the rest of the
world. It has created a situation where Joshua's team feels
completely justified in being unreasonable to negotiate with.
British fans must be blinded by the shadow of Joshua's ego,
because they are the only ones who do not see what's what.

[Laligalaliga]

it's also the consensus that he's ducking wilder.

It's also a consensus that wilder couldn't find a pen to sign the contract.