It was a slightly awkward moment between media members and the handlers for Deontay Wilder, whose May 21 title defense versus Alexander Povetkin is still without a major U.S. television outlet.
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis answered some questions about the upcoming showdown between WBC heavyweight king Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35KOs) and mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22KOs), which takes place on May 21st in Moscow, Russia.
By Thomas Gerbasi - On the surface it may seem to be an odd pairing, but seeing Tuscaloosa’s Deontay Wilder represent the Brooklyn Boxing brand in Moscow as he prepares to defend his WBC heavyweight title against Alexander Povetkin on May 21 makes perfect sense to Brett Yormark. In his most recent bout on January 16...
On May 21, WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) is about to take the plunge in the deepest waters of his ten-year career when he risks his title against powerful #1 contender Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs) in Povetkin’s backyard of Moscow, Russia.
It has been proposed recently that the November 2015 fight card in Kazan, organized and promoted by Russian boxing tycoon Andrey Ryabinskiy and his “World of Boxing”, was arguably the biggest and the most encrusted fight card in Russian prizefighting history.
It could very well be the hardest fight in the career of 36 year-old of Olympic gold medal winner Alexander Povetkin, who on the 21st of May in Moscow will challenge WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35KOs)
One of the biggest fights in Russian boxing history is just three weeks away. On May 21, Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs), a former champion and currently #1 rated heavyweight (under the WBC standard), will collide with American Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) in a fight of epic proportions in Moscow, Russia. Not only is Wilder’s WBC belt will be at stake but also a position of one of two best heavyweights in the world (the other being a winner of Tyson Fury vs. Wladimir Klitschko rematch).
Heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder sounds like a classic Cold Warrior as he looks ahead to his World Boxing Council title defence against Alexander Povetkin in Russia.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35KOs) is leaving no stone unturned as he prepares for his mandatory world title defense against Olympic gold medal winner Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs).
EC Boxing´s Swedish heavyweight prospect Adrian Granat (12-0) is in Moscow sparring with WBC Challenger Alexander Povetkin. Povetkin is in full training for his upcoming showdown against heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, which is scheduled for May 21 in Russia.