Who advised Whyte to fight Povetkin?

[REDEEMER]

Because Joshua was busy with Ruiz? Fury was busy with Wilder.
Whyte could either fight bums or take on meaningful fights against others who challenge him. He was doing extremely well vs. Povetkin and got caught with one punch. No shame in that. He'll come back stronger.

AJ wasn’t busy with Ruiz , Whyte was offered the fight first .

In fact Ortiz and Kownacki were offered the fight before Ruiz as well .

Whytes sole mismanagement is basically him and declining two AJ guaranteed fights .

[Mighty_Windir]

Why not?

Having Povetkin in his resume is a big plus.

Despite he being past his prime.

Nevertheless, he will always remain dangerous

[champion4ever]

Eddie Hearn

[BirdSong]

yes i was shocked when he was fighting the russian, maybe we should applaud him for it, it was a good fight ad n he did well in it too, pov can **** he's strong, whyte can beat him though if he's a bit more switched on

[deathofaclown]

Hughie Fury and Peter Fury are licking their chops. Parker got the title after beating Ruiz and Hughie put up a great effort (albeit in a boring fight) at such a young age against Parker (who went the distance with AJ) and Ruiz knocked AJ out. Hughie put up a great effort against Povetkin before tiring and went the distance, and Povetkin gave AJ trouble and has now knocked out Whyte. Pulev who Fury lost a decision to is now facing AJ. They gotta have insane confidence now.

Hughie v Whyte would be a better fight than Tyson v Whyte, which would’ve been a mismatch.

Hughie and Dillian are probably about similar level.

Povetkin and Parker couldn’t put a dent in Hughie, but one knocked out Whyte cold and the other had him gone in the 12th. Povetkin actually caught Hughie with solid shots at some points and never wobbled him. His beard is solid.

Him v Dillian would be a good fight for both next year.

[kafkod]

Whose brilliant idea was fighting another tough top 10 guy while "waiting" on championship shot?

That is what I am talking about all the time, Whyte is fighting top 10 contenders back to back, with no real intention to take a real world championship title challenge.

Now he paid a price because of that.

I presume it was his idea. Dillian is self-managed and a very headstrong guy.

[Lonelystoner]

Whyte has been fighting Fury and AJ leftovers for a while now. Nothing new here

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Whose brilliant idea was fighting another tough top 10 guy while "waiting" on championship shot?

That is what I am talking about all the time, Whyte is fighting top 10 contenders back to back, with no real intention to take a real world championship title challenge.

Now he paid a price because of that.

Mate, he got PPV money for fighting a 40yr old man he was expected to beat, he's not going to turn that opportunity down.

[Zaryu]

I think it's a case of the belief in Whyte not matching his actual skills. Whyte was able to put together a really good string of consecutive wins and he was definitely deserving of a title shot that unfortunately didn't materialize. But despite all his recent accomplishments, he never looked like the guy to dethrone AJ and Fury (or even Wilder when he had the title) to me.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Whyte has been fighting Fury and AJ leftovers for a while now. Nothing new here

Whose leftover is Rivas?