World of Boxing CEO Andrei Ryabinsky, who promotes Olympic gold medal winner and former WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin, is ready to lawyer up and force the mandatory fight with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder.
Jay Deas, the manager and trainer of WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, is countering the continued comments from Alexander Povetkin's promoter Andrei Ryabinsky - who claims their mandatory fight has been "postponed" and will take place on "another date."
As BoxingScene.com reported earlier today, Deontay Wilder's WBC heavyweight title fight against Alexander Povetkin has been postponed after the Russian contender tested positive for the banned substance meldonium.
In the wake of the news on Friday that Alexander Povetkin tested positive for the banned substance meldonium, WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder and his representatives have been made aware of the WBC's decision on Sunday that the fight will not occur in Moscow on May 21.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Deontay Wilder's defense of the WBC heavyweight title against Alexander Povetkin has been postponed by the sanctioning body after the Russian challenger failed a drugs test.
By Jake Donovan - From the moment Deontay Wilder entered training camp for his planned May 21 title defense versus Alexander Povetkin, he knew all along that he would spend the last two weeks of camp in England before boarding a plane to his next destination on the Sunday ahead of fight week. What he didn’t realize at the time, was...
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Alexander Povetkin tested positive for traces of meldonium, a recently banned substance, according to information presented to the World Boxing Council from testing agency VADA.
Stephen Espinoza Interview - LOS ANGELES - Featherweight world champion Jesus Cuellar and former three-division world champion Abner Mares went face-to-face for the first time Thursday as they hosted media roundtables in Los Angeles ahead of their showdown on Saturday, June 25 showdown live on CBS from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
On May 21, WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) will test the deepest waters of his ten-year boxing career when he risks his title against powerful #1 contender Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs) in the challenger’s backyard in Moscow, Russia.
Deontay Wilder obviously expects to return home from Moscow with his WBC heavyweight title later this month. The undefeated champion already feels as though he has won over countless critics simply by embracing this daunting trip to defend his title against Russia’s Alexander Povetkin on May 21 at Khodynka Ice Palace. Andrey Ryabinsky, Povetkin’s promoter, won a purse bid February 27 and brought the mandatory championship fight to Moscow.