Comments Thread For: Usyk-Povetkin Still Being Discussed For May 18 in Chicago

[Dariusz]

^^^ I agree. Martin would be a good choice for Usyk for his first fight in HW. Povetkin would destroy him.

[CharlieStewart]

They got ruskies and Ukrainians in Chicago too

Hardly any, Chicago has western and southern Slav populations not the same thing. Croats and Poles aren't turning up for a Ukrainian and Russian. Btw 'ski' is Polish. I suspect Hearn is trying to make the fight in Chicago based on the same ignorance.

[nick_viking]

Didn't Eddie say Povetkin pulled out of the fight in one of the millions of interviews he do every day?

Good to hear it's still on

He said that povetkin wanted an interim fight before taking on Usyk (makes sense I suppose - wouldn’t want to fight Usyk straight off a KO loss).

Imagine there’s plenty of money behind the fight though, so still a good possibility of it happening.

[Phenom]

Hardly any, Chicago has western and southern Slav populations not the same thing. Croats and Poles aren't turning up for a Ukrainian and Russian. Btw 'ski' is Polish. I suspect Hearn is trying to make the fight in Chicago based on the same ignorance.

I think only New York and LA has more than chicago not even sure LA has more but don't care enough to look it up

[wlad1111]

Why Chicago? At least NY has a decent Russian/Ukrainian population. Eddie again not understanding America.

There is lots of Russians and Ukrainians in Chicago.You are the one not understanding America

[alexjust]

Oleksandr Usyk vs. Charles Martin in Chicago! Make It Happen! That's a good fight for his first bout at HW.

Usyk needs to challenge himself. I think getting up from bed for Usyk is a greater challenge than fighting one of the worst HW champs in history.

[BigZ44]

They just need to figure this situation out soon, cuz it's holding up other HW fights

[Bronx2245]

Usyk needs to challenge himself. I think getting up from bed for Usyk is a greater challenge than fighting one of the worst HW champs in history.

He or his team, want a fight to test himself at HW. Martin would be a good choice. He handled himself pretty well vs. Kownacki. If they wanted to challenge themselves, they would've exercised the rights under the WBO, and force the issue to fight Joshua ASAP! That's not what they're doing!

[Bronx2245]

^^^ I agree. Martin would be a good choice for Usyk for his first fight in HW. Povetkin would destroy him.

I would not go that far! Povetkin turns 40 in September! If this was 5 years ago, then of course, but at age 39, I would have to give Usyk the advantage.

[Superbee]

Perfect match up for Usyk's first HW brawl... ... Povetkin will spend the whole fight hitting air...